ZEN Holdings is a Finalist in the Nedbank Oliver Top Empowerment Awards 2026
ZEN Holdings was honoured to be a finalist at the recent Nedbank Oliver Top Empowerment Awards 2026. For 25 years, these prestigious awards have recognised organisations that demonstrate leadership in economic transformation, empowerment, and inclusive growth. During the evening, I had the opportunity to speak with Diana Kgaje, Director of ZEN Holdings, whose passion for […]
IMMIGRATION BATTLE: THEY CAME, THEY SAW, THEY CONQUERED
Erudite celebrity comedian Trevor Noah summed up very wisely the root causes of South Africa’s immigration woes, pointing at what socialist politician oftentimes refer to as “bread and butter issues”. It’s all about economics, damnit, was basically Noah’s wise findings from his lived experience. For as long as things are going right, no local ever […]
US WORLD CUP SHENANIGANS EXPOSES FIFA’S DOUBLE-STANDARDS
World football governing body FIFA’s credibility lie in tatters, torn apart by its own culture of double-standards and a perennial alignment with the powerful Western nations over the so-called developing economies. Oftentimes FIFA has been able to get away with murder due to the sly and cunning way of the organization’s complex operations. In short, […]
MASHILE-NKOSI LEADS A MOVING CELEBRATION IN HONOUR OF HER LATE DAUGHTER “ZAZA” INSIDE A CENTRE BUILT IN HER MEMORY AT BARA HOSPITAL
Renowned business woman and philanthropist Daphne Mashile-Nkosi fought back the tears as she stood on a makeshift podium at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, leading celebration into the life of her late daughter, Zakithi Nkosi. Trying very hard to control her emotion, the visibly distraught mother told an intimate crowd that had gathered to mark […]
THE SCOURGE OF COLONIALISM CONTINUES TO REIGN SUPREME IN AFRICA
Professor Fadhel Kaboub, renowned Tunisian-American political economist, recently gave a blunt appraisal of the stranglehold that the lingering traits of neo-colonialism continue to hold on the African continent. Of greater significance to his empirical evidence about the oftentimes subtle subjugation of the continent by foreign powers, Prof Kaboub – President of the Global Institute for […]
RUSSIA, CHINA, CHAMPION “CONCEPT OF A SINGLE FATE FOR HUMANKIND” – PRESIDENT XI
A mere week after US President Donald Trump flew out of Beijing following a glamorous rare state visit – the first in a decade by a US president – China proved to be a modern-day mecca for crisis diplomacy as Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped in. The contrast in both mood and expectation was palpable […]
TRUMP HOPEFULLY LEARNT LESSONS FROM XI’S HUMILITY
President Donald Trump became the first US leader in a decade to undertake a state visit to the People’s Republic of China this week. The significance of the visit cannot be overstated. China is the world’s second largest economy behind that of the US. The two countries have become fierce competitors on global affairs. Their […]
UN SECURITY COUNCIL’S VETO POWERS BITE BACK THE US
This week, the UN Security Council is expected to debate a draft resolution on Iran and its spectacular closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a choke-point that continues to devastate the global economy. The constant rise in oil prices as a result of the Middle East crisis can be felt far and near. The closure […]
TRUMP’S CANTANKEROUS LEADERSHIP A BAD OMEN FOR WORLD PEACE
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Claims about the activities of the US government-aligned institutions such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and USAID, among others, give credence to discourse about a systematic fermentation of chaos in international relations. USAID has been whittled down since the triumphant return of President Donald Trump to the White House. Trump ascended to the […]
US “SECOND CIA” LEAD THE WAY IN THE USE OF SOFT POWER FOR REGIME CHANGE
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Since its establishment in 1983, the US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has stayed true to its nefarious objectives, which are aimed at subverting undesirable foreign governments that are deemed to pursue malign activities that threaten the foreign policy interests of the world’s superpower. When the Ronald Reagan administration founded NED as an NGO, they […]
APPOINTMENT OF ROELF MEYER AS ENVOY TO THE US “LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED”
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The announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that he has appointed former apartheid-era government kingpin Roelf Meyer as South Africa’s ambassador to the US is a hard pill to swallow. Our President: a gentle soul, whose love for our country is beyond reproach. A lawyer by profession and former trade unionist whose stature rose like a […]
TOOTHLESS ICC TOO SCARED TO TACKLE “GENOCIDAL BULLY” TRUMP
Time seemed to stand still. The world went eerily anxious, waiting with bated breath. Donald Trump’s finger was on the trigger as the clock began to race faster. Iran, a nation of more than 90 million people, was on the brink of apocalypse. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” […]