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South Africa cannot afford frivolous debates that treat borders as provisional or sovereignty as negotiable.

South Africa’s dangerous drift away from sovereignty and nationhood

Transnational commitments are celebrated, while attachment to the nation‑state is treated with suspicion

Brics and the wider multipolar shift have opened a new political field in world affairs. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert / PR

Brics, the GNU and the erasure of African consciousness

The judiciary and legal academy entrenched the same exclusion. They protected the existing order through property law, constitutional abstraction and procedural sanctity. They elevated form above the history of conquest. They treated settler possession as the legal present and African dispossession as historical background

Qasem Soleimani received the Zolfaghar Order from Ali Khamenei, the 87-year-old Supreme Leader who was assassinated in the US and Israeli strikes against Iran. Photo: khamenei.ir

US/Israel war against International Law

The assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns

Canada’s PM Mark Carney. (World Economic Forum)

From the US-led rules-based order to multipolar international law

Recently, Canada’s PM Mark Carney declared the end of the rules-based order. It was an outstanding speech. Yet, US unilateralism first soared in the 1980s. The rest of the West complied as long as it was beneficial. Today, it no longer is

Graphic: John McCann/M&G

UPDATED – US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs, offering hope to countries such as South Africa

The Trump administration slapped South Africa with a 30% import tariff, effective last August

Public dissent: Minnesota protesters demanding accountability and questioning the scale and conduct of
federal immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump. Photo: Mohamad Safa/X

Very bad things happening in the US

The emphasis on might and control risks further weakening America’s position as a dependable global partner in diplomatic settings

First couple: Maduro faces a narco-terrorism conspiracy charge. He and his wife were both charged with cocaine importation conspiracy and weapons offenses. Photo: Screen grab WRAL

The Caracas Rupture bleeds world order

This is not diplomacy; it is an eviction notice served by Delta Force

The G20 leaders summit was held in South Africa last week. (GCIS)

Of flags, flowers, fashion and flashlights

Johannesburg not only hosted a successful G20 Leaders’ Summit, the first to take place on African soil, but also delivered an impressive and memorable global event.

Legal township establishment processes exist to ensure that urban development is safe, serviced and sustainable.

Behind Kleinfontein and other illegally established residential areas

Kleinfontein is just one of about 17 other illegally established housing developments in Tshwane

US ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety.

Controversial US Ambassador Reuben Brigety resigns ahead of Trump’s assumption of power

Reuben Brigety’s resignation comes amid uncertainty over trade relations under the incoming US administration