DON’T GO DOWN WITH THE IMPERIAL SHIP
“The unipolar system is actually collapsing,” observed Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov during a press conference with Indian media on Tuesday. “And then at the same time, [it] is trying to regain power…. So this is a very dangerous process.”The dynamic underlying so-called current events, so succinctly identified by Peskov, is playing out ever […]
DECIDING WHAT FIVE HUNDRED YEARS WILL HAVE MEANT
On Sept. 6 the citizens of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany voted 43.8% for a party that wants the Nord Stream pipelines reopened and the Ukraine war ended, and halved the vote of the Chancellor’s party. Eleven days earlier in Kinshasa, President Félix Tshisekedi signed a thousand-kilometer railroad deal and laid out how he connects it to […]
BRICS INDIA SUMMIT SET TO USHER IN A POST-WESTERN DOMINATION WORLD ORDER
The 18th BRICS Summit takes place in the Indian capital, New Delhi, this weekend at a time of great security and economic uncertainty throughout the international world order. Simmering geopolitical differences and competing national interests among BRICS member-states is a matter impossible to overlook. Lingering differences in approach to the remaking of the international governance system […]
THERE IS DEVELOPMENT, THEN THERE IS CHINA.
Have you ever seen a place that feels so picturesque it could have been lifted straight out of a futuristic movie? That is the feeling that hits when you first set your eyes on Beijing. But what struck me most were not the skyscrapers. It was not the technology, the roads or the railways. It […]
UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE BIKO INQUEST: AN INTERROGATION OF THE DECIMATION OF OUR MORAL CONSCIENCE AND THE DEARTH OF MEANINGFUL POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
September month in South Africa is Black Consciousness month. It is in this month that we reflect on the life and death of the giant of our struggle for liberation and an icon of the Black Consciousness Movement, Stephen Bantu Biko. Steve Biko gained world renown when he died in police custody at the hands […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TO PARTICIPATE IN 18TH BRICS SUMMIT IN INDIA
President Cyril Ramophosa will, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Republic of India, attend the 18th BRICS Summit to be held in New Delhi. The summit will be held from 12 to 13 September 2026 under India’s Chairship theme, “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Security”. The gathering will focus on […]
SADC CHAIRPERSON PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO PRESIDENT HASSAN OF TANZANIA
In his capacity as Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), President Cyril Ramaphosa extends his deep condolences to Her Excellency, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the Republic of Tanzania, on the passing of her husband Mr Hafidh Ameir Hassan. Mr Hassan,80, passed away yesterday, Monday 7 September 2026, while receiving treatment for a […]