THE IMPERATIVE OF THE VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI TO ETHIOPIA: REAFFIRMING THE “ALL-WEATHER STRATEGIC PARNERSHIP”

From January 7 to January 9, Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Ethiopia in 2026, undertaken as part of the long-standing tradition of Chinese foreign ministers making Africa their first destination of the New Year, is significant both in its timing and substance. For the past 36 years, China has consistently prioritized Africa in this […]
UN RESOLUTION 2797 CAUSES ANC TO RETHINK STRATEGY FOR WESTERN SAHARA

In a frank conversation with renowned political analyst, Prof Sipho Seepe, he offers some interesting food for thought for the ANC on the party’s foreign policy stance regarding Western Sahara. “The ANC should not confuse sovereignty with self-determination. Nations have been able to create self-determining regions within one sovereign state,” he says, before adding: “Canada, […]
CHINA STEPS IN TO RESCUE THE GLOBAL SOUTH AS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS WREAK HAVOC

At a time of great economic strife across the global community – triggered largely by the huffing and puffing of President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy – too many nations are reeling from the weaponization of tariffs as a diplomatic tool. Presiding over the world’s largest economy and unparalleled military might that borders on […]