THERE IS DEVELOPMENT, THEN THERE IS CHINA.
Have you ever seen a place that feels so picturesque it could have been lifted straight out of a futuristic movie? That is the feeling that hits when you first set your eyes on Beijing. But what struck me most were not the skyscrapers. It was not the technology, the roads or the railways. It […]
UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE BIKO INQUEST: AN INTERROGATION OF THE DECIMATION OF OUR MORAL CONSCIENCE AND THE DEARTH OF MEANINGFUL POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
September month in South Africa is Black Consciousness month. It is in this month that we reflect on the life and death of the giant of our struggle for liberation and an icon of the Black Consciousness Movement, Stephen Bantu Biko. Steve Biko gained world renown when he died in police custody at the hands […]
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TO PARTICIPATE IN 18TH BRICS SUMMIT IN INDIA
President Cyril Ramophosa will, at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Republic of India, attend the 18th BRICS Summit to be held in New Delhi. The summit will be held from 12 to 13 September 2026 under India’s Chairship theme, “Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Security”. The gathering will focus on […]
SADC CHAIRPERSON PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO PRESIDENT HASSAN OF TANZANIA
In his capacity as Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), President Cyril Ramaphosa extends his deep condolences to Her Excellency, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the Republic of Tanzania, on the passing of her husband Mr Hafidh Ameir Hassan. Mr Hassan,80, passed away yesterday, Monday 7 September 2026, while receiving treatment for a […]
CHINA-SA AGRIC COOPERATION DEEPENS
Glad to see that South African cherries have gained access to the broader Chinese market! Today, an important and mutually beneficial protocol was signed, paving the way for South African cherries to enter the Chinese market for the first time. This will not only benefit cherry farmers and exporters in SA, but also allow more […]
MINISTER AUCAMP SIGNS PROTOCOL OPENING MARKET FOR THE EXPORT OF SOUTH AFRICAN CHERRIES TO CHINA
The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Wille Aucamp, has signed a landmark protocol granting South African cherry producers market access into China for the first time. The signing of the protocol took place during the 9th Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Ministerial Meeting in Beijing on 8 September 2026, where Minister Aucamp signed the protocol alongside Minister […]
ADDRESS BY MINISTER PULE AT THE CHURCH LEADERS GATHERING IN UNITY (CLGU)
“It is a great honour to join you today at this Church Leaders Gathering in Unity (CLGU), convened by EAM Global to create a platform where pastors and church leaders can come together across denominational and organisational lines in the spirit of fellowship, collaboration and shared purpose. When the Deputy President of the Republic of […]
NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH: WE HAVE NORMALISED SUFFERING IN SOUTH AFRICA
September is our National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in South Africa. Yet, it seems all we do is telling people to “speak up” and “take care of themselves”, and that’s exactly where we have missed the point. Because people cannot literally breathe their way out of poverty. They cannot meditate their way out of unemployment. They cannot positive-think their way out […]
UKRAINE’S ZELENSKY PLAYING WITH FIRE IF HE ATTACKS RUSSIAN CIVIL AVIATION
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hit back at his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in what has become a key indicator in the growing schism between the two neighbouring nations in the grip of devastating war that has entered a fifth year. Putin was reacting in the aftermath of the recent threats by Zelensky that Ukraine […]
THE MENACE OF WESTERN IMPERIALISM AND THE MEMORY OF PRESIDENT SALVADOR ALLENDE
Western imperialism is, without doubt, the most destructive force unleashed on humanity over the past 500 years. Today, 4 September 2026, marks the 56th anniversary of Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens’ election as President of Chile in 1970. The 11th of this month will also mark the 53rd anniversary of the bloody, US-backed military coup that […]
HISTORY IS BEING MADE, FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN SEEING IT
Chinese President Xi Jinping, speaking Sep. 1 at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, described to attendees the framework of the new world currently taking shape. The SCO’s “biggest achievement is that it has steadily grown into a new type of regional cooperation organization…. Its most valuable spiritual asset is that it pioneered, […]
THE AWAKENING OF THE SOVEREIGN MIND
—Merging Nietzschean Will to Power and Biko’s Black Consciousness to Remedy Post-Apartheid Decay— by Aubrey Somana Three decades into its democratic dispensation, South Africa finds itself trapped in an existential malaise. Beyond the quantifiable metrics of infrastructure collapse, state capture, systemic unemployment, and pervasive crime lies a deeper, more insidious malady: a crisis of agency. […]