PRESIDENT PUTIN’S INABILITY TO ATTEND G20 COULD SPELL DANGER TO SA INSIDE BRICS
For the second time in quick succession, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be unable to attend a very important gathering on South African soil. First it was BRICS heads of state summit in August 2023, which was held in Sandton, Johannesburg. This time, President Putin is again unable to attend yet another global event of […]
IN THE ONCE FEARED RIGHTWING TOWN OF EUGENE TERRE’BLANCHE, BLACK RESIDENTS LIVE FREELY IN A DEMOCRACY
Throngs of community members in the JB Marks Local Municipality converged on the local hall to engage face-to-face with the North West government officials led by stand-in Premier Madoda Sambatha. The setting was Ventersdorp, a dorpie along the N14 motorway that was once synonymous with the rightwing Afrikaner politician Eugene Terre’Blanche, he of the infamous […]
GRASSROOTS PROGRAMME “THUNTSA LEROLE” BOOSTS SERVICE DELIVERY IN NORTH WEST
They came in large numbers to interact face-to-face with their public office bearers, government leaders led by the office of the North West Premier, Lazarus Mokgosi. Ordinary men and women — the young and the old — they flocked to Ga-Mogopa near Venterdorp in the North West, armed with a litany of questions that required […]