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The Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

The State Funeral Service will be attended by Heads of State and Overseas Government Representatives, including Foreign Royal Families, Governors General and Realm Prime Ministers

By Royal family news 18 days ago

‘Let us tell the next generation their futures are worth fighting for,’ says outgoing Assembly President

“The accomplishments of the last year would not have been possible without…Abdulla Shahid,” said Secretary-General António Guterres

By UN Press 24 days ago

Liz Truss: who is the UK’s new prime minister and why has she replaced Boris Johnson?

Truss will become the Conservatives’ fourth leader and prime minister in just over six years. She’s Queen Elizabeth’s fifteenth prime minister, and the third woman to hold the job

By Nicholas Allen - Reader in Politics, Royal Holloway University of London about 1 month ago

What’s a banana republic? A political scientist explains

The term originated as a way to describe the experiences of many countries in Central America, whose economies and politics were dominated by U.S.-based banana exporters at the turn of the 20th century

By Matthew Wilson-Associate Professor of Political Science, university of South Carolina about 2 months ago

Queen Elizabeth, colonialism and land: ghosts of the past still haunt Cape Town today

British monarch Queen Elizabeth II’s passing has elicited many polarised responses, in the process allowing the ghosts of the past to resurface

By Adam Haupt- University of Cape Town 22 days ago

President congratulates Prime Minister Liz Truss of the United Kingdom

"President Ramaphosa looks forward to working with Prime Minister Truss to further strengthen the bonds of cooperation and friendship between the two countries"

By Presidency Press 30 days ago

Mikhail Gorbachev: southern Africans have a special reason to thank him

Southern Africans have a special reason to thank Gorbachev. He helped bring apartheid to an end. He did this both directly and indirectly

By Chris Saunders - Emeritus Professor , University of Cape Town about 1 month ago

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Facing a Darkening Economic Outlook: How the G20 Can Respond

As G20 ministers and central bank governors gather in Bali this week, they face a global economic outlook that has darkened significantly

Kristalina Georgieva-IMF Managing Director·3 months ago

Guterres hails ‘critical step forward’ on resuming Ukraine grain exports

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that a “critical step forward” had been taken to allow the “safe and secure export” of millions of tonnes of grain via the Black Sea, but emphasized that no formal agreement has yet been signed ...

Joburg Post·3 months ago

How BRICS’ New Development Bank can improve transparency and accountability

The New Development Bank, which was formed in July 2014, marks its eighth birthday this year. It was formed by the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) when they met in Fortaleza, Brazil for the bloc’s summit

Magalie Masamba- Post-doctoral fellow, Centre for human rights, University of Pretoria·3 months ago

Boris Johnson to resign as UK prime minister

Boris Johnson has finally accepted his days are numbered at Number 10 Downing street

Joburg Post·3 months ago

We are now in a situation in which we live in a triple crisis: Climate crisis, biodiversity crisis, Pollution crisis

We were slow, or sometimes unwilling to recognize that things were getting worse and worse in these three dimensions: ocean, climate and biodiversity

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres·3 months ago

Queen Elizabeth II: a reign that saw the end of the British empire in Africa

In the UK the Queen’s official title is: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Fait...

Roger Southall·4 months ago

What US re-entry into Somalia means for the Horn of Africa and for bigger powers

The US has announced it will resume a limited military presence in Somalia. The former administration withdrew troops from the country in 2020. The mission of the American soldiers is still what it has been for the last 15 years: to advi...

Stig Jarle Hansen·4 months ago

What is monkeypox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin

Monkeypox isn’t a new disease. The first confirmed human case was in 1970, when the virus was isolated from a child suspected of having smallpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Monkeypox is unlikely to cause another pandemic, ...

Rodney E. Rohde·5 months ago

Three priorities Africa’s newbie on the World Bank board should focus on

President Cyril Ramaphosa recently appointed a senior South African politician, Ayanda Dlodlo, to serve a two-year term as a member of the World Bank’s 25-person Board of executive directors. She will represent a constituency consisting ...

Danny Bradlow & Magalie Masamba·6 months ago

Ukraine: A democratic South Africa needs to support sovereign national self-determination and oppose all imperial behaviour

South Africa has long and enthusiastically championed a multilateral order in which Big Powers are seen to submit to collective decision-making. Big Powers let loose from an international rules-based order are simply undesirable. Nelson ...

Paul-Henri Bischoff, Professor Emeritus in IR, Rhodes University·6 months ago