Category: Opinion

IS DONALD TRUMP DOING THE WORLD A FAVOUR BY ISOLATING THE UNITED STATES?

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Sun 01 June 2025: United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs against most of the world tanked stock markets, disrupted the U.S. bond market and destabilized the global economy. Trump has economically and politically threatened American allies, shattering the unity of the western world. But Trump’s chaos may have inadvertently produced an opportunity to create a better world. Some western commentators argue that […]

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AFRIFORUM CLUTCHING AT STRAWS AFTER A RESET OF SA – US DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

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Sun 25 May 2025: During President Ramaphosa’s recent working visit to the USA on the invitation of President Trump, AfriForum had definitely wished for a different treatment of our President or at the least a different outcome of the meeting. However, wishes are not horse or else beggars will be riding. Let me address a […]

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CAN RAMAPHOSA CHARM OFFENSIVE HELP FIX SOUTH AFRICA’S TIES WITH TRUMP’S US?

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Thu 22 May 2025: South African leader keeps calm in the face of an ‘ambush’ by President Donald Trump about false ‘white genocide’ claims.  Johannesburg, South Africa – When the millionaire mining magnate-turned-president of South Africa landed in Washington to meet the billionaire real estate tycoon-turned-president of the United States, it was with a deal in […]

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EIGHT QUESTIONS TO THE NARENDRA MODI GOVERNMENT AFTER A TERROR ATTACK, AN OPERATION AND A CEASEFIRE

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Sun 18 May 2025: With the guns silenced, it is time to take stock and try to make sense of the developments of the past weeks. Narendra Modi came on television on the evening of May 12 and told the nation that Pakistan had begged for a ceasefire, and that India had conceded because it had already […]

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‘THEY’LL BE BACK’: WHITE AFRIKANERS LEAVE SOUTH AFRICA TO BE REFUGEES IN US

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Fri 16 May 2025: Trump administration welcomes first batch of white Afrikaners while US cuts off refugee programmes to other countries.   Johannesburg, South Africa – On a chilly Sunday evening in Johannesburg, OR Tambo International Airport was filled with tourists and travellers entering and exiting South Africa’s busiest airport. On one side of the international […]

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WHY MUST INDIAN MUSLIMS ALWAYS PROVE THEIR LOYALTY AFTER A TERRORIST ATTACK?

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Fri 09 May 2025: The Pahalgam attack has once again exposed how quickly suspicion falls on Indian Muslims, transforming them from fellow citizens into suspects, and turning national tragedy into a tool of marginalisation. The relationship between modern nation-states and their minority populations is often tense. Majoritarian states tend to consciously privilege dominant groups in […]

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WHO DO AFRICANS TRUST MOST? SURVEYS SHOW IT’S NOT THE STATE (MORE LIKELY THE ARMY)

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Mon 05 May 2025: A recent Afrobarometer study has shown declining trust in public institutions over the past decade among African citizens. Study findings call into question the credibility and legitimacy of state institutions like the presidency, parliament and security forces, including the police. The study also shows that many Africans still believe in traditional and religious […]

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IF EINSTEIN SPOKE OUT TODAY, HE WOULD BE ACCUSED OF ANTI-SEMITISM

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Thu 01 May 2025: In 1948, as the foundations of the Israeli state were being laid upon the ruins of hundreds of Palestinian villages, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to the American Friends of the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel (AFFFI), condemning the growing Zionist militancy within the settler Jewish community. “When a real and final […]

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