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Pax Americana: Same difference

By his own account, America’s mission in Venezuela is to seize control of the world’s largest oil reserves

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948, but in this new era, we may be headed for the end of this global pact.

Human rights threatened by crude global power games

There are worrying signs that the world is headed for a new form of colonialism as Trump sets a precedent domestically and abroad

International relations minister Ronald Lamola during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Lotte Palace Hotel on September 26, 2024 in New York. (Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / POOL / AFP)

GNU is key to securing global goodwill and investment, says Lamola

South Africa cannot squander the positive sentiment the governing coalition has garnered around the world, the minister said

Charm offensive: President Cyril Ramaphosa not only wooed the
United Nations, he also championed the Gaza cause and found time for
Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskiy (right). Photo: Anadolu/Getty Images

So far so good as Ramaphosa’s GNU nears the 100 day mark

Cyril’s away game can’t be faulted, like Mikel Arteta’s 2024 Arsenal, but with no red cards

Citing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor says there needs to be consistency in the approach of the international community.Photo Delwyn Verasamy

Government maintains its neutral stance on Russia’s war against Ukraine

Citing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Pretoria says there needs to be consistency in the approach of the international community.

Disproportionate suffering: A girl climbs a baobab tree in Malamawa village, in Niger. The climate has long been inhospitable, but now rising temperatures have caused prolonged drought, exacerbating food shortages, prompting migration and contributing to instability. Photo: Luis Tato/FAO/AFP

The West owes Africa $100bn (at least) for climate recovery

In fewer than three days, a US citizen emits as much carbon as a person from Chad or Niger does in one year. Such is the asymmetry in culpability for climate change.

A Palestinian flag is seen atop of a destroyed building with an overview of destroyed buildings in Beit Hanoun town following the Israel airstrikes in Gaza. (Photo by Mahmoud Issa/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Psychologists talk: Is the United Nations capable of resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict (or indeed any modern crisis)?

Suntosh Pillay speaks to fellow psychologist Anton Botha, who is also a former UN staff member, about Israel and Palestine and whether or not the United Nations is abdicating its…

Photo of fuel tanks at the edge of a Military airstrip on Diego Garcia, largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean

UN orders UK to end rule of Chagos Islands

The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the center of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965

There has been no shortage of controversy ahead of this week’s visit. (Tobias Schwartz/AFP)

Merkel, Netanyahu seek to brush past differences for Israel talks

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday as they seek to publicly brush past

The EFF refused to leave Parliament after chanting ‘pay back the money’

Key moments in year one of the Trump presidency

Here is a look at several key moments in the first year of Donald Trump’s turbulent presidency.

Around ‘5% of estate agents registered with the EAAB are black — the residential sales market is undoubtedly dominated by white agents’.

Haley: US ‘will be taking names’ during UN vote on Jerusalem

​US Ambassador Nikki Haley promised that she will report back to President Donald Trump with the names of those who support a draft resolution

The nuclear vows and a rising tide of threats in recent weeks are seen as efforts by Pyongyang to force disarmament-for-aid talks with Washington.

​US labels North Korea ‘war’ claim absurd, as Pyongyang boosts defences

The United Nations has called out for calm between the United States and North Korea amid threats of nuclear warfare between the countries two leaders

The May 23 vote looms with Britain in a deep political crisis over its stalled departure from the European Union after nearly half a century of membership. (Toiga Ackerman/Reuters)

British PM gathers ministers ahead of Brexit speech

British Prime Minister Theresa May met with her ministers to address differences among the cabinet ahead of her Brexit speech

Eskom’s balance sheet was poor and affected its ability to secure long term bonds from the market, according to Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Myanmar leader has cancelled trip to UN General Assembly

Aung San Suu Kyi’s deputy will attend the UN general assembly to respond to questions on the Rohingya Muslims.

​Obama and Erdogan’s UN speeches remind us that dark clouds gather over a troubled world

The rise of aggressive nationalism resembles that of the early 20th century and its atrocities of world and colonial wars.

South Africa leads United Nations on gay rights

South Africa leads United Nations on gay rights

SA has won a moral and diplomatic victory at the UN, defending the protection of sexual minorities while preventing a walkout of other African states.

UN racism expert condemns SA violence

The United Nations independent expert on racism urged South Africa on Friday to bring to justice those responsible for recent xenophobic violence that claimed more than 50 lives…

Botswana’s Bushmen in lodge controversy

A planned lodge development at the settlement of Molapo in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve has become a source of controversy. Tourists who frequent the 40-room lodge’s…

Sarkozy to mend fences with Angola

French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Angola on Friday in a bid to improve relations following an arms scandal that provoked tensions between the two countries. Sarkozy was…

Not all rape is the same

In 2005 I spoke to a traumatised filmmaker who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo where he interviewed a 19-year-old woman who 18 months before had been raped by…