Unfair resource deals never last, expert warns amid US-Ukraine, DRC critical minerals talks
The history of major resource agreements is rife with examples of deals being renegotiated or annulled without compensation.
US-South Africa relations under fire: Congressman introduces bill targeting anti-US alliances and ANC leaders
US Congressman Ronnie Jackson has called for a full review of US-South Africa relations and seeks to identify ANC leaders for the imposition of sanctions.
Agreement reached for South African soldier withdrawal from DRC, but potential obstacles loom
The SADC mission was supposedly intended to neutralise M23, yet it was instead neutralised by M23. If that isn’t a failure, I don’t know what is. So, at the mission level and the national level, it’s a defeat.
Geopolitical tensions and tariffs hamper mining investment, says industry leader Mark Cutifani
Many commodity traders were caught off guard by the strength and conviction of the Trump administration in using tariffs as a tool to manage a whole range of issues.
South Africa’s DRC Mission: African Defence Force Representatives call it a ‘dilemma and untenable’
Ramaphosa’s government should “swallow their pride and start negotiations with Rwanda and the M23 rebels for their release. “It must be humiliating for our soldiers, and their well-being should be the government’s priority.”
South Africa does not pose a risk to US National Security, says top defence specialist
Helmoed Heitman said although the country may do “a lot of dumb things, it isn’t quite stupid enough to exchange nuclear technology with Iran.”
Rising wave of child soldiers in Africa: 5-year-olds recruited
Africa has witnessed a significant surge in the recruitment of child soldiers across conflict zones, exacerbated by Islamic insurgencies advancing southward across the continent.
South African soldiers are essentially being held as POWs in the DRC
Kobus Marais, a defence analyst and
says President Cyril Ramaphosa won’t acknowledge the danger the SA soldiers are in.
‘War of words’ but war won’t break out between Rwanda and South Africa says leading Africa security expert
DR Jakkie Cilliers dismissed fears of a wider war in the Democratic Republic of Cong (DRC) as mere rhetoric, adding that war is not on the horizon.
South African soldiers face peril in DRC as Goma falls to M23 Rebels; reports of surrender
Videos obtained by National Security News and circulating on WhatsApp groups suggest that some South African soldiers have surrendered to the M23 rebels.
