United States President Donald Trump’s pick for Ambassador to South Africa (SA), conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, has arrived in the country where he will seek to improve fraught ties between the two states.

The National E‑Hailing Federation of South Africa (NEFSA) is calling for the establishment of a national task team to investigate rising attacks on e‑hailing drivers, following the killing of a driver in the country’s capital, Pretoria, which has intensified safety concerns across the country.

South Africa’s (SA) Deputy Defence Minister Bantu Holomisa says the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is ready to deploy soldiers in Gauteng and the Western Cape provinces to support police efforts to curb gang violence and illegal mining.

The United Nations (UN) Secretary‑General António Guterres has condemned Israel’s decision to resume land registration procedures across large parts of the occupied West Bank.