By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, has been recalled from India by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) regarding his involvement in former South African President Jacob Zuma’s meeting with fugitive businessman Ajay Gupta.
Lamola made this announcement at a press briefing that...
By Nonhlanhla Ndlovu
As the world becomes increasingly consumed by geopolitical rivalry, trade disputes and security tensions, one issue risks being pushed to the margins of international politics: development.
It is against this backdrop that China marked the fifth anniversary of the Global Development Initiative (GDI),...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has dismissed attempts to single out South Africa regarding migration and xenophobia concerns at a press briefing conducted...
Over 250,000 people were registered as asylum seekers and refugees – people displaced by force – in South Africa in 2024. About 4% of them were from Burundi, some 3,000km away.
When people think about...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
A stop and search operation at Badirile Secondary School in Khutsong, Carltonville, authorities had confiscated a variety of weapons such as knives, forks, scissors and vapes from the students of the school on Tuesday.
This discovery occurred through the Gauteng Department of Education who conducted the operation...
By Nonhlanhla Ndlovu
As the world becomes increasingly consumed by geopolitical rivalry, trade disputes and security tensions, one issue risks being pushed to the margins of international politics: development.
It is against this backdrop that China marked the fifth anniversary of the Global Development Initiative (GDI),...
Over 250,000 people were registered as asylum seekers and refugees – people displaced by force – in South Africa in 2024. About 4% of them were from Burundi, some 3,000km away.
When people think about...
Malawi’s constitutional court annulled the 2019 presidential election. The 2020 re-run brought an extraordinary transfer of power from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to the opposition Malawi Congress Party, raising hopes for...
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,...
