International relations
[Source: Daily Maverick by Jessica Bezuidenhout.]
Fresh evidence appears to expose BNP Capital’s scheme to extract cash from South African Airways. Read more
[Source: Business Day by Ismail Lagardien.]
It is easy to assume that the recent wave of populism in SA is part of a global historical shift towards extremes of politics on the left and right. The evidence for this global surge is embodied in the rise of Donald Trump (US), Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil), Viktor Orbán (Hungary), Matteo Salvini (Italy), Narendra Modi (India), and Nicholas Maduro (Venezuela). Read more
[Source: Daily Maverick by Peter Fabricius.]
The new International Relations and Co-operation Minister must grapple with a slew of foreign policy challenges. Perhaps the biggest is to improve South Africa’s reputation in the world. Read more
[Source: Daily Maverick by Marianne Thamm.]
Members of a ‘death squad’, recruited by former Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko and trained between March and May 2016 by the elite Chinese People’s Armed Forces Academy, are living in a twilight zone, seemingly left to fend for themselves and in fear for their lives. Read more