SA VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A “HUGELY CREDIBLE IEC” MANAGING ELECTIONS
South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is in full swing preparing for local government elections in November. Theirs is a fundamental pillar of the country’s nascent democracy, replete with its imperfections. As I will highlight below, theirs can also be a thankless job. At every interval in our country’s democratic trajectory, the IEC causes all […]
SCHILLER INSTITUTE’S YOUTH MOVEMENT MAKES A BREAKTHROUGH
Saturday’s discussion with youth recruits around the world, by Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche and former South Africa Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor, marked definite progress in the representation of youth, as Helga herself noted during the four hours of multiple presentations, questions, and deliberation. Without estimating the total attendance to the call, there were at […]
THREATS TO BLACK SEA GRAIN EXPORTS GROW, AS RUSSIA RETALIATES AGAINST UKRAINIAN PORTS
Shipping via the Don River-Sea of Azov-Black Sea route, which handles roughly a quarter of Russia’s grain exports, as EIR reported yesterday, remains suspended in the wake of the Kiev regime’s nine-day drone-strike campaign against commercial shipping in the Sea of Azov. In retaliation, Russia fired a major missile barrage the night of July 15-16, […]