MAKING A ‘BOOTLEGGER’S TURN’ AWAY FROM HELL
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s October 2 call for “a philosophy of complexity” to be quickly devised and applied to diplomacy has been given a response, of sorts, this past Saturday, October 25. Those at work to construct what Schiller Institute founder Helga Zepp-LaRouche calls “A New International Security and Development Architecture” by means of which […]
“SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION” (SCO) IS A NEW WORLD POWER RISING TO REPLACE THE OBSOLETE UN SYSTEM
In a week in which the US vetoed a UN Security Council (UNSC) binding resolution aimed at ordering the immediate ceasefire in Gaza, let aid into the starving population and release the hostages held by Hamas, the relevance of UN was inadvertently put in the dock. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian representative to the UN, summed […]
“UPHOLD THE GREAT PRINCIPLE, AND THE WORLD WILL FOLLOW,” SAYS CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING
At the recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus (SCO) held in Tianjin, China, President Xi Jinping proposed before dozens of world leaders a fresh pathway to a new international world order in which sovereignty of nations would become sacrosanct. The Chinese president coined the phrase Global Governance Initiative (GGI) as the latest concept […]
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 […]
MORALLY UPRIGHT SA LEADS THE WAY AGAINST ISRAEL’S IMPUNITY BEFORE ICJ
This week, the international community once again stood still and listened to harrowing evidence of Israeli brutality amid its genocidal mission in Gaza and the occupied territories of Palestine, where more than 50,000 people have been killed since October 2023 and more continue to die every hour, week and month. The International Court of Justice […]
US TARIFFS: CHINA HITS BACK!
China, the world’s second biggest economy, is leading international retaliation against US President Donald Trump’s wholesale imposition of universal tariffs that has triggered an unprecedented global trade war. President Trump’s minimum baseline 10 percent tariff on all goods exported from elsewhere into the US, the world’s biggest economy, has set off fear, shock and uncertainty […]
OPENING OF THE AZIZ PAHAD INAUGURAL ANNUAL PEACE, SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE
Speech Delivered by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola, under the theme: Constitutionalism as the Foundation of Nation Building and Social Cohesion: A Reflection of 30 Years of Freedom, Equity and Justice in a Post Apartheid South Africa. “As we gather here today and this moment in history, we must guard against the […]
MINISTER LAMOLA’S ADDRESS AT THE 11TH SESSION OF THE BI-NATIONAL COMMISSION BETWEEN SA AND NIGERIA.
“Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, on behalf of the Government and the people of South Africa, allow me to warmly welcome you and your delegation to the city of Cape Town. Your journey from the great country of Nigeria to our shores to facilitate the upcoming Session of our respective Presidents is testimony to the enduring […]