Nuclear Weapons
latest news & developments
Could Ali Mazrui’s nuclear pragmatism inspire practical policies?
The Kenyan American political scientist argued that the Global South acquiring nuclear weapons would lead to universal nuclear disarmament
South Africa, as a Brics member, must make its voice heard on Putin’s nuclear weapons sabre-rattling
Strategic ties to Russia will be worth little if it resorts to the use of nuclear bombs in its war in Ukraine
South Africa can be proud it got rid of its nukes
Today, 29 August, is the International Day against Nuclear Tests, and the world is under increasing threat following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The role of capitalism in the war in Ukraine
Ukraine, per se, is not the issue. It is tragically a war-ravaged pawn in a much larger conflict: the decline of one capitalist empire and the rise of yet another.
South African intelligence services are fluent in NoSpeak
This offshoot of Orwell’s Newspeak uses semantic obfuscation to hide state failures and abuses in the inherently ambiguous world of intelligence. Who knows what and how much it…
North Korea fires ‘missile’, insists on right to weapons tests
The projectile was fired from the northern province of Jagang into waters off the east coast
New anti-nuclear treaty legitimises the fight for disarmament
The international community took a historic step on July 7, when it adopted the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, after a negotiating process that…
SA scrambles to deal with fallout from leaked spy cables
South Africa’s government scrambled on Tuesday to deal with the fallout of the worst intelligence leak in its two-decade democratic history.
Syria misses deadline to remove chemical weapons
A December 31 deadline to remove part of the Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal for destruction has been missed.
Supreme Leader: Iran not seeking a nuclear weapon
Iran does not want nuclear weapons but if it did, no world power could prevent it from obtaining one, Iran’s Supreme Leader said on Saturday.
Obama confronts nuclear threats on world stage
President Barack Obama is returning to the threat to US security that he calls the gravest of all: terrorists getting material for a nuclear bomb.
Iran begins underground uranium refining
Iran has begun its underground uranium refining at the Fordow site, signalling its decision not to back down despite sanctions from the West.
Sixty-six years on: Nagasaki remembers bombing
The US sent its first representative to the annual memorial for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, which killed almost 80 000 people.
US expert saw hundreds of centrifuges in North Korea
A US nuclear scientist saw hundreds of centrifuges in North Korea this month, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday.
SA turns apartheid-era nukes into medicine
SA has transformed nuclear weapons into a tool for detecting cancer and heart disease, with a new technology that could ease nuclear arms trafficking