IMAGINE an alternative future if you will. A future in which our country instead of wedding itself to BRICS maintained its focus on leading the African continent — the BRICS bloc is really nothing more than a proxy for China's controversial 'belt...
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South Africa’s ambitious foreign policy under scrutiny
SOUTH AFRICA made headlines this week, and it's not all good. First up was the public spat between President Ramaphosa and Rwanda's Paul Kagame over M23 and the DRC. Kagame accuses our president of deploying SANDF troops to further his own interests that include mining, (in the process supporting...
Ramaphosa stuck in cloud-cuckooland as Pretoria buckles
FOR three decades South Africa has survived on an astonishing goodwill story — victory against apartheid brought with it a peace dividend, a return to global trade, and cessation of international sanctions. But instead of embracing rapprochement with the West, the country chose a path marred by...
Voetsek Ramaphosa’s BRICS anti-liberty brigade
IMAGINE a world in which women's rights alongside LGBT rights have been abolished, as they are in Iran? South Africa's constitution replaced overnight with a system based upon 'supremacy of the ruling party'. The opposition rolled into a new "Government of National Solidarity" (GNS). Dissenters i...
BRICS neo-colonialism demonstrated by Putin’s threat of war against South Africa
REVELATIONS of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's temper tantrums, with a threat of armed aggression against the Republic, including a possible declaration of war, have come to light, after a judge ordered that President Ramaphosa's affidavit on an ICC arrest warrant be made public this week. The...
US historical relations with South Africa are being mischaracterised by Putin propagandists
RONALD REAGAN'S REPUBLICAN USA may have been a tough nut to deal with during the 80s, but harping on about the perceived slight caused by his party's treatment of Nelson Mandela, whom they Republicans' labelled a 'terrorist', ignores the substantial contribution of many other personalities from w...