SOUTH AFRICA DRAWS THE LINE WITH ISRAEL
South Africa’s decision to declare Israel’s Chargé d’Affaires, Ariel Seidman, persona non grata is not just a diplomatic slap on the wrist. It is a calculated way for South Africa to assert sovereignty. And this is a warning shot fired across the bow of a relationship that has been deteriorating in plain sight. In the […]
ZELENSKY’S PRAISE FOR MADURO’S KIDNAPPING MUST TEACH SA TO CHOOSE ALLIES WISELY
As most of the international community paused in “shock and awe” of the US whilst staging a brazen military attack on Venezuela – kidnapping and whisking away the country’s president and his wife to a detention centre far away in New York – some celebrated the cowboy drama as a lesson for adversaries. Among the […]
‘PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH’ OR ‘STRENGTH TO LOVE?’
Will the United States be bombing Iran or in possession of Greenland by the time this article arrives in your email inbox? Both outcomes are possible today or in the coming days and weeks ahead. On January 12, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING—TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the […]
THE MORAL COURAGE TO BE SOVEREIGN AND GOOD
At a moment which Helga Zepp-LaRouche characterized as “clearly spinning out of control,” the question of whether humanity can muster the moral fitness to survive hangs over all our heads. If the answer is yes, it will be because the principles of sovereignty and international law will have won out over the frantic fantasies of […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S 2026 NEW YEAR MESSAGE
“The year behind us was not easy. Many South Africans faced the strain of a myriad of challenges over the past year.It is a matter of concern that many South Africans are unemployed and that poverty and inequality persist. The high cost of living has imposed huge burdens of South African households. Many communities live […]
US SUFFERS CHINA’S BACKLASH OVER “PROVOCATIVE MOVE” TO ARM TAIWAN
The People’s Republic of China has predictably unleashed a major backlash against the provocative US decision to sell large-scale arms to Taiwan, an inalienable region of China. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced taking countermeasures against 20 US military companies and 10 senior executives who have engaged in arming Taiwan in recent years. […]
BEFORE THE DOOR CLOSES
The world, as Helga Zepp-LaRouche warned, is “hanging between hope and disaster,” and the outcome depends on whether action replaces inertia. There are openings. The continued dialogue between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, described by both sides as productive, marks a meaningful path forward toward ending the conflict playing out in Ukraine. Alongside diplomatic movement forward […]
SA ROSE DESPITE THE ODDS IN 2025
As the year draws to a close, there is a plethora of reflections to draw upon considering the year that has been – 2025. We often dwell on the masses of challenges that plague our society, but what’s most remarkable is our resolve to continuously improve and adapt, despite these. Contextually, South Africa contends with […]
WORLD REVIEW AND FORECAST SHOWS THINGS MAY GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET ANY BETTER
We’ve come to the very end of a treacherous year in international relations. There have been so many events happening, so many divisive statements uttered and so many men and women brazenly embrace war-talk. Yet, despite all the apparent gloom and doom there was reasonable hope for the future amidst the present that is characterised […]
US ARMING TAIWAN IS TO POKE NOSE INTO CHINA’S SOVEREIGNTY
If actions indeed speak louder than words,this week’s decision by the US to approve a record weapons sale toTaiwan is proof that the Trump administration is doing everything in its military power to trigger a confrontation with China. The 11.1 billion dollar sale of massive package of advanced weaponry for Taiwan was greenlighted byPete Hegseth’s […]
THERE IS NO PARTIAL SOLUTION: WE MUST – AND CAN – CHANGE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM
“NATO has definitely outlived its legitimacy. We must urgently replace it with a new security and development architecture which this time must take into account the security and development interests of every single country on the planet,” Helga Zepp-LaRouche told an international gathering of youth on Sunday, December 14. “I think that is absolutely the only way […]
BOMBING VENEZUELA WILL NOT SAVE THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Under the banner—“Bombing Venezuela Will Not Save the Financial System”—representatives of The LaRouche Organization in Los Angeles have been on the streets, engaging Americans to break through the fog of lies and manipulations, in order to understand what we face in the world, and take action. Behind the war madmen centered in Europe, in Washington, […]