Ronald Lamola dismissed claims of Afrikaner 'genocide' as 'fake news' while criticizing Washington's plan to admit up to 17,500 more white South Africans.
BBC Sport revisits cricket's history of controversies as Australia's upcoming series brings back memories of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.
The attacks, which took place hours apart, come as South Africa continues to grapple with high levels of gang-related armed violence, BBC News reports.
Authorities are investigating a series of killings in a country with one of the world's highest femicide rates.
Refugees in Durban say they have nowhere safe to return to after being displaced from a makeshift camp, Al Jazeera reports.
Newly installed memorial crosses in the United States have revived long-disputed claims about violence against white farmers in South Africa.
An Afrikaner lobby group displayed thousands of white crosses in Washington, but South Africa's new ambassador says there is no genocide taking place.
Roelf Meyer told the BBC that being a white Afrikaner gives him standing to challenge Donald Trump's claim of a genocide against white South Africans.
The shootings, reported in separate incidents across South Africa, have left dozens of people dead.
The shootings, which occurred hours apart, add to a string of gun violence incidents that have drawn renewed attention to South Africa's security challenges.
The deaths bring to 11 the number of women killed in a single Johannesburg municipality over two months, raising fears of a serial attacker.
Separate shooting incidents near the country's two largest cities on Saturday night added to a week of violence.
Police say two unrelated attacks near Johannesburg and Cape Town left dozens dead in one of the deadliest nights of violence in recent memory.
Australia held on for a remarkable win over a much-changed South Africa side after being reduced to as few as 11 players during the match.
Police say the attacks in Cape Town and Johannesburg were unrelated, and no suspects have been arrested in either case.
The city council says it will move two troops of chacma baboons to a new sanctuary, a plan that has divided animal rights advocates.
The shootings come amid what officials describe as an average of 58 murders a day nationwide, according to crime statistics.
South African police say 17 people were killed at a bar near Johannesburg and 10 more in a separate attack at a store near Cape Town, in two mass shootings hours apart.
South Africa is grappling with two separate mass shootings that killed a combined 27 people, underscoring the country's continuing struggle with gang-related armed violence.
A mass shooting in two different towns in South Africa left at least 27 people dead, according to Sky News Arabia.