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 […]
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,” […]
LAUNCH OF SINO-SA MEDIA CLUB BODES WELL FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND ACCURATE REPORTING

This week, bilateral cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and South Africa were elevated to a much higher level with the establishment of the Sino-SA Media Club. Led by the Chinese embassy in SA, and the Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS), the media club aims to enhance mutual understanding between Beijing and Pretoria […]
MASHATILE WRAPS CRUCIAL SA–CHINA SUMMIT WITH CHINA’S VP HAN ZHENG
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“I wish to express my profound gratitude for today’s engagements and your leadership in co-chairing this successful 9th Session of the South Africa–China Bi-National Commission. Today’s proceedings have injected renewed momentum into our bilateral relations and reaffirmed the importance of this platform as the apex mechanism guiding cooperation between the two nations Our deliberations today […]
CMG HOSTS ‘CHINA IN SPRINGTIME: CHINA’S DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE WORLD’ EVENT IN CAPE TOWN
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The “China in Springtime: China’s Development Opportunities for the World” Global Dialogue, organized by China Media Group (CMG), was held in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday. The city’s historic landmark, the Castle of Good Hope, welcomed around 100 representatives from the business, academic, and media communities of China and Africa. Shen Haixiong, vice minister […]
NEW US ENVOY BOZELL’S START IN SA IS UNSAVOURY
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South Africa’s fate appears to be like water on the palm of the hand of the US administration. A cursory desktop search has a plethora of examples that shows the utterly lopsided bilateral ties between Pretoria and Washington. It need not be like this. Diplomatic relations between two nations are premised on fundamental ethos such as mutual respect, voluntary cooperation and […]
TO PREVENT WORLD WAR III, DEFEND THE TRUE IDENTITY OF MANKIND

The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran is going from bad to worse, as the United States’ Epstein Administration has teamed up with a new brand of religious fundamentalists to drag the planet into catastrophe. The war continues to spread, with new attacks reported in Azerbaijan and Turkey, though the origin of the strikes remains […]
SCHILLER INSTITUTE FORUM WARNS OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR WAR, URGES NEW SECURITY ARCHITECTURE

The Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) and the Schiller Institute convened an emergency international online forum on Tuesday, titled “Epstein and the bottomless depravity of the elites: Urgent need for a cultural renaissance.” Bringing together a diverse panel of international scholars, former legislators, and analysts, the event painted a stark portrait of a global order allegedly on the […]
IF THE SEA HAS NO BOTTOM, BUILD AN ARK

On Monday, Schiller Institute Founder and Executive Editor of EIR News Service Helga Zepp-LaRouche assembled a remarkable roundtable event entitled, “Epstein and the Bottomless Depravity of the ‘Elites.’” Zepp-LaRouche opened by starkly reporting, “It is more likely than not that World War III has already begun.” Several speakers brought up the recent Epstein revelations as indicative of […]
“WE STAND RESOLUTE IN THE FACE OF AGGRESSION,” IRAN’S EMBASSY IN SA

The devastation of the assassination of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gripped the offices of the Brooklyn cultural offices of the embassy of Iran in South Africa. Twenty-four hours after Israel and the US launched a surprise military attack on the home of the Supreme Leader in Tehran, “martyring” him and several other […]
LYNDON LAROUCHE: ‘YOU MIGHT CALL IT NEO-COLONIALISM’

On January 3rd 2026, the United States of America invaded Venezuela, kidnapped its President Nicolás Maduro, and today holds him hostage and is dictating all major policy to the blackmailed government of interim President Delcy Rodríguez. On January 29th, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order, authorizing major tariffs on countries supplying oil […]
CHINA-SA YOUTH FEDERATION’S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT XI JINPING’S CONGRATS MESSAGE ON AU SUMMIT

The China South Africa Youth Federation warmly welcomes and highly commends the congratulatory message delivered by His Excellency President Xi Jinping to the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. President Xi’s message to His Excellency João Lourenço, Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Republic of Angola, and His […]