The BRICS group of fast-developing economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has positioned itself as an alternative to the Western-dominated global order.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to use a Russian summit with fellow leaders in Africa to try and dissuade Russian President Vladimir Putin from attending a key BRICS alliance meeting of which South Africa is a member.

The second Russia-Africa summit is planned to demonstrate Russia’s stance against Western hegemony and its capitalist domination across Africa, to show Russia’s “non-Western friends” and to further solicit enormous support for its war in Ukraine

South Sudan and South Africa committed to working together to strengthen relations in various sectors and join forces to garner regional and global support for peace and stability in Sudan, the country from which Africa’s youngest nation seceded in 2011.

South African president says the war is having a ‘negative impact’ on the African continent and many other countries.

South Africa has never really been affected by terrorism attacks. Its democracy is solid, its economy stable. However, it is considered a stronghold for the financing of the Islamic State (IS) group and other Islamist organizations, South African counter-terrorism expert Jasmine Opperman told AFP.

The six months since Washington hosted an African trade conference have seen a notable bump in business with the continent and a troubling deterioration in relations with its top continental trading partner.

The Ministry of Petroleum of South Sudan announced the launch of exploration efforts in the country’s Block 2 during the South Sudan Oil&Power (SSOP) conference (https://apo-opa.info/3Xdv7u9) this week in Juba.

Leading the way in an unprecedented diplomatic move, French President Emmanuel Macron appears to be positioning himself on a new global chessboard, displaying an interest in attending the BRICS summit in Johannesburg this summer.

The delegation began their ‘peace mission’ in Ukraine and plan to visit Russia and meet President Putin on Saturday.

In his article examining South Africa’s political landscape, Martin van Staden highlights the country’s economic malaise and the government’s adoption of racial quotas in employment and nationalisation of private healthcare.

Cabinet has welcomed the appointment by President Cyril Ramaphosa of a three-member independent panel to enquire into the circumstances of the docking of the Russian vessel known as Lady R.

South Africa said it was open to hosting talks between Russia and Ukraine on Thursday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed an African leaders' peace mission seeking to end the conflict, AFP reports.

China supports South Africa in hosting various BRICS activities this year, President Xi Jinping told his counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa Friday in a phone call, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

South African prosecutors upped the number of charges against Rwandan ex-police officer Fulgence Kayishema, who is wanted internationally for alleged involvement in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, on Friday.

The Dubai edition of the investment summit comes on the heels of a strategic partnership between Standard Bank and DP World to expand trade finance in Africa

The country is still “constrained” by the institution, a top party official has admitted

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A South African minister has said a Russian cargo ship that docked at a local naval port in December 2022 delivered ammunition from Moscow, not to collect weapons as a top US envoy alleged recently.

The 62-year-old was arrested this week near Cape Town after 22 years on the run.

For all the prodding South Africa to take a position on Europe’s first war in almost 80 years, it’s an impossible decision for a country whose economy is so intrinsically tied to both the Western and Eastern blocs of nations.