Washington Sleeps Easy - SA Envoy to Venezuela Calls Off 'Plans' for Military Action Against U.S. [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Pretoria's man in Caracas has retracted his offer to help Venezuela fight off a feared American invasion. Read more »
Two New Africa-South America Undersea Cables to Open
Balancing Act
By this autumn, two new undersea cables - SACS and SAIL - will connect Africa to South America and the USA. Whilst all new fibre capacity to the continent is to be welcomed, these… Read more »
Tenth BRICS Summit Held in South Africa While United States Trade War Escalates [opinion]
Fahamu
Delegates at the recently concluded BRICS Summit in South Africa made a public declaration against unilateralism coming from Washington. Read more »
SANDF Chief Clarifies Situation Regarding Cuba Flight
News24Wire
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) chief General Solly Shoke reiterated on Tuesday that reports about the smuggling of arms to Cuba on a chartered South African Airways… Read more »
South Africa Prepares for BRICS Summit
Deutsche Welle
The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have a series of ambitious plans for the meeting in Johannesburg. Read more »
IBSA Could Function As a Democratic Organisation Within BRICS Itself [analysis]
Democracy Works
Before the rise of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), the alliance between India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) promised to align the globe's largest… Read more »
As Global Headwinds Batter BRICS Countries, Can It Stay the Course? [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The priorities and themes of the 10th BRICS Summit, ranging from peacekeeping to collaboration around the 4th Industrial Revolution, provide a number of issues that summit leaders… Read more »
South Africa Punches Above Its Weight in BRICS Grouping [guest column]
allAfrica
South Africa's inclusion in the BRICS grouping of nations - whose 10th summit it will host from July 25 to 27 - has long been questioned, since by most indicators – economic,… Read more »
What BRICS Leaders Should Have Talked About [analysis]
Daily Maverick
As they met in Johannesburg, BRICS leaders should have addressed the many human rights issues that prevail in their respective countries. Read more »
BRICS Wants to Tap More Into Own Potential
Deutsche Welle
Diamonds and oranges: Five countries that jointly represent at least 40 per cent of the world's people and GDP discussed details of economic collaboration at the 10th BRICS summit… Read more »
Important Small Steps at BRICS Summit, but Little to Show On Big Issues [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Trying to evaluate a meeting like the BRICS summit that recently took place in Johannesburg is challenging. On the one hand, a summit is an exercise in political theatre. In this… Read more »
The Spectre of the Red Berets [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Or, is South Africa the new Venezuela (or, worse, Zimbabwe) and what does that mean, exactly, for the future? Read more »
Diplomacy - New Brazilian Ambassador Received
Cameroon Tribune
Vivian Loss Sanmartin presented advanced copies of her letter of credence yesterday to the Minister of External Relations. Read more »
BRICS Leaders Cite Concerns About Protectionist Policies
VOA
Leaders from the five BRICS nations sounded the alarm over what South Africa’s president described as recent threats to multilateralism and sustainable global growth —… Read more »
Namibia and Jamaica Chart Path for Cooperation
New Era
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday brought a message of cooperation to Namibia, saying that for small developing countries such as the two countries to survive in… Read more »
