HomeOpinion & Analysis

Opinion & Analysis

Headline

The President announces that municipal elections are to take place 4 November

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider The date for the upcoming municipal elections have been announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa as he has set the municipal elections for 4 November 2026. The President made the announcement at the Birchwood hotel in Boksburg, last week Thursday. The Cooperative Governance...
Headline

Nigeria has summoned South Africa’s special envoy

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who serves as the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has summoned the High Commissioner of South Africa, Thamsanqa Mseleku, over the recent burst of xenophobic attacks occurring in South Africa as the meeting between the two is set to...
spot_img

Keep exploring

Headline

Iran’s war pushes Lebanon and the Gulf onto dangerous fault lines

​Whether the ceasefire agreement worked or did not work, the Gulf and Lebanon are...
Opinion & Analysis

Finance for clean energy doesn’t reach projects in Africa – the credit rules are out of date

In African countries, there’s a gap between the financing available for renewable energy and the projects...
Headline

3 reasons the war between the US, Israel and Iran is headed for a frozen conflict

With a shaky ceasefire in place between the US, Israel and Iran – and...
Headline

Political violence in South Africa is driven by a power elite trying to establish dominance – new research

For much of the past two decades, South Africa’s recurring waves of protest have...
Headline

Tech is acting as digital shield economically in Iran’s war

By Mirna Fahmy The conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran has birthed a hybrid...
Headline

China’s military support for Somalia is on the rise – what Taiwan and Somaliland have to do with it

China recently pledged to expand military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabaab militants. Beijing has...
Headline

China’s Africa strategy is shifting and Iran conflict will speed it up

The global geoeconomic volatility wrought by the second Donald Trump US presidency and hostilities...
Headline

4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have...
Headline

Mozambique relies on Rwanda’s troops to fight terrorism: what happens if they leave?

Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, signalling a potentially decisive...
Headline

Can the long depleted Iraq rise from the ashes?

By Mirna Fahmy In 2003 when the United States invaded Iraq, the Bush administration justified...
Headline

South African court orders Eskom to disclose R70 billion coal and diesel contracts – why the ruling matters

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal recently ruled that the country’s state-owned electricity utility Eskom must disclose its...
Headline

South Africa’s fragile shield: Why oil price volatility poses a systemic risk

Clarence Tshitereke* Few national economies exhibit a comparably deep structural exposure to exogenous oil‑market volatility...
Load more

Latest articles

Headline

The President announces that municipal elections are to take place 4 November

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider The date for the upcoming municipal elections have been announced by...
Headline

Nigeria has summoned South Africa’s special envoy

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who serves as the Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs,...
Headline

MPs are split over the effectiveness of the SANDF in Cape Flats

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider Members of Parliament have expressed their dismay over the work that...
Headline

India’s Horn of Africa strategy has shifted: what it’s trying to do and how it could work

India’s engagement in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea basin was, until recently,...