Day: April 24, 2026

HOPE OR HELL: THE CHOICE IS STILL OURS

Much damage is already done. Not “will be done” if the war against Iran escalates further—though it will if the current occupants of Washington, Jerusalem, and London keep their hands on the tiller—but already done. Thirty-two million people pushed back into poverty. Half a percent to eight-tenths of a percent of global GDP erased. Fertilizer […]

PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON INEQUALITY

“It is a great honour to participate in this Consultative Council and meeting of the Founding Committee of the International Panel on Inequality. The decision to establish the Panel is one of the most consequential outcomes of the G20 Leaders’ Summit held in Johannesburg in November last year. This decision arose from an appreciation by […]

APPOINTMENT OF ROELF MEYER AS ENVOY TO THE US “LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED”

The announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that he has appointed former apartheid-era government kingpin Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to the US is a hard pill to swallow. Our President: a gentle soul, whose love for our country is beyond reproach. A lawyer by profession and former trade unionist whose stature rose like a […]