Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signaled during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek on Tuesday that Moscow would take part in Turkey’s nuclear expansion, saying the countries would pursue additional plants together once the Russian-built Akkuyu facility opens.
Erdoğan’s...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced this week that Operation Prosper is beginning to show significant results in Cape Flats, regarding a decrease in crime and violence in 14 of the 17 highly affected precincts, however gang violence is still present.
Ramaphosa had addressed...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
Former head of the Hawks, Godfrey Lebeya, appeared in front of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to give his testimony. He told the commission that he...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
The African National Congress (ANC) faces scrutiny from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) regarding donations that accumulated to R15.27 million as these disclosures had...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
MP of the National Coloured Congress, Fadiel Adams, has put into dispute a few key aspects of the testimonies given by members of the Investigative Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) which raised questions over his initial complaint as well conflicting versions of his statements and the mishandling...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
Senior KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer, Deena Govender, had failed to come up with a cohesive explanation for his utilization of funds which had accumulated to almost a million rand. Govendar gave his testimony at the Madlanga Commission on Monday.
In his appearance at...
For 30 years, the world wide web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use their content...
The Ethiopian federal army and Tigrayan forces have resumed their war, having failed to turn the November 2022 peace deal into a lasting political settlement.
The Tigray war of 2020-2022 was one of the...
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,...
The United States on Tuesday rebuked Israel over airstrikes on a Syrian airbase Turkey was reportedly helping restore, warning the attack risked destabilizing the...
By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider
The venue holding the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry had to be evacuated due to reports of a fire on Monday morning.
Vusimuzi...
