Several of Mali’s major cities experienced coordinated attacks in April by a new coalition of jihadists and separatist groups.
As the coalition took over the town of Kidal in the north of Mali, images of Russian troops being escorted out of the town after negotiations were cabled out across global media.
Russia, now in the shape...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
The RMB Latitudes Art Fair, a prestigious art festival which gathers a multitude of different art galleries around the country, took place at the glamorous Shepstone Gardens from 22-24 May under the guided theme “Oasis”.
The Art Fair regards the experience is...
By the second week of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo it was already clear that containing the spread of the haemorrhagic disease was proving to be...
It is forgivable to think that an oil shock mainly hurts at the petrol pump. After all, that is where households feel it first. But when my colleagues and I...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
On Saturday night, a vehicle which had been transporting the Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, had been involved in an accident which took the lives of a mother and her son, whom she had carried on her back on the N1 highway.
There is deep concern for...
It is forgivable to think that an oil shock mainly hurts at the petrol pump. After all, that is where households feel it first. But when my colleagues and I at the Bureau for Economic Research started digging through South Africa’s fuel data, a different story...
*By Wardāh Wilkinson
Pretoria - South Africa has condemned what it described as the “illegal abduction” of its nationals by Israeli forces in international waters and demanded their immediate release...
Days after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, 2026, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez denied American forces the use of the Naval Station Rota and the Morón...
By Virginia Keppler-Young
Referring to himself as an authentic product from Taiwan, Representative Oliver Liao, a career diplomat of the Republic of China (Taiwan), not only presented authentic Taiwanese dishes, but he is a pro at flipping an oyster omelette.
And he definitely knows how to make the tastiest Bubble tea,...
President Cyril Ramaphosa says investment commitments secured through the South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) are projected to create around 230 000 direct permanent jobs...
