BOTSWANA’S DRUG CONVICT LESEDI MOLAPISI WINS STAY OF EXECUTION IN BANGLADESH
The convicted Botswana national, Ms Lesedi Molapisi, who was due to be hanged by the Bangladeshi authorities on Friday March 21, has been granted a last-minute stay of execution. The Ambassador of Botswana to India, Gilbert Mangole, announced in a radio interview that the government of Botswana has appealed Ms Molapisi’s conviction and sentence. The […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA RETURNS FROM INAUGURATION FOR FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF NAMIBIA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded his working visit to the Republic of Namibia where he attended the inauguration ceremony of President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. The ceremony which coincided with the Republic’s 35th Anniversary of Independence Day was held today, Friday, 21 March 2025 at the State House in Windhoek. The President was accompanied by the Minister […]
HAVE POWER RELATIONS CHANGED?
As South Africa marks Human Rights Day, March 21 in remembrance of Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, the question stands: has the power relations picture changed? Margaret Thatcher said there were a lot of nobodies in the UK who are somebodies in SA. Applying sanctions would increase a lot of nobodies in the UK. Thatcher’s rationale […]
KIRSTY COVENTRY MAKES MULTIPLE HISTORY AS SHE BECOMES IOC PRESIDENT
The campaign and endorsement by Global South Media Network (GSMN) of Kirsty Coventry to become the new IOC boss has come to fruition. Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has made history after she was elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). After defeating six male competitors for the position, Coventry becomes the first ever […]
DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN BY THE WEST TARGETING SOUTH AFRICA
Over the past few days, a wave of misleading posts has circulated online, claiming that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly accused South Africa of human rights violations. These allegations stem from a brief clip of Lavrov speaking with Judge Andrew Napolitano, Larry Johnson, and Mario Nawfal. In truth, the excerpt in question was deliberately […]
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE SPEAKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
“Today is Human Rights Day, commemorating the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, in which apartheid police killed 69 peaceful protesters protesting apartheid-era laws, as well as honouring the struggle for freedom and democracy. Sixty-five years have passed since that day when the world bore witness to the brutality of the Apartheid government in confronting those who sought […]