Prof. David Monyae and Prof. Victor Qin The events of 28 February 2026 marked a watershed in Middle East geopolitics. Under the pretext of prolonged indirect negotiations, the United States and Israel executed a precision decapitation strike that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with his daughter, son-in-law,
For decades, the internet has had a language problem. Its architecture, its logic, its defaults have been shaped by many dominant tongues, and everyone else was left to adapt. In Sub-Saharan Africa, a continent home to over 2,000 spoken languages and nearly 1.5 billion people, that adaptation has carried a
The UK new car market recorded its busiest February since 2004, with registrations rising 7.2% to 90 100 units, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Private retail sales drove much of the growth, climbing 17.6% to 35 227 vehicles, while fleet registrations edged up 1.8% and
On Saturday, across many timezones, the world awakened to the news of the death of the Supreme leader of Iran, killed by Israeli missiles targeting his residence. The myth of sovereignty and international law, or better the selectivity of its application, in full force where do we turn. Pakistan and
The European Commission unveiled its Industrial Accelerator Act on 4 March 2026 after months of internal friction, leaked drafts, multiple postponements, and what one Brussels observer described as something close to institutional paralysis. The Act was originally scheduled for December 2025, then pushed to February, then to March. The delays
Shell’s decision to ink a fresh suite of commercial and technical agreements with Venezuela’s government this week is being read in energy circles as a straightforward gas deal. It is not. It is a signal, about Washington’s Venezuela strategy, about the future of Caribbean LNG, and about how far a
A meeting with something to prove This particular Council meeting arrives under pressure that is anything but ordinary. South Africa has assumed the SADC Chairship not through the normal rotation of ambition, but through the constitutional ejection of Madagascar after the political instability that rocked Antananarivo after the August 2025
There is a story the West tells about Iran. In this story, Iran is an irrational theocratic state, a sponsor of terror, an obstacle to regional stability, and a government whose people would be free if only the regime could be removed. It is a story built on selective memory,
Mikatekiso Kubayi At its founding in 2009, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, the BRICS bloc set out a clear framework for its cooperation and a method of operations that guides it towards its goals. One of the key pillars of this framework is also the first one: Political and Security cooperation. Its
On the 25th of February 2026, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana stood before Parliament and delivered a budget built on a story of redemption. Five years back, South Africa was grey-listed by the Financial Action Task Force, it was downgraded to junk status, and reeled from State Capture. On Wednesday, he