URGENT: DIPLOMACY AND DIALOGUE FOR UKRAINE AND GAZA
One thematic throughout the just-concluded Schiller Institute international conference, was the necessity of diplomacy and dialogue in world affairs. This was even personified in the proceedings by the participation ofveteran diplomats, including U.S. Ambassador Jack Matlock, and current world leader Dr. Naledi Pandor, former South African Minister of Foreign Affairs. The world stands in urgent […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S MOVING EULOGY AT THE FUNERAL OF REV DR TSHENUWANI FARISANI, FREEDOM FIGHTER TO THE END
Fellow South Africans, batho ba Limpopo, muta wa Dean Farisani, We are to bid farewell to freedom fighter, Dean Tshenuwani Farisani. His life bears witness to the mission of Christ espoused in the Gospel of Luke chapter 4. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to […]
AFRICA MONTH SHOWS THAT OUR CONTINENT IS YET TO BENEFIT AFRICANS’
Revered Pan-Africanist revolutionary and former Burkinabe President Thomas Sankara once firmly stated: “You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness. It comes from nonconformity, the courage to turn your back on the old formulas, the courage to invent the future.” These sobering words have been significantly indisputable as we swiftly conclude […]
ISRAEL STRIKES RUSSIAN HMEIMIM AIR BASE IN SYRIA
In a dramatic escalation of diplomatic tensions, Israel launched a series of missile and drone strikes early this morning targeting a key weapons depot near Russia’s Hmeimim Air Base in Syria. The assault, which lasted approximately 45 minutes, reportedly caused massive explosions audible across the Latakia region. Despite the activation of advanced Russian and Syrian […]
THE ARTS ARE NOT A LUXURY, THEY ARE A LIFELINE
This past week, I walked through the carefully curated spaces of Decorex Africa’s Johannesburg showcase, taking in a multitude of vibrant displays of South African designs. Decorex, an annual exhibition highlighting the ingenuity and craftsmanship of South African creatives, reminded me that design is never just surface level – behind each design and installation lies […]
NOW, DESPITE BRITAIN, WILL REAL HISTORY TAKE THE WORLD STAGE?
Although there are still tricksters among British intelligence that will madly plot, scheme and scurry on behalf of the British Crown to thwart it, as of this writing, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will be meeting in Alaska, according to a statement from the White House, on next Friday, August 15. Since Trump’s second inauguration […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA DECLARES SPECIAL OFFICIAL FUNERAL CATEGORY 2 IN HONOUR OF THE LATE AMB MNINWA JOHANNES MAHLANGU
President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that the late Ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, former Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces and a long-serving diplomat, will be honoured with a Special Official Funeral Category 2 on Saturday, 6 September 2025. Ambassador Mahlangu passed away at the age of 72 on 24 August 2025, on his way […]
THE DEATH OF BLACK WOMEN IN THE MEDIA
In 1994 an old Apartheid country was white-washed and reformed: ANC stalwart Nelson Mandela was co-president with neo-apartheid architect, FW De Klerk. There were thousands of journalists, writers, analysts and wanna-be’s that were born, raised, lived and worked in the country: Their mission: you battle for the definition of the soul of this new country. […]
SOUTH AFRICA IS RISKING ITS SOVEREIGNTY
South Africa is slipping into an unsustainable instability with chaos crimpling in. It’s defence systems are terriblely weakened and defence arsenals need urgent renewals. What makes me to believe in this are: *Citizens no longer having faith in the constitutional dispensation and electoral politics, with white parties using every available opportunity to collapse governance and […]
SOUTH AFRICA CALLS ON ALL STATES TO TAKE ACTION TO HALT THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA
The Government of the Republic of South Africa takes solemn account of the findings of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. The Commission has concluded that the State of Israel bears responsibility for the commission of genocide, the failure to […]