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AMBASSADOR OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

The brilliance of Iran’s governance structure

The sheer brilliance of Iran’s three-tiered governance structure

  • Gillian Schutte
7 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Where do SA’s best interests lie globally?

With Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the world order has been upended – and South Africa needs to think carefully about how it positions itself

  • Richard Calland
8 min read
Hungary, Tiszabecs: A woman fleeing war and Russian attack from Ukraine with a little girl crosses the border into Hungary in the Hungarian municipality of Tiszabecs. The border between Hungary and Ukraine is about 140 kilometers long. (Marton Monus/picture alliance via Getty Images)
COLUMN

Impressions on my way to the Ukranian border

A South African writer shares insights along his journey as he tries to to enter Ukraine

  • John Davenport
6 min read
COLD WAR

Ukraine: SA’s feeble response betrays its own history

Aggressive, as opposed to defensive, warfare is a violation of international law. It is this that was used to condemn the apartheid South African Defence Force’s incursions into…

  • Drew Forrest
7 min read
A supporter in a costume of the Statue of Liberty holds a placard in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the City of London on August 11, 2021, during a preliminary appeal hearing of the US case for the extradition of Assange to the US.(Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP)
BELMARSH PRISON

Julian Assange: A day in the death of British justice

John Pilger examines the latest arguments presented by the US in its bid to extradite Julian Assange, and the continuing persecution of the whistleblower and his partner Stella…

  • John Pilger
10 min read
Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe. (Gallo)
ALI SIDKI AZAYKOU

Six thousand years of fortitude

Resisting colonisation for over 60 centuries, the Amazigh of North Africa (or Berbers) are drawing global attention to their cause for cultural rights

  • Aman Tewater
8 min read