Day: August 19, 2026

ADDRESS BY FORMER SA PRESIDENT KGALEMA MOTLANTHE DURING FIDEL CASTRO’S CENTENARY

“It is an honour to convey this message of friendship and solidarity as we gather to mark the centenary of the birth of Comrade Fidel Castro Ruz and to participate in reflections under the fitting theme “Fidel: Legacy and Future.” One hundred years after his birth on 13 August 1926, Fidel’s life continues to pose […]

LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN THE FREE STATE TO HOST BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE ON EMPLOYMENT CREATION

The Department of Employment and Labour in the Free State will host a Round Table Discussion with employers and businesses in and around the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality to strengthen collaboration on initiatives that promote employment creation and sustainable economic growth. The engagement, facilitated through the Department’s entity, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), will bring together […]

LABOUR DEPARTMENT APPEALS TO EMPLOYERS TO REMAIN DILIGENT IN SUBMISSION OF EE REPORTS

Designated employers are reminded that they must ensure they have an assigned senior manager to ensure they take responsibility for monitoring and implementing their annual employment equity plan. Department of Employment and Labour’s Employment Equity Directorate Senior Practitioner, Robert Dzombere said it was imperative that newly designated employers submit their reports in the year that […]

UN WARNS FUNDING SHORTFALL PUTS 650 000 PEOPLE AT RISK IN SOUTH SUDAN

An estimated 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan are already surviving on half-rations, but face the possible loss of all food and other assistance within weeks, due to severe funding shortfalls. At the current funding levels, all assistance will end in September, according to an August 14 joint statement from the United Nations […]

CHINA-EUROPE ARCTIC SHIPPING ROUTE STARTS 2026 WEEKLY OPERATIONS

The China-Europe Arctic container express route, which had its maiden voyage in September 2025, began its first trip for 2026 on August 15, Xinhua reported. This year, eight weekly voyages are planned through October, which is when weather conditions are most favorable for the Arctic route. “The route crosses the Northeast Arctic Passage,” Xinhua explained, […]

RUSSIAN MEDIA WIDELY REPORTS ON SARE’S TASS INTERVIEW

The TASS interview with Diane Sare appeared in Russian as well as English, and has been picked up widely. Internet aggregators rambler.ru, dzen.ru, and life.ru summarized the TASS release, as did vesti.ru, the website of state television. Some of the websites added relevant details, such as that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has likewise called […]

BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE UNFINISHED PROJECT OF LIBERATION

Imperialism and colonisation are not sustained by brute force alone. They require a particular sophistication of intellect, organisation, imagination and political engineering. It takes considerable ingenuity, after all, to conceive of a maritime expedition from Europe to the southern extremity of Africa, establish a foothold there, and subsequently construct the military, political, economic and ideological […]