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The former general secretary of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ram Madhav, has called on South Africans of Indian descent to strengthen interaction with those in their ancestral country. (@indiainjoburg/X)
ARTICLE 370

Hindu nationalist Ram Madhav urges Indian South Africans to deepen ties with world’s largest emerging economy

The India politician is on a Global South tour to spread a message of diasporans blending loyalty to their birthplace with pride in their ancestral homeland

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
4 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
ANC

Shock election results hit governing parties globally

‘A kind of electoral long Covid’ has left its mark on countries around the world that went to the polls

  • Richard Calland
8 min read
The conflict between India and Pakistan goes back to Partition in 1947. Conflict has flared up regularly in Kashmir since then including in 2019 (above) and now in 2025. Photo: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
ARMED FORCES SPECIAL POWERS ACT

Kashmir’s ‘Black Day’ a reminder that the freedom struggle continues

The people of Kashmir and Palestine have suffered oppression for many decades, both starting with the British and then by India and Israel, respectively

  • Iqbal Jassat
3 min read
Disputed: The Ram Mandir was consecrated in January. The Hindu temple is built on a site believed to be the birthplace of Lord Rama. In 1992, Hindu nationalists demolished the Babri Mosque on the same site, the site of another temple in the 16th century. Photo: Ritesh Shukla/Getty Images
BABRI MASJID

God edition: Hindu nationalism clangs temple bells

We should question the politics using the Hindu religion and we must reject it if it is wrong

  • Aarti Bhana
4 min read
Workers remove posters of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the model court of conduct was enforced following the announcement of the schedule of Lok Sabha elections on March 16, 2024 in Patna, India. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY

What is wrong with India’s opposition?

With general elections only weeks away, opposition parties seem weak and demoralised

  • Ullekh NP
7 min read
True colours: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the inauguration of the Ram temple, built at the site of a demolished 16th-century mosque, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on 22 January. (Photo by Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
AYODHYA TEMPLE

India’s ‘Kristallnacht’ cues fascism

Hindus everywhere need to strongly oppose Narendra Modi’s agenda and the death of the democratic vision

  • Vashna Jagarnath
6 min read
The agreement to admit the AU was championed by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AFRICAN UNION AU

African Union secured admission to wealthy and influential G20

The agreement to admit the AU was championed by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow BRICS leaders President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping pose for a family photo with delegates, including six nations invited to join the BRICS group, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
ANIL SOOKLAL

Saudi Arabia still mulling Brics invite, says its ambassador to South Africa

Sultan Al Angari said Saudi Arabia would like to ensure that joining would not lead to alignment against other countries or groups, and did not affect the kingdom’s political…

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN UNION

Modi says Africa is top priority for India

The prime minister said that India’s freedom struggles had inspired independence struggles in the global south

  • MG Reporter
12 min read
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BRAZIL

Modi: Defence cooperation an important pillar in India-Africa relations

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that he believes his country should share expertise and knowledge with the Africa continent in defence manufacturing, research and…

  • Lizeka Tandwa
3 min read
The 15th Brics summit, which was hosted in South Africa, was met with a decreased market index, moving from 3,816.83 on the 21 August to 3,792.01 on 22 August, which also happened to be the actual starting day of the Brics summit. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BRICS

Russia, China win as Brics grows

Iran polarised the five member states, with Russia fighting aggressively for its inclusion in the bloc, according to insiders

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
This week’s G20 summit in Johannesburg will bring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to our shores.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BRAZIL

EXCLUSIVE: AU will be part of G20 during my presidency, says Narendra Modi

In a wide ranging interview with the Mail & Guardian, the Indian prime minister placed great importance on Africa’s position in geopolitics

  • Lizeka Tandwa
  • Paddy Harper
  • Ron Derby
8 min read
Presidents Xi Jinping, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Cyril Ramaphosa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared in person at the Brics summit, with Vladimir Putin discreetly attending via video link. Photo: Marco Longari/Getty Images
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

No Sandton showdown at Brics+6

A drama-free summit reminds the opposition that Cyril is still running the show

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
Chinese President Xi Jinping. (File photo)
BRICS

Modi, Xi meet on Brics sideline

The meeting is first between the two leaders since border conflict intensified in 2020

  • Paddy Harper
2 min read
President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
BRICS

Brics+6: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi and UAE added to bloc

Brics chair, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the bloc’s expansion, which includes two African country

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read