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Thembisa Fakude is a senior research fellow for Africa Asia Dialogues and a research fellow for the Al Sharq Forum
This is despite protests by opposition parties
South Africa’s ambitious foreign policy was established over 30 years ago. The question many are raising is whether it is still fit for purpose
US involvement in the Middle East and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation make the US military base in Qatar a target
Unlike Iran, Israel is not a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Most rejections by European countries and the US are based on ‘reasonable doubts about the visa applicants’ intention to return home’. Many Africans believe otherwise
Ramaphosa’s Washington DC visit, the US deal with the Houthis and its lifting sanctions against Syria suggests he is
India and Pakistan have been at daggers drawn since 1947, when the Indian sub-continent was partitioned; the division of British India into the independent dominion states. The…
Azerbaijan National Mine Action Agency helping to clear the Karabakh region of the weapons
The decision to open Tesla operations during protests against the company and its owner, Elon Musk, over his actions in the US is likely to add to the country’s public relations…
Questions asked about whether the expulsions and the collapse of the peace talks are linked
The youth are demanding a hand in the country’s socio-political and political decision-making. Leaders need to wake up to this to prevent a repeat of the 2007 killing of protestors
The Ethiopian government is unlikely to give in easily to the demands of the Tigrayan Liberation Front when negotiations intensify
The factionalism in the ANC demonstrates democracy at play and is giving rise to the ‘third way’, a process of discussion by outstanding second-tier leaders
‘The Arch’ never stopped joking as he fought oppression locally and globally, writes Thembisa Fakude.
