US INVITES RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TO ATTEND G20 SUMMIT IN FLORIDA
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has confirmed that Washington has extended an invite to Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the G20 Summit scheduled to take place in Florida in December. Speaking after his meeting with Russian veteran foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, […]
UNGA 81 SHOWS WHY THE GLOBAL SOUTH NEEDS TO USE BRICS TO ESCAPE WESTERN HEGEMONY
The 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 81) took place amid rising global tensions characterised by the trumping of UN Charter itself, and glaring impunity. Leaders of the Global South were particularly determined to highlight the litany of raging inequities in our global governance system. Brazil’s President Lula, who opened the session, lambasted […]
SOUTH AFRICA’S SHARED HERITAGE: A CONUNDRUM OF TWO NATIONS IN ONE
In South Africa, 24th September is a holiday celebrated as Heritage Day. This is a holiday that was etched on the calendar of the post-national liberation public holidays to celebrate South Africa’s diverse and rich heritage of multi-cultures. There is no denial that a people’s heritage is carried by its tangible and intangible artefacts. In […]