Africa: BRICS Members At Odds Over Iran War, but Lamola Insists Bloc Retains Solidarity

Sharp divisions over the Iran war challenge BRICS unity, yet Minister Ronald Lamola asserts that the group remains solid despite differing views among its members. Read more »

Africa: Is South Africa Ready for Institutional Digital Assets?

Digital assets are no longer a fringe conversation in South Africa's financial sector. At the Luno Institutional Digital Assets Conference (LIDAC26) in Cape Town on 11 June 2026,… Read more »

South Africa: Authorities Track Possible Andes Virus Exposure in Western Cape As Cruise Outbreak Spreads

A resident in the Western Cape is being tested for the Andes virus after possible exposure during a flight, as authorities track the ongoing outbreak from the cruiseliner the MV… Read more »

South Africa: How an SA Team of Scientists Hunted a Rare Hantavirus Strain

South African medical scientists have, just like with Covid-19, once again done the country proud by working fast and efficiently to discover the cause of death and illness on a… Read more »

Africa: South Africa Ready to Defend Itself Against Xenophobia Charges At AU

Ghana has asked the African Union to address 'xenophobic attacks' in South Africa. Minister Ronald Lamola has welcomed the opportunity to raise broader migration issues. Read more »

Africa: Hate On Parade - Xenophobic Marches Gather Pace As UN Warns South Africa

Across major cities, political entrepreneurs like Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and Zandile Dabula are staging increasingly bold anti-migrant marches, with little pushback from authorities.… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Agriculture Groups Urge More Fuel Relief As IMF Warns of Global Shock

The South African agricultural industry welcomed the cut in the fuel levy, but there are calls for more action to protect the country's food security. Read more »

South Africa: Early Hearing Detection Could Help Close the Learning Gap Before It Opens

Early hearing loss often goes undetected, quietly shaping a child's ability to speak, learn and connect. A quick test at birth could change that trajectory - yet too many of SA's… Read more »

South Africa: Paris Signals Strong, but Nuanced, Support for Pretoria On the Global Stage

French President Emmanuel Macron will keep SA's G20 agenda alive in the G7. Read more »

South Africa: A Sealed Universe - South African Survivor Recalls Jeffrey Epstein's Desert Fortress

Not only did Zorro Ranch isolate his victims, it also hosted scientists and celebrities flown in to listen to his warped and grandiose ambitions. Now state senators are calling for… Read more »

South Africa: Interpol-Wanted Drug Trafficker Found Working At Constantia Virgin Active As a Personal Trainer

A man, originally from Bulgaria, is listed by the global police organisation Interpol as wanted by Romania for 'trafficking in drugs'. And he's been in Cape Town, offering personal… Read more »

South Africa: BRICS Members Are Moving Along On Trade Matters, Leaving SA Behind

South Africa lags in trade negotiations while BRICS peers advance. Urgent action is needed to secure its economic future amid shifting global markets. Read more »

Africa: Beyond a Crisis - We're in a New Era of Global 'Water Bankruptcy', Says UN Report

Amid alarming global water shortages, a UN report declares a new era of 'water bankruptcy', emphasising the need for urgent action and redefined policies to address irreversible… Read more »

Africa: The Somaliland Crisis Demands That the AU Break Free From Its Rigid Adherence to Postcolonial Sovereignty

The African Union operates within a framework where sovereignty is treated as a static legal artefact, a 'frozen right' granted irrevocably at the moment of decolonisation,… Read more »

South Africa: SA Rules Out Any Boycott of Trump's G20

Vincent Magwenya also suggests local ownership law could be amended to accommodate would-be foreign ICT investors like Starlink. Read more »

South Africa: 'Unacceptable' - - Norway's Prime Minister Decries Reason for the Us Boycott of G20 Summit

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre criticises the US's absence from the G20 Leaders' Summit, calling its explanation for missing it 'unacceptable'. He highlights… Read more »

Africa: SA's Global Leadership to Be Tested As Africa's Economy Takes the G20 Centre Stage

South Africa's presidency of the G20 in 2025 arrives at a moment of critical transition. Global trade policy, finance mechanisms and climate commitments set in the G20 reverberate… Read more »

South Africa: Trump's G20 Boycott Could Propel Ramaphosa and Lamola Into Leadership Spotlight

While the G20 summit is primarily about our relationship with the world, it is entirely possible that there could be consequences for our domestic politics. It could be a golden… Read more »

South Africa: After the Bell - Why Do I Fret About Hosting the G20?

The G20 is perhaps the easiest big event to host, and a chance to remind the rest of the world that we are still a player, even if we don't have a big breakthrough moment. Read more »

South Africa: Can SA Maintain Its Climate Influence Without Its Environment Minister At COP30?

In the wake of Environment Minister Dion George's dismissal from office during COP30, for the first time South Africa is not being represented by a head of state at the annual… Read more »

South Africa: Civil Society Launches 'People's Summit' to Counter Johannesburg G20

As Johannesburg gears up to host the G20 summit in Nasrec from 22-23 November, civil society organisations call for governments to prioritise climate justice, reduce debt distress… Read more »

Africa: As Leaders Pull Out of the G20, Who Can Capitalise On the Opportunity?

The upcoming G20 meeting in Johannesburg will be without the US government, and only a lower-level rep from Russia, but with the second-highest Chinese leader, although not Xi… Read more »

South Africa: US Makes Clear It Will Oppose a G20 Johannesburg Leaders' Declaration

The summit now seems to be headed for a weaker 'Chair's Statement'. The prospects of Leaders' Declaration were fading anyway, but dimmed considerably after the US spelt out its… Read more »

Africa: COP30 Kicks Off With Donor Nations Served With 'Invoice' for Climate Finance

The COP of 'implementation' and 'truth' has opened in the Amazon with leaders demanding definitive action over aspirational climate policy. The outgoing COP29 president raised the… Read more »

Africa: Trump to G20 and SA - - 'Drop Dead'

Donald Trump's sudden decision to send no official representative to this year's G20 meeting has upset planning and is making it impossible to say if the upcoming meeting will have… Read more »