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Reaffirming ties: the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s Phumzile Mazibuko and Chargé d’Affaires of Hungary, Dóra Kövendi. Photo: Marion Smith

Two nations, one enduring lesson in freedom

The 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was commemorated in Pretoria, highlighting the historical ties, democratic transitions, and expanding trade and…

Victorious: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory reminds the ANC that progressive politics remains relevant when it places people at the centre of its purpose. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert

Lula’s electoral triumph: A victory for the Global South, a lesson for the ANC

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s triumph in Brazil strengthens the Global South and provides essential lessons in democratic renewal and grassroots mobilisation for South Africa's ANC.

Africa needs to trade with itself: East Africa shows it can be done

Africa is underpricing its diplomatic power

Beyond natural resources, Africa's ultimate geopolitical asset lies in the collective power of its 1.5 billion people and global diaspora. Discover how the continent can better…

Three ‘isms’ threatening America’s soul

An examination of how isolationism, protectionism, and nativism have repeatedly surfaced across US administrations, challenging democratic values and shifting the global balance…

Calculated move: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump. No amount of Oval Office warmth changes the arithmetic and Netanyahu knows exactly how much defiance he can get away with. Photo:@nethanyah/X

SA condemns ICC sanctions as Trump and Israel attack Pillay

South Africa has voiced serious concern over sweeping US sanctions against the International Criminal Court as Donald Trump and Israel hit out at Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi…

Palestinian minister briefs Arab diplomats in Pretoria

Palestinian Minister Sami Hajjawi has briefed the Arab Ambassadors’ Council in Pretoria on forced displacement, starvation, and conditions under Israeli occupation.

The Moscow Victory Parade featuring the Russian army (2018)

RUSSIA’S APPETITE IS NOT FOR PEACE

Ukrainian Ambassador to South Africa, Dr Olexander Scherba, outlines how Russia's war of choice threatens global food supplies, risking severe hunger and rising prices across…

Galloway calls for end to Israel coal exports

British politician George Galloway has urged South Africa to halt its coal exports to Israel, arguing the move would align its economic actions with its genocide case at the…

Galloway hails SA’s ‘second age of greatness’

Former British MP George Galloway has described South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel as a “second age” of greatness, praising the country's leadership in advocating…

Why Palestine has always mattered to Africa

An examination of how African governments, liberation movements and civil society have responded to the Palestinian struggle, tracing solidarity from the 1940s to Israel's war on…

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola

Lamola refuses policy retreat as US pressure intensifies

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has warned South Africans to prepare for the worst as diplomatic tensions with the US deepen, asserting that Pretoria will not…

The United Nations assembly.

The Psychology of UN Reform in a Changing World

UN reform is often framed around efficiency and cost-cutting, but it conceals a deeper geopolitical shift. As China and the Global South gain leverage, the struggle to govern a…

The 81st United Nations UNGA and future of UN Peacekeeping

As the 81st UN General Assembly convenes, UN peacekeeping faces a pivotal crisis marked by Council deadlock, budget shortfalls, and a twelve-year absence of new mission…

Dr Knox Chitiyo. image: Supplied/Facebook

Knox Chitiyo: Leading African Scholar

Tributes pour in for Zimbabwean-born academic and international security expert Tapera Knox Chitiyo, who has passed away at the age of 65.

Brics countries have expressed commitment to collaborate on confronting global warming, with rapid urbanisation in the five member countries.

India, South Africa and the BRICS moment: From shared voice to shared power

Beyond diplomatic optics, BRICS is rapidly transforming into a solution-driven economic platform. Here is how India and South Africa are turning shared multilateral ambitions…

BRICS carries the work the G20 left behind

As the United States scales back the G20 agenda, BRICS has quietly stepped into the role of caretaker, advancing critical work on climate adaptation, early warning systems, and…

Ramaphosa puts Gaza at centre of BRICS call for equal justice

At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the equal application of international law, demanding accountability for atrocities in Palestine, Sudan,…

Türkiye–South Africa Strategic Communication Partnership: Building Resilience in the Age of AI

As artificial intelligence, digital platforms and rapidly evolving technologies reshape the way societies receive and share information, strategic communication is becoming an…

Woman power: The women leading this race are not from the capitals that have always supplied the UN's leadership, they are from the Global South and one of them, Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, comes from a Caribbean nation. Photo: UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

The world is ready for a woman-led UN

As the United Nations edges closer to electing its first female Secretary-General, Africa's failure to nominate qualified women from its own ranks highlights a missed opportunity…

Is China really a champion of the Global South?

While China portrays itself as a champion of developing nations, its foreign policy reveals a status-quo superpower focused more on its geopolitical rivalry with the US than…