FACT CHECK: ON THE EVE OF THE RUSSIA–AFRICA SUMMIT, THE MAIL & GUARDIAN GETS ITS FACTS WRONG
On the eve of the Russia-Africa Summit, the Mail & Guardian gets its facts wrong. Ukrainian government statistics are misrepresented,...
From Russia With Love: How Criticising Malema Turned Me Into a Supposed Kremlin Asset
I questioned whether Julius Malema was capitalism's favourite revolutionary, and suddenly I was a Kremlin asset. Apparently, exposing the red-bereted...
Europe Digs Up Fascism for Ukraine’s War Narrative
The dead do not return empty-handed when states dig them up for political use. They return carrying the ideologies, alliances...
From the Anti-Apartheid Struggle to Strategic Alliance: Russia’s Ambassador on South Africa’s Shared Future
The Russian people made a special contribution to the elimination of racial tyranny in South Africa and the establishment of...
Proxy War in Plain Sight: Ukraine, NATO and the Borderlands of the Information War
By Gillian Schutte In Western capitals the war in Ukraine is still presented through a moral tableau that leaves little...
Reclaiming the United Nations from Western Decline.
By Gillian Schutte In 2025, on the eve of the United Nations’ 80th anniversary, a growing chorus of Western voices...
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THE TEMPLE TANTRUMERS
A temple tantrumer is someone whose conscience refuses to remain a spectator to injustice. The expression comes from the biblical...
Sies, DA! South Africa’s Municipal Services Are Not a Corporate Cash Cow
As South Africa approaches the November 2026 local government elections, the DA is pushing private-sector participation in municipal services as...