PRETORIA – On the eve of America’s imperial invasion of the Philippines in 1899, the British poet and defender of empire Rudyard Kipling urged the United States to Take up the White Man’s burden – The savage wars of peace...
PRETORIA: The transatlantic slave trade remains one of the most horrific crimes in human history. Between 1450 and 1888, European imperial powers (Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark) transported 12-15 million...
PRETORIA: More than 140 world leaders travelled to New York this month to mark the United Nations’ unhappy 80th birthday. The world’s premier multilateral organization was created after World War II “to save succeeding...
PRETORIA : Last week, the United Nations Development Programme published its report, 'Advancing Human Security for a Resilient and Prosperous Africa' (for which I wrote a background paper). Human security – as first defined in...
PRETORIA:The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw is often credited with saying, “I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” Such is South Africa’s dilemma in dealing with US...
PRETORIA: US President Joe Biden’s recent trip to Angola was only his second to Africa, following his appearance at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh. Coming near the end of his presidency, the visit...
JOHANNESBURG: As the United Nations prepares to host its ambitious Summit of the Future in New York on September 22-23, the three pillars of multilateralism – peace and security, sustainable development, and human rights – are showing...
LAGOS: Nigeria and South Africa account for one-third of Africa’s economic production and have also spearheaded many of the continent’s peacemaking efforts over the past three decades, including the establishment of the African Union (...
JOHANNESBURG : South Africa has just completed its seventh national election since Nelson Mandela’s post-apartheid victory in 1994. Mandela’s African National Congress (ANC) had won the previous elections with comfortable majorities,...
PRETORIA: South Africa recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election, which brought to power Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela. Post-apartheid South Africa’s “founding father” and high priest of...
