South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters, New York.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed South Africa to prioritising human rights and democracy. But, there’s little evidence of this.
Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro on the campaign trail in Rio.
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Jair Bolsonaro has very rightwing views likely to put a final nail in the coffin off Brazil’s Africa moment spearheaded by former president Lula da Silva.
South Africa is struggling to eradicate poverty.
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Despite a relatively slow start, South Africa can speed up its implementation of the SDGs.
Where is the recovery?
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Only a couple of months until the elections, the frontrunner is behind bars and the economic agenda of the next government is anyone’s guess.
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The 10th BRICS Summit delivered a mixed bag when judged on what it said on key issues, like global governance and trade.
China’s President Xi Jinping and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa are expected to push for stronger ties at the 10th BRICS Summit.
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The BRICS bloc can’t be written off. At the same time it shouldn’t be romanticised, given its internal challenges.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on a state visit to Pretoria ahead of the summit.
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With international trade facing its greatest threat in decades, this club of China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and India will have much to say about it.
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin greets former South African President Nelson Mandela in 2000.
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Mandela did not make the decision to jettison Taiwan and recognise China. He adhered to a decision by the governing ANC.
Lindiwe Sisulu, South Africa’s minister of international relations, is reviewing the country’s foreign policy.
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South Africa must position itself to play a decisive role in shaping a new world order as the theUS retreats from global leadership.
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The 10th BRICS Summit will be judged by how it tackles the prevailing global political and structural challenges.
A scene from ‘Wolf Warrior 2’.
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Film could benefit China’s soft power. It highlights the country’s deep pockets and potential for wider audience appeal.
Instead of keeping migrants out, countries should consider the economic benefits of letting them in.
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Many scholars argue that attracting migrants is essential to economic competitiveness in a globalising world.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, with World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, right, and Nigerian Health Minister Isaac Folorunso Adewole, at the End TB Summit in New Delhi, India, March 13, 2018.
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On World TB Day 2018, eradicating TB finally looks like a goal that could be met — if political leaders can step up with cash and actions to match their political declarations.
Nelson Mandela and his successor Thabo Mbeki presided over the halcyon days of South Africa’s new democracy.
South Africa, following its peaceful transition, occupied the moral high ground and could influence the agenda of intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations. Not anymore.
The cancer Kaposi sarcoma. South Africa has large productivity losses because of deaths caused by it.
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Policies encouraging lifestyle changes that reduce the risk of cancer could have positive effects on the economies of BRICS countries.
Local residents holding Chinese and Olympic flags attend a rehearsal in Chongli county of Zhangjiakou ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Sporting extravaganzas are a way for globalising cities in emerging market economies to try and play the “modernity game”. But they don’t make the rules, and so they can never “win”.
Brazilian President Temer, Russian President Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South Africa’s President Zuma and Indian Prime Minister Modi.
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The promise of BRICS was that it would usher in a new approach to development. But after meeting annually for the last nine years there’s no sign that the old order has been challenged.
The leaders of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa alliance.
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The sub-imperial formation called BRICS, which pretends to be a progressive global force could be divided by a series of crises.
Two men sit at the roadside in the hope of being offered work. South Africa’s unemployment is moving towards 30%.
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The idea that South Africa must look towards the International Monetary Fund to rescue itself from the prevailing crisis must be dismissed.
Protesters celebrate after former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was convicted on corruption charges.
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Now that a judge has convicted Luiz Inacio da Silva of corruption and sentenced him him to almost a decade in prison, what’s next for the country that loves him?