Day: February 7, 2026

THE ETERNAL FLAME: A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT DR EDUARDO CHIVAMBO MONDLANE

“My brothers and sisters stand up and sing, Eduardo Mondlane is not gone Frelimo, Frelimo, your eternal flame has shown us the light of dawn” This a line from Mama Zenzile Makeba’s song, ‘Aluta Continua’. A song that she had asked her daughter, Sibongile, to write. This was after she was captivated by what she […]

FROM MOSCOW TO THE SAHEL: UKRAINE’S ALLEGED USE OF TERRORIST TACTICS TO ATTAIN POLITICAL OBJECTIVES

On February 6, 2026, Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, a senior official in the Russian Ministry of Defense, was shot in Moscow. He received at least three gunshot wounds and remains in serious condition due to major blood loss. Alekseev is deputy to Igor Kostyukov, the head of Russia’s delegation at the current trilateral negotiations in […]

IT’S TIME TO SHOW SOME RESPECT TO THE SPAZA INDUSTRY

In mid-2025, the CEO of Capitec, Gerrie Fourie, sparked debate about unemployment in South Africa.  He argued that the actual unemployment rate in South Africa may be significantly lower than the official figure reported by Stats SA, potentially around 10% instead of the reported 32.9%. He argues that the current methodology used by Stats SA […]

SA MUST JOIN US, MOROCCO AND OTHERS IN SECURING WESTERN SAHARA PEACE DEAL

The Trump administration is moving with turbo-charged speed to settle the Western Sahara conflict. In that expeditious US adventure, there is bound to be winners and losers. South Africa, a long-standing backer of the Western Sahara people’s fight for independence, appears to be caught between a rock and a hard place. SA has historically aligned […]