The former president Thabo Mbeki criticised United States president Donald Trump's foreign policy approach and compared him ...

South Africa needs a cohort of career and well-trained diplomats. Currently, the diplomatic service is disproportionately laden with ill-equipped political appointees, especially in key postings.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is merely attempting to use the ANC’s numbers in the GNU as a launch pad for the renewal of the ANC ...

In the case of Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa, however, initial cautious optimism soon turned to disappointment and ...

The speaker is a key figure in parliament, whose actions can reinforce or undermine the principles of open discourse and ...

Former president Nelson Mandela had a strong friendship with businessman Douw Steyn, and often gave him advice as a father figure, writes Mandela's long-time assistant Zelda la Grange.

Planes, small and big, fly in, are loaded with minerals, and fly out to destinations unknown, under the radar of the ...

Nelson Mandela! In his book, "The Peasants' Revolt", Govan Mbeki wrote that "The Cape ''native administration'' has...in many ways...anticipated future national policy on the control of the African ...

The first major test which faced our late President Mandela in this regard was at the 1995 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in New Zealand. Here President Mandela came under great ...

The South African government must not treat the matter of the DRC as if it is a new thing. While trying to find new solutions ...

Nelson Mandela, in his book, "Conversations with Myself", alluded to the central role of Thabo Mbeki in the initial 'talks about talks' between Nelson Mandela, Koebie Coetsee's 'The Team', especially ...