IORA Takes Shape With India Stressing Security Collaboration – Analysis
By Nilova Roy Chaudhury* India sent Vice President Hamid Ansari to Jakarta for the first ever summit meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), a 21-nation group of coastal countries flanking...
View ArticlePeter Tosh’s Resistance Against Racism, Apartheid And Settler-Colonialism
By Ajamu Nangwaya* March 21 was the 57th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre that was carried out by the South African apartheid regime against protesting Africans in 1960. This protest was...
View ArticleRussia And South Africa Increasing Cooperation – OpEd
Under the auspices of Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, an exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and South Africa, which attracted government...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Public Works To Accelerate Fight Against Poverty, Unemployment
South Africa’s Public Works Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko says he is confident his department will accelerate the fight against poverty and unemployment through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP)....
View ArticleSouth Africa: Hindus To Perform Ancient Fire Ritual For Peace
Hindus will reportedly light 108 fires as a part of ancient Vedic ritual yajna in a sports ground in Port Shepstone town of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa on “Freedom Day” (South Africa’s national day...
View ArticleDenouncing Nuclear Option: Challenges For Non-Proliferation Regime – OpEd
In the anarchic nature of international politics, survival and self-preservation without being coerced by the adversary is the utmost desire of any state. To meet this desire, states form alliances and...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Calls For Calm In North West After Violent Protests
South Afria’s Cabinet has called for calm following violent protests in Lichtenburg and Blydeville in Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West. Schooling was disrupted, shops were looted and...
View ArticleWealth Gap Overshadows Brexit, Populism As Threat To Global Economy
Volatility in the exchange rate of South Africa’s rand did not emanate from the recent reshuffle in the cabinet, said Malusi Gigaba, Minister of Finance of South Africa, at the World Economic Forum on...
View ArticleAfrica’s Prosperity Tied To South Africa And Nigeria
Tackling Africa’s massive social challenges is impossible without harnessing and coordinating the power of its two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, said Kuseni Douglas Dlamini, Chairman of...
View ArticleSouth African Cave Yields More Fossils Of Newfound Relative
Probing deeper into the South African cave system known as Rising Star, a subterranian maze that last year yielded the largest cache of hominin fossils known to science, an international team of...
View ArticleHomo Naledi’s Surprisingly Young Age Opens Questions On Where We Come From
Scientists said that the Rising Star Cave system has revealed yet more important discoveries, only a year and a half after it was announced that the richest fossil hominin site in Africa had been...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Storm Clouds Over The Rainbow Nation – OpEd
By Henry George* The rise of Nelson Mandela and the ANC in 1994 and the end of the malevolence of apartheid in South Africa was meant to usher in a new era of social justice and racial equality in a...
View ArticleTime To Restate The Organizing Principles Of BRICS – Speech
The text of the speech delivered by ORF Vice President Samir Saran at the inauguration of the 9th BRICS Academic Forum in Fuzhou, China. By Samir Saran Excellencies, colleagues and friends, members of...
View ArticleSouth Africa: President Zuma Pays Tribute To Jazz Legend Johnny Mekoa
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has extended his condolences to the family of world renowned trumpeter and head of the Gauteng Music Academy, Johnny Mekoa, who passed away on Monday. Mekoa...
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Profile World Oil Transit Chokepoints – Analysis
World chokepoints for maritime transit of oil are a critical part of global energy security. About 61% of the world’s petroleum and other liquids production moved on maritime routes in 2015. The Strait...
View ArticleAardvarks’ Fate Affected By Climate Change
The aardvark, a highlight for anyone on a game-viewing African safari, will become increasingly rare as the world warms and dries, and the consequences go well beyond a decline in aardvark safari...
View ArticleSouth Africa, Canada Discuss Immigration
South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs, Hlengiwe Mkhize, has met with her Canadian counterpart, Ahmed Hussen, in the capital of Tshwane. The Canadian Minister for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship...
View ArticlePopular Sungazer Lizards Under Threat From Poaching
The Sungazer (Smaug giganteus), a dragon-like lizard species endemic to the Highveld regions of South Africa, is facing an assault on two fronts as farming and industrialisation encroaches on its...
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Sand Mining: Growing Pains Of Cross-Border Trade – Analysis
Sand is indispensable for construction, roads and oil recovery – even as nations try to protect coasts and supplies. By Susan Froetschel* When powerful storms strike, like Typhoon Hato in southern...
View ArticleThe Second Golden Decade Of BRICS: Back To The Origins – Analysis
Even if BRICS faces problems of consensus in the future, New Delhi will be able to concentrate on its efforts of promoting the Indian agenda. By Aleksei Zakharov* Since its inception in 2006, BRICS has...
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