PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA’S MOVING EULOGY AT FUNERAL OF AMB MTHETHWA
“Fellow Mourners, Nina baka Dingiswayo, We gather here today, in mourning and in gratitude, to honour the life of a remarkable leader—someone whose courage, conviction and compassion helped steer our nation toward freedom and justice. Comrade Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa has been taken away from us, yet in the echoes of his deeds, in the memories […]
WORLD LEADERS UNITED IN DEFENCE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW TO UPHOLD HUMANITY IN WAR
Alarmed by widespread violations of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in conflicts around the world and the resulting unconscionable human suffering, we, the leaders of Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan and South Africa, together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), urge States and the international community to act. A year ago, we launched […]
THE DETERIORATING US-EU RELATIONS HERALDS THE DAWN OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL WORLD ORDER
The flurry of geopolitical activities, and the turbo-charged speed at which the reconfiguration of the international world order is taking place, signals the demise of Europe as a sphere of significant influence in world politics. In the same vein, the rapid changes in international relations are characterized by the reawakening of the Global South as […]
AFTER THE ALASKA SUMMIT, MOVE FOR ASIA-PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT IS A MOVE FOR WORLD PEACE
Economic development is not an add-on, but the content for peace and security. The Trump-Putin Alaska Summit on August 15, at which specifics were agreed upon for follow-up work on resolving the Ukraine conflict, also poses the prospect for Asia-Pacific mutual development, a critical contribution to the world potential for peace and security. This perspective […]
THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE FINALLY BLOWING IN FAVOUR OF PALESTINE
The tide is turning – and at a blistering pace – for the recognition of the Palestinian statehood by a growing majority of the nations of the world. As of much this year, 147 out of the 193 UN member-states officially recognize the State of Palestine. At the end of a widely publicized conference on […]
“THE DOMINANCE OF THE WEST IS OVER,” SAYS RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT PUTIN
Russian President Vladimir Putin sounded like a man on a mission to change the world. But any thoughts of Putin toying with the international world order needs a quick rethink because, in his own words, he is not. Instead, Putin told a packed St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) this week that he is merely […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA CONCLUDES WORKING VISIT TO CANADA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has, on 17 June 2025, concluded his working visit to Canada where he participated in the G7 Summit Outreach Session, on the margins of the G7 Leaders Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. The Group of Seven (G7) consists of the largest advanced economies namely: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the […]
BURKINA FASO’S TRAORE SIGNALS THE RETURN OF REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP IN AFRICA
In Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, a structure has risen that embodies more than just memory: it symbolizes vision, renewal, and resistance. It is the Thomas Sankara Mausoleum. The Thomas Sankara Mausoleum, designed by the internationally acclaimed Pritzker Prize-winning Kéré Architecture, is not merely a tribute to a distinctly revolutionary icon. It is a […]
UKRAINE WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE FOR ILL-ADVISED DRONE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA’S AIRBASES
In a much-anticipated telephone call this week, US President Donald Trump was at pains explaining to his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, that Washington absolutely had nothing to do with Ukraine’s astoundingly provocative drone attacks on five Russian airbases. The airbases, attacked simultaneously, house Russia’s strategic bomber fleet. The attacks appear to put a spanner in […]
GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERZ FLIRTS WITH DANGER IF HE PRODUCES LONG-RANGE MISSILES AGAINST RUSSIA
German-based anti-war civil society organization, the Schiller Institute, has made an impassioned plea to the country’s new Chancellor Friedrich Merz to refrain from dragging Germany into a direct war with Russia. Renowned peace campaigner and founder of the Schiller Institute, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, made a call for sanity to prevail after Chancellor Merz announced that Germany […]
BURKINABE PRESIDENT IBRAHIM TRAORE RE-WRITES AFRICA’S HISTORY FOR THE MODERN ERA
Ibrahim Traoré, the interim President of Burkina Faso who ascended to power following a popular overthrow from power of former leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in September 2022. Although military coups are regarded as an affront in modern African politics, Traoré’s pro-poor rule – real or perceived – has been positively received by a population for […]
PANIC-STRICKEN EU LEADERS FLOCK TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO PLEAD WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
The global governance system is in a tailspin. But more to the point – the re-emergence of the US President Donald Trump as the Commander-in-Chief of the world’s nuclear power has thrown Europe in a fix, a spot of bother. The speed with which the change of guard in the White House has upended the […]