South Africa has told Taiwan to move its de facto embassy out of the country’s capital, in the latest indication of China’s growing influence in the Global South.

South Africa has asked Taiwan to move its unofficial embassy out of the administrative capital, Pretoria, in a move that's seen as appeasing ally China.

South Africa’s decision to further downgrade relations with Taiwan, comes as the dominant political party, the African National Congress, or ANC, strives to reassure longtime ally Beijing after ...

Taiwan has protested over the change of name of the island's representative office on a South African government website amid mounting pressure from China. South Africa 's department of ...

The White House hosted an “African leaders” summit of sorts this week. But only five countries from the continent of more ...

South Africa now hosts four AI-focused data centres - more than Taiwan and the Netherlands combined - placing it among the ...

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According to Hawkins et al., South Africa has two data centres capable of training AI and two inference-relevant facilities.

Nosimbo Gqezu, standing in shin-deep water, said when her shack flooded, she grabbed whatever belongings she could carry and went to the Fulani Community Hall. She will have to wait for the water to ...

Total trade between China and Africa was worth $296bn in 2024. Yet the value of what China exported west ($179bn) was much higher than what Africa sent east ($117bn). This year, partly as a result of ...