A faction of the Ovaherero Traditional Authority has renewed its call for recognition and reparations for the Ovaherero and Nama genocide, following engagements in Botswana, South Africa and Germany aimed at strengthening international support for the demand of the communities.
Under pressure, South Africa is in talks with Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and many others seeking support to fix its porous borders.
South Africa is currently battling illegal migration and an influx of illicit drugs owing to its porous borders.
Properties were set ablaze and shops looted in the South African city of Durban over the weekend, as anti-immigration protests erupted into violence, prompting police to step up security.
Namibia, Botswana and South Africa recently took pledges to promote the famous Trans-Kalahari Corridor (TKC) as a premier regional trade, logistics and investment gateway.
Foreign and South African business owners scrambled for safety as anti-immigrant protests swept through Durban's city centre on Friday, with crowds clashing and police struggling to contain the violence following a day of attacks on shops and vehicles.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South African men to take a more active role in confronting gender-based violence, as the country grapples with a spate of killings, with 12 women slain in just two months.
Interest in natural diamonds from Namibia, Botswana and South Africa was recently invigorated following the signing of the Beijing Declaration Agreement.
Zambia has enacted a new law giving the government statutory authority to determine where former presidents and vice presidents are buried.
The law comes after the highly publicised dispute over the burial of former President Edgar Lungu, whose family wanted him buried in South Africa.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the government must take responsibility for protecting women from gender-based violence, as the killings of nine women in Ekurhuleni since July have fuelled outrage and renewed demands for action.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for greater technological, financial and medical sovereignty for the Global South during the closing session of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Sunday.
