WHO WOULD WELCOME THE PRINCE OF PEACE TODAY
Perhaps the most important statement to come out of AmericaFest 2025 in its first convention since the assassination of Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk, was that made by U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard regarding the intention of “EU and NATO” to “pull the U.S. military into direct conflict with Russia.” Gabbard doubled down […]
DIRCO AND UNISA HOST A SEMINAR ON “THE UN AT 80: THE POST-WORLD WAR II PEACE ARCHITECTURE AND THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the University of South Africa (UNISA) are hosting a public seminar on Wednesday, 06 August 2025, under the theme: “The United Nations (UN) at 80: The post-World War II peace architecture and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty”. The year 2025 marks 80 years since the establishment of […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA ADDRESSES THE 17TH BRICS LEADERS’ SUMMIT
“I would like to thank you, President Lula, for your warm welcome and for hosting us, as Chair of the 17th BRICS Summit, in Rio de Janeiro. I extend my warmest welcome to our dear friends, the Republic of Indonesia, as the newest member of the BRICS formation. We are witnessing a dramatic reshaping of […]
INTERNATIONAL LAW NO LONGER EXISTS
Events of the past decade have clearly shown that the concept International Law has completely lost its meaning and effect. The following events show the non-existence of International Law and implementation. 1. Israel’s continued occupation and genocidal actions in Gaza, its occupation of part of Syria, its occupation of part of Lebanon, its unprovoked strikes […]
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 […]
FAREWELL TO A MAN OF INTEGRITY
On 14 March 2025 many of us gathered at one of the Johannesburg cemeteries to bury a South African whom many speakers hailed as a person of integrity, who dedicated his life to the betterment of his fellow human beings. This was the businessman, Khomotso Jacob ‘Bobby’ Makwetla, who, among other engagements, was a distinguished […]
EXTRAORDINARY SADC SUMMIT WITHDRAWS TROOPS FROM DRC
“The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), here after called “Summit”, was held on the 13th of March 2025, to deliberate on the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Summit was officially opened and chaired by His Excellency Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, […]
IT’S TIME TO CONFRONT RWANDA’S STRONGMAN KAGAME TO LEAVE THE DRC
The grave situation that continues to unravel in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) lays bare Africa’s distorted faults of progress since the defeat of colonialism and the dawn of independent governance and freedom. Despite the continent’s vast wealth in natural resources, Africa remains the least developed of all the world’s continents and is […]
THE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF SADC
1. The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) hereafter called “Summit” was held on the 31st of January 2025 in Harare, Republic of Zimbabwe, to deliberate on the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 2. Summit was officially opened and chaired by […]