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At least 11 people, including a three-year-old boy, were killed Saturday when a trio of gunmen opened fire at an illegal bar in the South African city of Pretoria, police said. A manhunt in now underway for the suspects. Another 14 people were wounded during the incident in the Saulsville township, according to police. They...

  World leaders posed together for a family photo on Saturday after the first session of the G20 summit, hosted by South Africa, drew to a close. The summit is taking place on African soil for the first time, and the leaders adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges, which was drafted without...

Canada and South Africa are discussing a new agreement to boost bilateral trade and investment between the two countries. The partnership is being called a gas-for-wine deal that would see more South African wine on Canadian shelves in exchange for liquified gas. Nivrita Ganguly has this story and more in Business Matters for Nov. 18,...

Even though U.S. President Donald Trump is absent, he has dominated the first hours of the G20 summit in South Africa, the first ever to be held in an African country. Trump’s ultimatum to Ukraine to accept a Russian-backed peace plan to end the war forced Ukraine’s key G20 allies, including Canada, to huddle on...

This week’s segment of Science News Now dives into a record-breaking asteroid discovery, new evidence of early poison weapons in South Africa, and genetic clues from Brazil’s super-centenarians. Researcher-programmer Donna Francis, from the Ontario Science Centre, joins Miranda Anthistle to explain these breakthroughs.

WATCH: Uniglobe Carefree Travel president Jamie Milton shares her Africa travel experience and deal of the day to South Africa in March 2026.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had a one-on-one with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the final day of the G20 summit in South Africa. As David Akin reports, the leaders are reviving negotiations for a comprehensive trade deal.

Fresh from narrowly surviving a confidence vote, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hit the road Tuesday evening, setting off to participate in the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. David Akin reports that this summit looks very different and not just because it’s in South Africa.

Prime Minister Mark Carney wrapped up his participation at the G20 Summit in South Africa on Sunday, where he addressed various issues, including the potential for a new oil pipeline agreement between Ottawa and Alberta aimed at transporting oil to the British Columbia coast. David Akin has the details.

The hunt continues for a bear that attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on Thursday during a field trip in the remote northern B.C. community of Bella Coola. Despite his absence from this year’s G20 summit in South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump dominated the first day of the two-day summit after leaders learned...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he might send someone else to represent the United States at the upcoming G20 leaders’ summit in South Africa in November, citing concerns over unspecified “very bad policies” in the country “where people are being killed.” Trump has previously spoken about white farmers being killed in large numbers...

A Saskatchewan woman has received a rare honour for her dedication in advancing Indigenous rights, mental health, and trauma-informed care. The Nelson Mandela prize is only awarded every five years on the birthday of the former South African leader. Melissa Ridgen reports.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to greet the leaders of South Africa, Germany and Australia for the G7 summit in Alberta. On Monday morning, Carney will come face-to-face with U.S. President Donald Trump. Global News’s David Akin is travelling with the Prime Minister; he reports that the critical question is how essential it is...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims of a white farmer “genocide” following his confrontational meeting in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers. “People are fleeing South Africa for their own safety,” Trump added and at one point dimmed the lights in the Oval Office to play a video of a communist politician playing...

U.S. President Donald Trump used an Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to ambush him with claims of a “genocide” of South Africa’s white farmers. Jackson Proskow looks at how Ramaphosa responded, and how Trump appears to be twisting the facts.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday. During the meeting, Ramaphosa joked and told Trump: “I’m sorry I don’t have a plane to give you.” Trump responded, “I wish you did. I would take it. If your country offered the United States Air Force a...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s widespread immigration crackdown has been a pillar of his second term, but he’s making an exception for white South African refugees. Vincent McAviney looks at how Trump is justifying fast-tracking Afrikaners’ visas, and how the South African government is rejecting Trump’s claims.

Asked why he’s “creating an expedited path” into the U.S. for white South African refugees specifically, Trump told reporters that the Afrikaners – South African descendants of Dutch settlers – are facing “genocide.” Trump’s controversial decision comes after his administration blocked admission of mostly non-white refugees from the rest of the world.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has pushed back at U.S. President Donald Trump’s “white genocide” accusations. Wits University’s Kagiso TK Pooe joins Nivrita Ganguly to discuss what underlies the United States’ new asylum policy for Afrikaners.