More: South Africa
External Players Competing for Spots in South Africa’s Multilateral Agenda
Multiple questions are mounting over what exactly South Africa's 'trade' is with Russia and what economic sectors are attracting potential Russian enterprises to South...
Geopolitics vs. Development: G20-Africa Pushes a New Vision for the Global South
In an interview with Modern Diplomacy in mid-August 2025, Ms. Tandiwe Thelma Mgxwati, Minister Plenipotentiary and Charge d'Affaires a.i. at the South African Embassy,...
South Africa will offer U.S. revised trade deal
PRETORIA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - South Africa will offer the U.S. a revised trade deal in an effort to lower the 30% tariff imposed...
South Africa still seeks US trade deal days before tariff deadline
JOHANNESBURG, July 29 (Reuters) - South Africa's trade ministry said on Tuesday that it still wanted to negotiate a trade deal with the United...
Russia and South Africa: Strategic Friendship or Geopolitical Gamble?
The Valdai Discussion Club, in partnership with the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), will hold the 3rd Russian-African conference titled “Realpolitik in...
Fine Cracks and Major Fault Lines in South Africa’s Foreign Policy Under Ramaphosa
South Africa’s foreign policy has traditionally rested on three pillars: human rights advocacy, multilateralism, and solidarity with the Global South. Post-apartheid, Pretoria positioned itself...
Floyed Shivambu Dreams Deferred or Derailed?
‘What happens to a dream deferred, Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun’? Langston Hughes' haunting question is beginning to echo...
An Introduction To Identity In The South African Context
Today, we as individuals are continually engaged in evolution, involving ourselves in relationships and cannot exist in isolation from the world, from modern society,...
Mandarin in South African Schools: A Case of Neocolonialism?
Authors: Charles Matseke and Nokuthula Kumalo*
The introduction of Mandarin as an additional language in South African schools has sparked contentious debates about the lingering...
For the Drug Addict in the Northern Areas of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
We are living in a Renaissance, the African Renaissance. Attachment to the anticipation for the future arises from having high levels of a false...