Here is a breakdown of the latest developments in South Africa
South Africa has been selected as the host for the inaugural Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023.
It’s been a long road for South Africa to host the first Women’s World Cup.
But they’ve done it.
The South African Football Association (SAFA) was selected as hosts of the inaugural Fifa Women’s World Cup 2023 on Wednesday, with Cape Town hosting the opening match and final four days later on June 9 and July 7, respectively.
It will be the first time that an African country has hosted any Fifa tournament since South Africa took over as hosts of last year’s men’s showpiece which was marred by delays and poor infrastructure following an initial bid that was rejected because of corruption concerns.
In Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana, people told the BBC that Prince Harry’s comments were ignorant.
Burial of South Africa’s former apartheid leader
South Africa’s former apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was buried on the same day as Prince Philip – 23 April – in 1999.
Prince Philip was a member of the British royal family, who died on Monday after suffering from illness for over a year.
On Wednesday, South Africans celebrated the life of their first black president with songs and dance at a funeral service held at his rural village home near Qunu in Eastern Cape province. Mandela died aged 95 on December 5 2018 after suffering from poor health for several years.
Controversies over visas and work permits for missionaries in SA.
The move comes after several controversies over visas and works permits for missionaries in SA. The latest occurred earlier this month when the Department of Home Affairs revoked the visa of two of US pastors who had been invited by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, but later withdrew their invitation.
The department said that it did not want to “affect tourism” or “cause panic” among foreigners visiting SA because of its recent visa restrictions on Zimbabweans, Zimbabwean citizens with international passports who are not travelling on South African passports, as well as citizens from some other African countries with which South Africa has an agreement.
The government is trying to protect its citizens after seeing discrimination against Africans in other countries
South Africa is a country that has experienced a lot of racism against Africans. The government is trying to protect its citizens from discrimination in other countries.
The government of South Africa has been pushing back against the anti-African policies implemented by European countries, such as France and the United Kingdom, who have put limits on visas for Africans and those coming from African countries with Muslim majorities.
Besides this, the government has been trying to stand up against other changes made by European governments that affect African immigrants: