Tag: International Relations

GLOBAL SOUTH FORUM HAILS CHINA’S ROLE

As debates intensify over the direction of the global order, experts across the Global South have pointed to China’s rise as a key factor in redefining patterns of development and international cooperation. At an international symposium recently hosted by Global South Media Network (GSMN), experts said China’s domestic transformation and its expanding engagement with developing […]

GRADUALLY ISOLATED UKRAINE IS A VICTIM OF ZELENSKY’S LACK OF FORESIGHT

The plight of Ukraine is rapidly slipping through US President Donald Trump’s fingers with dangerous signals to a bleak future for the embattled nation and its leader Volodymyr Zelensky. The ominous signs do not shield Europe from the brewing storm either. Two public statements on Ukraine by the Trump administration this week point to a […]

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 […]

 SOUTH AFRICA’S STATEMENT AT THE UNITED NATIONS MEETING ON VENEZUELA

“Integral to the maintenance of international peace and security since the establishment of the United Nations is the understanding that no nation can claim to be legally or morally superior to another. We are all nations born out of different histories and contexts ascribing to the common values and principles enshrined in the Charter of […]

INDIA’S HOSTING OF PUTIN MARKS ALIGNMENT WITH THE GLOBAL SOUTH INSTEAD OF THE WEST

In a visibly divided international world order, cut down the middle between the Global North and Global South, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has nailed his country’s colours to the mast by brazenly defying the West and hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin on a state visit. It is a stance India has not taken lightly. […]

US TO HALT ALL PAYMENTS AND SUBSIDIES TO SOUTH AFRICA – TRUMP

In a post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will stop “all payments and subsidies” to South Africa “effective immediately.” “Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year,” he […]

BRICS IS A CATALYST FOR INEVITABLE CHANGES IN UNJUST WORLD AFFAIRS

Brazilian President Lula Da Silva’s blunt assessment of the current state of world politics would have been frightening were his views not so much of an open secret. During the recently-concluded BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, President Lula stated: “We are witnessing an unprecedented collapse of multilateralism.” In more ways than one, the Brazilian […]

PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TO HOST THE PRESIDENT OF AUSTRIA

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 04 July 2025, host President Alexander van der Bellen of Austria at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The State Visit presents an opportunity to consolidate the long-standing and strong relationship between South Africa and Austria, particularly in the fields of arts and culture, higher education, renewable energy, trade and […]

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER LAMOLA SPEAKS AT THE THIRD G20 SHERPA MEETING

“On this day, 70 years ago, 26 June 1955, the people of South Africa from all walks of life congregated under the hawkish eyes of the Apartheid government and declared the following: We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: With regards to International Relations they declared […]

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 […]

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT BY THE MINISTERS OF DIRCO

South Africa’s Strategic Adaptation to U.S. Tariffs: Advancing National Interests through Policy and Strategy The new tariff regime arising from the decision by the United States of America which have been directed not only to South Africa, but the entire world necessitates strategic responses to maintain and grow our industrial base, as a crucial avenue […]

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 […]