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BRICS opens doors to a new business era
Business leaders at the India Today BRICS Roundtable in New Delhi explored cross-border opportunities, highlighting how trade, manufacturing, and investment can drive new growth…
India, South Africa and the BRICS moment: From shared voice to shared power
Beyond diplomatic optics, BRICS is rapidly transforming into a solution-driven economic platform. Here is how India and South Africa are turning shared multilateral ambitions…
Ramaphosa puts Gaza at centre of BRICS call for equal justice
At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the equal application of international law, demanding accountability for atrocities in Palestine, Sudan,…
Ramaphosa warns BRICS against a new raw-material trap for Africa
Speaking at the BRICS Business Forum in New Delhi, President Cyril Ramaphosa urged member nations to direct investments toward local manufacturing and mineral beneficiation…
Ramaphosa courts Indian investment at BRICS summit
President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in New Delhi for the BRICS summit, using the platform to target Indian investment in South Africa's critical minerals, infrastructure, and…
SA’s moral, technical high ground upends unipolar narrative
The “white genocide” narrative works inside this wider machinery. It racialises South Africa’s internal contradictions for foreign consumption. It turns a country struggling with…
Russian Embassy distances state from Errol Musk farmer relocation claims
The Russian Embassy has moved to counter media speculation around Errol Musk’s visit to Russia, stressing that no farmer relocation programme exists and that the discussions…
Brics, the GNU and the erasure of African consciousness
The judiciary and legal academy entrenched the same exclusion. They protected the existing order through property law, constitutional abstraction and procedural sanctity. They…
Middle East conflict reaches SA’s doorstep
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans in Israel to cross the land border into Jordan — one of the few remaining safe exit routes
The Sona love letter to SA’s agric sector
We are working to expand the sector and ensure we provide high-quality products to new markets. It remains key that the sector’s “knowledge infrastructure” is up to date and,…
Trump envoy arrives in Pretoria amid stormy US-SA relations
The US has not had a permanent ambassador to South Africa since January 2025
SA’s sovereignty is ‘not negotiable’, Ramaphosa says in Sona
In a pointed message to powerful nations, the president declared that South Africa’s sovereignty was “sacrosanct” and would not be compromised
Motsepe, the Crown Prince?
Supporters argue that Motsepe possesses the skills and experience to lead the ANC and South Africa. His potential presidency is expected to strengthen relations with the United…
SA’s foreign policy at a crossroads
This does not require abandoning old allies but it does require recognising that the world has moved on from the ideological certainties of the past
Trump’s whips and chains initiative
He has been ruling like a dictator, claiming wartime powers, circumventing the Senate and Congress