SPEAKERS CONFIRMED FOR SPIEF 2025 – A MIRROR OF GLOBAL CHANGE
The list of speakers has been published on the official website of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which will take place from 18 to 21 June 2025 in St. Petersburg. The forum is organized by the Roscongress Foundation. This year, SPIEF will focus on finding common ground amid global turbulence, rethinking cooperation models and laying […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ARRIVES IN THE US ON A TRICKY WORKING VISIT
The Red Carpet was roll-out as South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived at the Joint Base Andrews Airport in Washington, US, for a high-stakes diplomatic visit. This working visit is aimed at mending the increasingly strained relationship between South Africa and the United States. Once considered a stable partner on the African continent, South Africa […]
THE “AFRIKANER REFUGEES” FALLACY EXPOSES THE MALADY IN SA-US RELATIONS
Never in the history of democratic South Africa has so few caused so much pain to so many and with impunity. The preposterous saga of a very tiny minority of Afrikaners who this week flew to the US under the utterly false pretense of escaping persecution has pooh-poohed Mandela’s dream of a South Africa for […]
92 COUNTRIES ALREADY CONFIRMED FOR SPIEF 2025
A month and a half remain before the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is scheduled to begin and representatives of more than 92 countries have already confirmed their intention to participate, a 5% increase over the same period last year. “More than 92 countries have already confirmed their intention to attend SPIEF, attesting to […]
ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM 2025
The architecture of the business programme for the 2025 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which will take place on 18–21 June, has been published. This year’s theme is “Shared Values: The Foundation of Growth in a Multipolar World”, reflecting major shifts in international cooperation and the role of universal values in enabling sustainable economic development. […]
COAST AND CULTURE – A GLOBAL MEDIA TOUR IN SHANDONG
Traversing Jining, Confucius’ birthplace; the maritime metropolis of Qingdao; and the coastal innovation hub of Yantai, a media delegation recently decoded Qilu culture’s 2,500-year legacy through a global lens. Meanwhile, China Media Group’s “China Up Close – Shandong Tour” kicked off on April 25. Over 50 journalists from Chinese and international media embarked on an […]
WHO BENEFITS FROM ZELENSKY’S VISIT?
What is the essence of a foreign policy that does not rally the nation around a common goal, and instead divides the populace right down the middle, leaving a bitter taste and uncertainty? The visit by the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to our capital this week has caused a much greater harm to the national […]
SA MUST RETHINK HOSTING THE DIVISIVE UKRAINE’S ZELENSKY
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s scheduled official state visit to SA is next week is fraught with huge geopolitical repercussions for Pretoria. Since the announcement in recent times that President Zelensky would be landing on our shores on April 24, I’ve been grappling to wisdom behind his visit. In all honesty, and without a shred of […]
WHEN TARRIFS BECOME A POLITICAL WEAPON
US President Donald Trump has shocked America’s allies by lumping them together with the traditional foes such of the West in sweeping imposition of universal tariffs that have set in motion a global trade war. In typical cowboy fashion, President left no one unscathed. The EU, UK, Japan, South Korea and next-door neighbor Canada are […]
AFRICAN CHILDREN’S SUMMIT 2025: WHY THE AFRICA CHILDREN’S SUMMIT MATTERS NOW MORE THAN EVER
As the world reels from the multiple, overlapping crises of war, climate breakdown, wideninginequality, and the unchecked rise of artificial intelligence, it is crucial that we ask: what kind ofworld are we creating for our children? More importantly, what kind of world do childrenthemselves envision—and how do we listen? The Africa Children’s Summit will be […]
IT’S OFFICIAL – RUSSIAN AMB ROMAN AMBAROV’S CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED BY SA PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
Russian Ambassador Roman Ambarov said: “The complexities and difficulties of the present global geopolitical and economic landscape make it imperative for Russia and South Africa to cooperate more closely on the multilateral level. Our interaction has always been characterized by mutual respect and overall convergence of views on the topical issues of international and regional […]
REMARKS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT MASHATILE DURING INTERVIEW WITH THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE CLUB OF JAPAN
“Good afternoon, I would like to begin by officially thanking all the Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Senior Government Officials, the South African Embassy and all our counterparts for making this short visit a great success. The past three days have been very busy with the delegation and I meeting with the Prime Minister, Chief Cabinet Secretary, members […]