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/ 6 December 2024

Trump could bring a plot twist to SA’s G20 presidency

The US president-elect’s threat to Brics and regressive climate change stance risk stoking tension

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By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 19 November 2024

Ramaphosa calls for respect for UN Charter at G20 summit

South Africa intends to lobby for reform of the UN Security Council when it takes over the G20 presidency from Brazil

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 7 November 2024

South Africa is eager to facilitate Russia-Ukraine peace talks, says minister Lamola

The international relations minister pressed the point after talks with British Foreign Secretary, David Lammy.

By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 4 November 2024

British foreign secretary to meet with Lamola on first African tour

David Lammy is on a visit to the continent to strengthen relations with South Africa and Nigeria

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 17 October 2024

Ramaphosa: Africa through the African Union will decide on UN Security Council seats

The president said any suggestion that South Africa would pull rank in the process was misplaced

By Emsie Ferreira

Columns

/ 27 September 2024

So far so good as Ramaphosa’s GNU nears the 100 day mark

Cyril’s away game can’t be faulted, like Mikel Arteta’s 2024 Arsenal, but with no red cards

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 12 August 2024

South Africa condemns Israel’s strike on Gaza school as inhumane

The international ministry is considering its options in the multilateral sphere to push for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 2 April 2024

Morals must trump geopolitical agendas in Gaza conflict

Will the UN resolution lead to a ceasefire? Delays on the part of the superpowers, driven by self-interest, put the lives of ordinary people on the line

By Imran Khalid

Politics

/ 21 November 2023

Brics leaders call for immediate truce in Israeli-Hamas war

China demanded an end to ‘collective punishment’ inflicted on Gaza, at a virtual summit chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 20 October 2023

SA’s struggle for a role in solving Israeli-Palestinian impasse

Naledi Pandor appeared to put that at risk, but neutrality is neither a just demand nor a way to bring Israel to the negotiating table

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By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 19 October 2022

UN weaknesses threaten global rule of law

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council’s right to veto decisions – often in their own interests – and their laxity in implementing reform proposals are among the international body’s crucial failings

By William Gumede

National

/ 11 April 2022

Government maintains its neutral stance on Russia’s war against Ukraine

Citing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Pretoria says there needs to be consistency in the approach of the international community.

By Bongeka Gumede

National

/ 25 February 2022

Ramaphosa urges UN Security Council to mediate end to Ukraine war

As Russian troops entered Kiev, the president said if ever there were a time for the security council to intervene it was now, adding that he planned to speak to both Moscow and Washington

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 17 September 2021

Geostrategic fault lines show up at the annual Brics summit

While the summit leaders solemnly swear that they are singing off the same struggle song sheet towards progressive development, the bloc’s leaders’ solidarity is mostly skin-deep

By Lisa Thompson and Siyavuya Mpinda

Opinion

/ 11 September 2021

Did 9/11 really change everything? It’s hard to tell if you’re brown

Witnessing 9/11 in New York, the fear and the unity, no one could agree if we were entering a new world, or a depressingly familiar one

By Lakshmi Sundaram

Thought Leader

/ 10 June 2021

Psychologists talk: Is the United Nations capable of resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict (or indeed any modern crisis)?

Suntosh Pillay speaks to fellow psychologist Anton Botha, who is also a former UN staff member, about Israel and Palestine and whether or not the United Nations is abdicating its duties to maintain peace

By Suntosh Pillay and Anton Botha

Opinion

/ 20 May 2021

South Sudanese leaders must bring justice for victims of atrocities

The cycles of violence can be broken by the truth, reparations and guarantees of peace for the victims of the war

By Deprose Muchena

Africa

/ 27 October 2020

The European companies that armed the Ivorian civil war

AN OCCRP investigation reveals that Gunvor and Semlex brokered weapons-for-oil deals in early 2011 when Côte d’Ivoire was in crisis, despite a UN arms embargo

By Khadija Sharife, Mark Anderson, Sana Sbouai and Mathieu Olivier

Africa

/ 6 July 2020

Pandemic-induced human rights violations a double tragedy to humanity

The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this

By Webster Zambara