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Foreign Policy

A peek into SA’s foreign policy black box

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South Africa’s foreign policy performance, over its first quarter-century democratic governance, is put under the spotlight
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Mbeki on South Africa’s foreign policy shortcomings — and his brush with neo-Nazis

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The former president says that South Africa needs clearer foreign policy positions on a range of continental and global issues
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Human rights issues will test foreign policy

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If SA wants to regain its global standing, it must take a moral stand that may irk its new friends
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Dark days ahead if you’re hoping for change

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On one side of the Atlantic, it is “America First”; on the other, it is “immigrants out”.
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South Africa’s foreign policy has been at sixes and sevens – here’s why

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Against the backdrop of drifts in the country’s foreign policy, defining a strategic impetus in global affairs has become all the more important.
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US frets over its base in Djibouti

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Djibouti is a springboard into a troubled region and home to a squadron of American drones.
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Rwanda aims calculated slurs at Zuma

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Tensions remain high as a top adviser to Rwandan President Paul Kagame derides the leadership of South Africa's "meddling" president.
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Editorial: Foreign policy needs leadership

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Rwanda is exploiting South Africa's diminished international stature to challenge our foreign policy.
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National

Focus on FW de Klerk distracted attention from the troubling state of the nation

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Some political analysts say President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking too long to mend the country, others says it is the ANC itself that must be fixed
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National

Eastern Cape MEC orders graft investigation after two workers killed at troubled district municipality

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The killing of two council workers at the Amathole district municipality appears to be linked to tender fraud and corruption
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National

South Africans stuck in China are desperate to escape coronavirus ‘prison’

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But the department of international relations and co-operation claims they are comfortable and taken care of 
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Press Releases

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

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VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.
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Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

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Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.
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Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

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Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.
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Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

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Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding
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Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

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Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders
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Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

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Do the research first; it will save money and time later
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Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

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Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs
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Special Reports

Looking inwards

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Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it
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South Africa’s foreign policy performance, over its first quarter-century democratic governance, is put under the spotlight

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