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PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ADDRESSES THE NATION [Image: GCIS]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ADDRESSES THE NATION
May 11, 2026
9:20 pm
1 day ago
GSMN Correspondent
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PROF MATHEBULA'S APPOINTMENT TO NSFAS SIGNALS NEW CHAPTER
May 11, 2026
9:34 am
2 days ago
Ishmael Mnisi
illegal immigration - south africa - migrants - image: John Moore / Getty Images
THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS: THE SOUTH AFRICAN MIGRAINE
May 10, 2026
2:54 pm
3 days ago
Nelvis Qekema
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Justice Nambitha Christabel Dambuza-Mayosi and Justice Katharine Mary Savage as Judges of the Constitutional Court [Image : Instagram of News24]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA APPOINTS JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
April 11, 2026
8:27 pm
1 month ago
GSMN Staff Reporter

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CHINA OPENS THE GATES: WHAT ZERO TARIFFS MEAN FOR AFRICA
13
May
THE BCM PAYS GLOWING TRIBUTE TO FALLEN CADRE [image: supplied]
THE BCM PAYS GLOWING TRIBUTE TO FALLEN CADRE
12
May
President Cyril Ramaphosa - image: Business Tech
STOP THE POLITICAL GRANDSTANDING—THE JUDGMENT AGAINST THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS NOT A VERDICT AGAINST PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
12
May
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ADDRESSES THE NATION [Image: GCIS]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ADDRESSES THE NATION
11
May
Iran War - ai image: Oxford Economics
THE IRAN WAR AND THE 'CONTROLLED DISINTEGRATION' OF THE WORLD ECONOMY
11
May
WhatsApp Image 2026-05-11 at 23.46
PROF MATHEBULA'S APPOINTMENT TO NSFAS SIGNALS NEW CHAPTER
11
May
illegal immigration - south africa - migrants - image: John Moore / Getty Images
THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS: THE SOUTH AFRICAN MIGRAINE
10
May
The May 9th Victory Day Commemoration in Moscow took place despite threats by Ukraine. Credit: kremlin.ru
ACTING ON POTENTIAL
10
May
HUNDREDS PAY HOMAGE TO BC ALEX TOWER, JAMES CHAUKE - IMAGE: SUPPLIED - (JAMES CHAUKE, BLACK CONCIOUSNESS MOVEMENT LEADER)
HUNDREDS PAY HOMAGE TO BC ALEX TOWER, JAMES CHAUKE
09
May
Botswana Former President Festus Mogae passes away/ dies at 86 - Image: Commonwealth Union
ACT MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER BOTSWANA PRESIDENT FESTUS MOGAE
09
May
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a sharp warning that downtown Kiev would be attacked, if Zelensky’s May 4 threats materialized. Credit: kremlin.ru
STANDING UP TO THE EMPIRE'S BLACKMAIL — AND OFFERING A NEW PARADIGM INSTEAD
09
May
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UN SECURITY COUNCIL’S VETO POWERS BITE BACK THE US
09
May
AI IMAGE OF WAR - IMAGE: NIGHTCAFE
81 YEARS LATER: HUMANITY AT A CROSSROADS
07
May
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangangwa - Image: Brenthurst Foundation
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA'S VISIT TO ZIMBABWE
06
May
INTRODUCTION OF DR VICTOR TUWANI PHUME AT THE UNISA ZALLYWOOD ACTIVATION AND WORKSHOP - IMAGE: SUPPLIED
PAUL PHUME INTRODUCES HIS BROTHER, DR VICTOR TUWANI PHUME, AT THE UNISA ZALLYWOOD ACTIVATION AND WORKSHOP
05
May
donald trump strait of hormuz - image: India Today
NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND THE NECK OF HUMANITY
05
May
donald trump terrorising the world - anti-peace [image: BBC]
TRUMP’S CANTANKEROUS LEADERSHIP A BAD OMEN FOR WORLD PEACE
05
May
Presidents of Mozambique and China - bilateral relations [Image: Africa Press]
BILATERAL RELATIONS IN A FRACTURED WORLD: CHINA, MOZAMBIQUE AND AFRICA'S STRATEGIC MOMENT
04
May
Peace vs War on Earth - Image: Linkedin via The Deep 14
A NEW START, FOR PEACE OR WAR
03
May
The world is tired of the old, imperial ways of Britain's King Charles III and his admirers. [image: EIR ]
250 YEARS LATER, WHO NEEDS KINGS?
30
Apr
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SUSPECTS SOUGHT IN TWO SEPARATE ROBBERY WITH FIREARM INCIDENTS
30
Apr
U.S. UN Ambassador Mike Walz calling on nations to join with the U.S. in a “Coalition of Freedom of Navigation" during a UN Security Council meeting. UN Photo/Loey Felipe
TAKE IT AS AN URGENT OPPORTUNITY: THE 'OLD ORDER IS UNDENIABLY GONE'
28
Apr
Miles Davis Bitches Brew Cover [Image: All About Jazz]
REVISITING BITCHES BREW AS MILES TURNS 100
27
Apr
china-south africa flags
ZERO TARIFFS, NEW HORIZONS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHINA-SOUTH AFRICA COOPERATION FROM JOHANNESBURG
26
Apr
US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) AND CIA [IMAGE: Venezuelanalysis]
US “SECOND CIA” LEAD THE WAY IN THE USE OF SOFT POWER FOR REGIME CHANGE
25
Apr
AI IMAGE OF IRAN WAR W USA AND ISRAEL - IMAGE: WIO NEWS]
HOPE OR HELL: THE CHOICE IS STILL OURS
24
Apr
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON INEQUALITY [Image: SA Gov]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA'S KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON INEQUALITY
24
Apr
President Cyril Ramaphosa that he has appointed former apartheid-era government kingpin Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to the US [Image: Luke Daniel | News24]
APPOINTMENT OF ROELF MEYER AS ENVOY TO THE US “LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED”
24
Apr
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PHILANTHROPY, A COMMITMENT BEYOND MONEY
24
Apr
President Donald Trump wants to cut everything to pay for the military. Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok
'WE'RE CUTTING FOOD, DAYCARE, AND MEDICARE BECAUSE WE'RE AT WAR TO PROTECT YOU'
23
Apr
12 students who are set to depart for The Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA)-Chinese Bursary Programme - [Image: ETDP SETA via X]
LIMPOPO PROVINCIAL GOV SENDS 12 STUDENTS TO ETDP-CHINESE BURSARY PROGRAMME
22
Apr
ai image of flobal economic collapse - freepik
MOBILIZE FORCES TO INTERVENE IN A 'BREAK-OUT OF REASON'
21
Apr
Gogo Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo [Image:
CELEBRATING A PHENOMENAL BLACK WOMAN: MY THOUGHTS OF GOGO NNOSENG ELLEN KATE KUZWAYO (1914-2006)
20
Apr
Miles Davis standing before a Jean-Michel Basquiat–inspired artwork of his own in the late 1980s. [Image: Art, Artists, Artwork via Facebook]
THE INCANDESCENCE OF MILES DAVIS
18
Apr
Bra Hugh Masekela [Image: Wits Uni / Daily Maverick]
HUGH MASIKELA WAS NEITHER “A FREEDOM FIGHTER NOR POLITICAL ACTIVIST”
14
Apr
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE'S SPEECH DURING TITLE DEEDS HANDOVER CELEBRATIONS FOR SEBILONG RESTITUTION COMMUNITY [Image: SA Government via Linkedin]
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE'S SPEECH DURING TITLE DEEDS HANDOVER CELEBRATIONS FOR SEBILONG RESTITUTION COMMUNITY
12
Apr
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Justice Nambitha Christabel Dambuza-Mayosi and Justice Katharine Mary Savage as Judges of the Constitutional Court [Image : Instagram of News24]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA APPOINTS JUDGES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
11
Apr
Zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment (No. 3) Bill, CAB3 , IMAGE: Shumba Murambwi Zw VIA FACEBOOK
REFRAMING STABILITY: WHY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 3 BILL COULD SERVE ZIMBABWE'S LONG-TERM NATIONAL INTEREST
11
Apr
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A CURRICULUM BUILT ON ERASURE: RECLAIMING OUR BURIED HISTORY 
11
Apr
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TOOTHLESS ICC TOO SCARED TO TACKLE “GENOCIDAL BULLY” TRUMP
11
Apr
A cargo ship loaded with export-bound cars sets sail for Cote d’Ivoire at Yantai Port, Shandong province. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY
GLOBAL SOUTH FORUM HAILS CHINA'S ROLE
10
Apr
The Bolobedu PV Solar Plant in Limpopo, South Africa [Image: SOLA Group]
GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE COMMISSIONING OF THE BOLOBEDU SOLAR PLANT IN LIMPOPO
10
Apr
AI image of Zimbabwe’s President holding the Constitutional Amendment No. 3 [Image: ZimNow]
SEVEN-YEAR TERM TO END CYCLE OF STALLED PROJECTS
10
Apr
POPE LEO XIV AND TRUMP - IMAGE: Eric Faison/The Daily Beast/Getty Images
A BATTLE PLAN FOR STOPPING THE MADNESS
10
Apr
THE GLOBE IN TURMOIL - IMAGE: MEDIUM
IT'S TIME TO PULL OFF A MIRACLE
09
Apr
DEP PRESIDENT MASHATILE ADDRESSES THE GAUTENG INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [Image: SABC]
DEP PRESIDENT MASHATILE ADDRESSES THE GAUTENG INVESTMENT CONFERENCE
09
Apr
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA WELCOMES A BIG COHORT OF FOREIGN ENVOYS TO SA - IMAGE: GCIS
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA WELCOMES A BIG COHORT OF FOREIGN ENVOYS TO SA
08
Apr
EARTH FROM SPACE : ABODE STOCK
CAN MANKIND GROW UP IN TWO WEEKS?
08
Apr
From the EIR roundtable: “A Dialogue of Civilizations: Can Iran War Be Stopped Before Nuclear Escalation?” From l to r clockwise. Dennis Speed, moderator, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, Dr. Mohammad Reza Dehshiri (Iran), and Purnima Anand (India). Credit: EIRNS
DIALOGUE AT EIR APRIL 6 EMERGENCY ROUNDTABLE LIGHTS A PATHWAY OUT OF CATASTROPHE
07
Apr
IRANIAN PRESIDENT PEZESHKIAN WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICAN PEOPLE [Image: Telegrafi]
IRANIAN PRESIDENT PEZESHKIAN WRITES AN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICAN PEOPLE
06
Apr
POPE LEO XIV AND TRUMP - IMAGE: Eric Faison/The Daily Beast/Getty Images
TWO AMERICANS, TWO GODS
04
Apr
Sino-SA Media Club
LAUNCH OF SINO-SA MEDIA CLUB BODES WELL FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND ACCURATE REPORTING
04
Apr
SOUTH AFRICA RE-AWAKENING [IMAGE: ULTRAWEB SA]
LAFA ELIHLE KAKHULU: FROM LAMENT TO NATIONAL RE-AWAKENING
03
Apr
IEC’S LAUNCH OF NEW LOGO
2026 ELECTION SEASON KICKS OFF WITH IEC’S LAUNCH OF NEW LOGO
01
Apr
AZAPO founding Secretary General, Cde Sammy Tloubatla, [Image: African Mirror]
AZAPO MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL CDE SAMMY TLOUBATLA
01
Apr
UNISA PAYS TRIBUTE TO late American civil rights activist, Rev Jesse Jackson Sr - Keynote speaker, Rev Dr Frank Chikane - IMAGE, SUPPLIED BY AUTHOR
UNISA PAYS TRIBUTE TO ICONIC CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
31
Mar
launch of the isiXhosa translation edition of Steve Biko’s book I Write What I Like at the Steve Biko Centre in Ginsberg. [Image: Steve Biko Foundation]
BIKO BOOK REVIEW: “NDIBHALA INTANDO YAM”
30
Mar
trump and iran war in middle east (isreal) [Image: Times Now News]
A CHORUS OF REASON CAN DEFEAT THE MINORITY FOR WAR
28
Mar
LEBO M - IMAGE: SUPPLIED
GUARDIAN OF A NATION’S VOICE: LEBO M AND THE PRESERVATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN HERITAGE
28
Mar
AI image of Ukraine's Zelensky and US Donald Trump and Russia's Putin [Image: Telegraph]
GRADUALLY ISOLATED UKRAINE IS A VICTIM OF ZELENSKY’S LACK OF FORESIGHT
28
Mar
TRUMP WALKING AWAY FROM A BURNING WHITE HOUSE USE - IMAGE:
TWO SEMI-MIRACLES IN WASHINGTON VS THE MONSTER THAT GRABBED THE PRESIDENT
27
Mar
MILES DAVIS [Image: The Audiophile Man]
SKETCHES OF BECOMING: CONVERSATIONS ON MILES
26
Mar
PAUL MASHATILE AND CHINA VP HAN ZHENG [Image: South African Government via Facebook]
MASHATILE WRAPS CRUCIAL SA–CHINA SUMMIT WITH CHINA'S VP HAN ZHENG
26
Mar
OASIS PLAN FOR SOUTHWEST ASIA - image: LaRouche Organization
TO AVOID A NUCLEAR-ARMED CRUSADE, IMPLEMENT AN OASIS PLAN FOR SOUTHWEST ASIA
25
Mar
ai image of world war , ft politics oil reserves and capital - image: Inkl
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER
25
Mar
Miles Davis album cover for 'The Electric Years' - Image: MilesDavis.com
THE SORCERER: MILES DAVIS AT 100
25
Mar
MILES DAVIS - IMAGE: GSMN FILES
THE SOLITUDE OF SILENCE: LIFE THROUGH A HORN AND LESSONS FROM MILES DAVIS
24
Mar
Manas Tshungu - missing person [Image: Supplied]
MANAS TSHUNGU STILL MISSING — URGENT SEARCH INTENSIFIES
22
Mar
ZIMBABWE AND CONSTITUTION - iMAGE: dereck goto
WHY ZIMBABWE'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3 COULD BE A TURNING POINT FOR NATIONAL RENEWAL
21
Mar
AI image of US Donald Trump and Israel Netanyhu [Image: SBS, Getty, AAP]
ILL-ADVISED WAR ON IRAN SHOWS TRUMP IS NETANYAHU’S “MANNA FROM HEAVEN”
21
Mar
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) - Image: WILD
WHY MOVING THE VOTERS' ROLL COULD STRENGTHEN ZIMBABWE'S DEMOCRACY
20
Mar
USA PRES DONALD TRUMP - IMAGE: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME TAKES ON A NEW MEANING
20
Mar
Zimbabwean Defence Forces - Image: Shepherd Tozvireva
DEFENCE FORCES NEED TO ACT WITHIN CONSTITUTION, NOT ACT AS A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES
19
Mar
CMG hosts 'China in Springtime: China's Development Opportunities for the World' event in Cape Town [Image: CGTN]
CMG HOSTS 'CHINA IN SPRINGTIME: CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WORLD' EVENT IN CAPE TOWN
19
Mar
Zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment No. 3 - Image: ZimNow
TWO YEARS TO REBUILD: WHY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 3 MAY BE OPPOSITION’S UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY
18
Mar
HUGH'S JAZZ CLUB - IMAGE: QUICKET
HUGH'S: A JAZZ CLUB, A LEGACY, A HOMECOMING
18
Mar
Zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 - Image: Zimwaves TV Youtube
ZIMBABWE’S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL NO. 3: A STEP TOWARD POLITICAL STABILITY
17
Mar
e-hailing in south africa - image: SME SA
COMPLIANCE, OPPORTUNITY AND SMALL-TOWN MOBILITY: HOW REGULATORY ALIGNMENT AND TARGETED INVESTMENT CAN TRANSFORM MOBILITY IN UNDESERVED AREAS
16
Mar
Zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment (No. 3) Bill - Image: Tinotenda Chibage Nyamhandu via Facebook
THE MATURITY OF THE THIRD WAY: WHY AMENDMENT NO. 3 IS THE GOVERNANCE EVOLUTION ZIMBABWE NEEDS
16
Mar
Ambassador Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba , New Amb of SA to China [Image: Polity]
CHINA–SA YOUTH FEDERATION CONGRATULATES NEWLY-APPOINTED AMB. LETSATSI-DUBA
16
Mar
The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli is reported on its way to the Persian Gulf. - IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ - Credit: U.S. Navy
WEEK THREE OF U.S.-ISRAEL WAR FEATURES MADNESS OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
15
Mar
Leo Brent Bozell III, US ambassador to SA [Image: Explain]
NEW US ENVOY BOZELL’S START IN SA IS UNSAVOURY
15
Mar
AI image of a group of black people / black community [Image: iStock]
MEA CULPA: THE ABDICATION AND CO-OPTION OF THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS
15
Mar
IRAN WAR - AI IMAGE : MUSLIM MIRROR
AN ALTERNATIVE TO WAR WITH IRAN TAKES CENTER STAGE
15
Mar
Iran’s President Mohammad Khatami [Image: Shafaq News]
THE DIALOGUE THAT MUST NOT BE REFUSED AGAIN
14
Mar
BUSINESSES AMID WAR - AI IMAGE: PIXEL SOLUTIONS
REFLECTING ON BUSINESS CONFIDENCE IN TIMES OF WAR
13
Mar
The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi - Image: CGTN
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI SPELLS OUT PLANS FOR PROSPEROUS CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION
11
Mar
zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 of 2026 [Image: Hurumende]
ZIMBABWE'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL NO.3 SPARKS SOCIAL MEDIA DEBATE OVER ‘ONE MAN, ONE VOTE’
10
Mar
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, - ai image - image: UET's Einsteins via Facebook
PUTIN CONGRATULATES MOJTABA KHAMENEI ON BECOMING IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER
09
Mar
IRAN ATTACKS BY US-ISRAEL - A plume of smoke rises after a strike on the Iranian capital Tehran, on March 3.Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
ONLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN END THIS WAR
09
Mar
ISRAEL-US ATTACKS IRAN - IMAGE: THIS IS BEIRUT/ davidhale
WHEN THE STATE BECOMES A CULT: IF FAITH REPLACES STRATEGY, WHO PAYS THE PRICE?
08
Mar
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IRAN IS VICTIM OF IAEA AND US-LED WESTERN DOUBLE-STANDARDS
07
Mar
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TO PREVENT WORLD WAR III, DEFEND THE TRUE IDENTITY OF MANKIND
06
Mar
IRAN ATTACKS - Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous strikes rise over Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. AP Photo/Mohsen Ganji
SCHILLER INSTITUTE FORUM WARNS OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR WAR, URGES NEW SECURITY ARCHITECTURE
05
Mar
Mosiuoa Terror Lekota - african mirror
SACP'S CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF MOSIUOA 'TERROR' LEKOTA
04
Mar
TRUMP ATTACKS IRAN - AI IMAGE: Daybreak/Getty Images
IF THE SEA HAS NO BOTTOM, BUILD AN ARK
04
Mar
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - Image: Deccan herald
“WE STAND RESOLUTE IN THE FACE OF AGGRESSION,” IRAN’S EMBASSY IN SA
03
Mar
US ISRAEL ATTACKS ON IRAN / WW3 - IMAGE:MELODIES TV VIA YOUTUBE
THE U.S.–ISRAEL STRIKE ON IRAN THREATENS THE WORLD
01
Mar
SOUTH AFRICA - INEQUALITIES - IMAGE: GSMN
THE DEGENERATION OF THE EPISTEMOLOGIES OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT: DECODING THE BUDGET SPEECH
28
Feb
Bra Joe Latakgomo - Image: Sunday Times
FARE THEE WELL, BRA JOE
23
Feb
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