President Cyril Ramaphosa: Reply to debate on 2026 State of the Nation Address
President Cyril Ramaphosa: Reply to debate on 2026 State of the Nation Address
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Thu, 02/19/2026 - 15:36
Reply to the debate on the State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at Nieuwmeester Dome, Cape Town
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza,
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane,
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile,
Ministers and Deputy Ministers,
Honourable Members,... Read more »
President Cyril Ramaphosa: Reply to debate on 2026 State of the Nation Address
Vuyelwa
Thu, 02/19/2026 - 15:36
Reply to the debate on the State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at Nieuwmeester Dome, Cape Town
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza,
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane,
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile,
Ministers and Deputy Ministers,
Honourable Members,... Read more »
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UK blocks US from using British bases for strikes on Iran.
United Kingdom has refused to grant US forces permission to use British military bases for potential strikes against Iran, The Times reported on Thursday.
The decision has heightened tensions with Washington and prompted criticism from President Donald Trump.
Under longstanding agreements, American aircraft could operate from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, home to US heavy bombers, and the joint US–UK base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, only with prior approval from the British government.
United Kingdom has refused to grant US forces permission to use British military bases for potential strikes against Iran, The Times reported on Thursday.
The decision has heightened tensions with Washington and prompted criticism from President Donald Trump.
Under longstanding agreements, American aircraft could operate from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, home to US heavy bombers, and the joint US–UK base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, only with prior approval from the British government.
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The Deputy Director of BPC/PUC-Rio, Professor Maria Elena Rodríguez, gave an interview to the podcast Intriga Internacional on Metropolitana Rio radio
The Deputy Director of BPC/PUC-Rio, Professor Maria Elena Rodríguez, gave an interview to the podcast Intriga Internacional, on Metropolitana Rio radio, to analyze the trade dispute between Ecuador and Colombia...
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The Deputy Director of BPC/PUC-Rio, Professor Maria Elena Rodríguez, gave an interview to the podcast Intriga Internacional, on Metropolitana Rio radio, to analyze the trade dispute between Ecuador and Colombia...
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The Deputy Director of BPC/PUC-Rio, Professor Maria Elena Rodríguez, gave an interview to the podcast Intriga Internacional on…
The Deputy Director of BPC/PUC-Rio, Professor Maria Elena Rodríguez, gave an interview to the podcast Intriga Internacional, on Metropolitana Rio radio, to analyze the trade dispute between Ecuador and Colombia...
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🇺🇸🇵🇸 Trump's building a 5,000-person military base in Gaza. Calling it the "Board of Peace."
350 acres. 26 armored watchtowers. Barbed wire. Bunkers. Small arms range. The whole fortress.
It's run by Trump and Jared Kushner. Plans include a "Human Remains Protocol" because 10,000 bodies are buried under the rubble where they're building.
Indonesia's sending 8,000 troops. Major European allies said no thanks.
Trump has permanent control, and conversations are likely happening on Signal instead of official government channels.
Expert quote: "The Board of Peace is a legal fiction: an empty shell for the U.S. to use as it sees fit."
George Orwell watching this like "I tried to warn you."
Source: The Guardian
350 acres. 26 armored watchtowers. Barbed wire. Bunkers. Small arms range. The whole fortress.
It's run by Trump and Jared Kushner. Plans include a "Human Remains Protocol" because 10,000 bodies are buried under the rubble where they're building.
Indonesia's sending 8,000 troops. Major European allies said no thanks.
Trump has permanent control, and conversations are likely happening on Signal instead of official government channels.
Expert quote: "The Board of Peace is a legal fiction: an empty shell for the U.S. to use as it sees fit."
George Orwell watching this like "I tried to warn you."
Source: The Guardian
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BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio Establishes New Partnership with TRENDS Research & Advisory (United Arab Emirates)
The BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio has just signed a cooperation agreement with TRENDS Research & Advisory, a prominent independent research center from the United Arab Emirates. TRENDS seeks to build a...
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The BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio has just signed a cooperation agreement with TRENDS Research & Advisory, a prominent independent research center from the United Arab Emirates. TRENDS seeks to build a...
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BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio Establishes New Partnership with TRENDS Research & Advisory (United Arab Emirates) - brq
The BRICS Policy Center/PUC-Rio has just signed a cooperation agreement with TRENDS Research & Advisory, a prominent independent research center from the United Arab Emirates. TRENDS seeks to build a...
🚀 Africa's Space Revolution Begins!
🇧🇫 Ethiopian engineer Bijay Naiker secures deal to build Africa's first satellite manufacturing factory in Burkina Faso. 🛰️ This tech center will end the continent's dependence on foreign satellite production.
🔥 Can Africa finally control its own digital destiny—or will this dream stall like so many others?
#AfricaRising #SpaceTech #GlobalSouth #SatelliteManufacturing
🇧🇫 Ethiopian engineer Bijay Naiker secures deal to build Africa's first satellite manufacturing factory in Burkina Faso. 🛰️ This tech center will end the continent's dependence on foreign satellite production.
🔥 Can Africa finally control its own digital destiny—or will this dream stall like so many others?
#AfricaRising #SpaceTech #GlobalSouth #SatelliteManufacturing
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This is how the Turkish Bayraktar TB3 UCAV manages to land autonomously on TCG ANADOLU's (the world's first drone carrier)
#Turkey #Military #Drone
#Turkey #Military #Drone
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🚨 Prince Andrew ARRESTED in Epstein Case!
Britain's Prince Andrew has been arrested in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, marking an unprecedented moment in royal history. The former prince, who was stripped of his royal noscripts and duties, now faces the legal consequences that many believed would never come for someone of his status.
🌍 For decades, the Global South has watched Western elites operate above the law while lecturing developing nations about governance and accountability. This arrest raises a question the world has been asking for years.
⚖️ If it takes this long to hold a prince accountable, how many other powerful figures are still being protected by the same system?
#PrinceAndrew #Epstein #Accountability #Justice
Source: AP News
Britain's Prince Andrew has been arrested in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, marking an unprecedented moment in royal history. The former prince, who was stripped of his royal noscripts and duties, now faces the legal consequences that many believed would never come for someone of his status.
🌍 For decades, the Global South has watched Western elites operate above the law while lecturing developing nations about governance and accountability. This arrest raises a question the world has been asking for years.
⚖️ If it takes this long to hold a prince accountable, how many other powerful figures are still being protected by the same system?
#PrinceAndrew #Epstein #Accountability #Justice
Source: AP News
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⚓ Iran denies links to oil vessels seized by India
Three vessels intercepted near Mumbai, accused of sanction-busting oil trade. Tehran flatly denies any connection.
🗺️ This comes as India pivots from Russian oil under Trump's pressure, securing tariff cuts while agreeing to buy Venezuelan crude instead.
💡 Is India sacrificing strategic autonomy for US trade perks, or is this smart diplomacy in a shifting global order?
#India #Iran #Sanctions #GlobalSouth
source: trtworld
Three vessels intercepted near Mumbai, accused of sanction-busting oil trade. Tehran flatly denies any connection.
🗺️ This comes as India pivots from Russian oil under Trump's pressure, securing tariff cuts while agreeing to buy Venezuelan crude instead.
💡 Is India sacrificing strategic autonomy for US trade perks, or is this smart diplomacy in a shifting global order?
#India #Iran #Sanctions #GlobalSouth
source: trtworld
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🌍 $1 BILLION PLEDGE: Saudi Move That Could Reshape Palestine Aid?
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia’s Adel al-Jubeir says the kingdom will provide $1 billion to help “alleviate the suffering of our Palestinian brothers,” and expressed readiness to work with the Board of Peace toward this “noble objective.” This is one of the biggest recent aid signals from a major Global South power on Palestine.
🤝 For many across the Global South, it raises big questions about solidarity, responsibility, and what real support should look like beyond statements and headlines.
💬 Is billion-dollar aid from regional powers enough to change the reality on the ground for Palestinians, or does true solidarity require much more political courage and action?
#Palestine #SaudiArabia #GlobalSouth #Peace
Source: RT
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia’s Adel al-Jubeir says the kingdom will provide $1 billion to help “alleviate the suffering of our Palestinian brothers,” and expressed readiness to work with the Board of Peace toward this “noble objective.” This is one of the biggest recent aid signals from a major Global South power on Palestine.
🤝 For many across the Global South, it raises big questions about solidarity, responsibility, and what real support should look like beyond statements and headlines.
💬 Is billion-dollar aid from regional powers enough to change the reality on the ground for Palestinians, or does true solidarity require much more political courage and action?
#Palestine #SaudiArabia #GlobalSouth #Peace
Source: RT
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🌍 Massive Move for Gaza: The Global South Steps In!
💰 Saudi Arabia has pledged $1 billion to support Palestinian relief efforts, while countries like Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania prepare to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza under the new International Stabilization Force (ISF).
🏗️ Meanwhile, the Board of Peace—including 26 founding nations—has vowed to rebuild half a million homes and inject billions into Gaza’s reconstruction efforts.
🤔 Is this a turning point for the Global South in shaping peace and rebuilding after conflict—or just another headline without substance?
#GlobalSouth #GazaReconstruction #PeaceInitiative #MiddleEastPolitics
Source: Statements from Adel al-Jubeir & Board of Peace Meeting, Washington
💰 Saudi Arabia has pledged $1 billion to support Palestinian relief efforts, while countries like Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania prepare to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza under the new International Stabilization Force (ISF).
🏗️ Meanwhile, the Board of Peace—including 26 founding nations—has vowed to rebuild half a million homes and inject billions into Gaza’s reconstruction efforts.
🤔 Is this a turning point for the Global South in shaping peace and rebuilding after conflict—or just another headline without substance?
#GlobalSouth #GazaReconstruction #PeaceInitiative #MiddleEastPolitics
Source: Statements from Adel al-Jubeir & Board of Peace Meeting, Washington
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🚨 THE TRADE WAR IS "WORKING" — BUT GUESS WHO'S PAYING THE PRICE?
A new JPMorgan Chase Institute analysis reveals that while aggressive U.S. trade policies have successfully driven a wedge between American businesses and Chinese suppliers, the decoupling has come with a staggering price tag. Monthly tariff payments by midsize firms have TRIPLED since early 2025.
💰 Here's the twist: instead of reshoring, American businesses are playing a costly game of musical chairs — shifting payments to Southeast Asia, India, and Japan — regions in the Global South and Asia now emerging as the real winners of this realignment.
🌍 With the Global South rising as the new supply chain powerhouse, is America's trade war with China actually accelerating the economic rise of BRICS nations at its own expense?
#TradeWar #GlobalSouth #Tariffs #BRICS
Source: Fortune
A new JPMorgan Chase Institute analysis reveals that while aggressive U.S. trade policies have successfully driven a wedge between American businesses and Chinese suppliers, the decoupling has come with a staggering price tag. Monthly tariff payments by midsize firms have TRIPLED since early 2025.
💰 Here's the twist: instead of reshoring, American businesses are playing a costly game of musical chairs — shifting payments to Southeast Asia, India, and Japan — regions in the Global South and Asia now emerging as the real winners of this realignment.
🌍 With the Global South rising as the new supply chain powerhouse, is America's trade war with China actually accelerating the economic rise of BRICS nations at its own expense?
#TradeWar #GlobalSouth #Tariffs #BRICS
Source: Fortune
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🚨 THE WORLD IS FAILING SUDAN — AND THE U.N. HAS THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence, and enforced disappearances during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region — acts the UN's fact-finding mission says show "hallmarks of genocide" against the Zaghawa and Fur communities.
UN officials say several thousand civilians were killed, with only 40% of the city's 260,000 residents managing to flee the onslaught alive.
💔 The fact-finding mission warns that the risk of further genocidal acts remains serious due to the RSF's territorial expansion, calling for urgent international measures to protect Sudanese civilians.
🌍 While the world's attention is pulled in a thousand directions, an entire African community is being erased — will the international community finally act, or will Sudan become another chapter of silence and shame in history?
#SudanGenocide #JusticeForDarfur
Source: UN News
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out ethnically targeted killings, widespread sexual violence, and enforced disappearances during their late-October takeover of El Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region — acts the UN's fact-finding mission says show "hallmarks of genocide" against the Zaghawa and Fur communities.
UN officials say several thousand civilians were killed, with only 40% of the city's 260,000 residents managing to flee the onslaught alive.
💔 The fact-finding mission warns that the risk of further genocidal acts remains serious due to the RSF's territorial expansion, calling for urgent international measures to protect Sudanese civilians.
🌍 While the world's attention is pulled in a thousand directions, an entire African community is being erased — will the international community finally act, or will Sudan become another chapter of silence and shame in history?
#SudanGenocide #JusticeForDarfur
Source: UN News
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Bet you have never seen that much cash before
A Chinese firm filmed them getting ready to hand out BRICKS of cash as bonuses to their employees
#China #NewYear #Bonus
A Chinese firm filmed them getting ready to hand out BRICKS of cash as bonuses to their employees
#China #NewYear #Bonus
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🌊 India’s Naval Diplomacy Just Went Big: 70 Nations Sail Into MILAN 2026
🌍 In Visakhapatnam, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is inaugurating the MILAN 2026 multilateral naval exercise, now India’s largest ever as 70 countries gather from across the Indo-Pacific and beyond. They’ll practice everything from joint maneuvers to anti-submarine warfare, air defense, and search-and-rescue, turning the Indian Ocean into a classroom for shared security.
💡 Born in 1995 with just four regional participants, MILAN now showcases India’s bigger maritime footprint and its ambition to knit together a wider Global South-led security network at sea.
🌐 If the seas are where new power blocs are forming, do you see exercises like MILAN giving the Global South more real leverage, or just helping old powers extend their reach?
#IndiaNavy #MILAN2026 #GlobalSouth #IndoPacific
Source: NewKerala
🌍 In Visakhapatnam, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is inaugurating the MILAN 2026 multilateral naval exercise, now India’s largest ever as 70 countries gather from across the Indo-Pacific and beyond. They’ll practice everything from joint maneuvers to anti-submarine warfare, air defense, and search-and-rescue, turning the Indian Ocean into a classroom for shared security.
💡 Born in 1995 with just four regional participants, MILAN now showcases India’s bigger maritime footprint and its ambition to knit together a wider Global South-led security network at sea.
🌐 If the seas are where new power blocs are forming, do you see exercises like MILAN giving the Global South more real leverage, or just helping old powers extend their reach?
#IndiaNavy #MILAN2026 #GlobalSouth #IndoPacific
Source: NewKerala
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Royal scandal, Epstein files & power accountability 👀
📌 British police detained former Prince Andrew on suspicion of misconduct in public office and have now released him under investigation, after fresh Epstein files raised claims he shared confidential trade reports with Jeffrey Epstein in 2010 while acting as UK trade envoy. 🇺🇸 President Trump called the arrest “a shame” for the royal family, even as survivors’ stories continue to shape the global debate on impunity for the powerful.
❓In the Global South, leaders are often prosecuted for far less – so does this case prove Western elites finally face justice, or is this just damage control to protect the system?
#EpsteinFiles #PrinceAndrew #RoyalFamily #GlobalSouth
Source: CNBC
📌 British police detained former Prince Andrew on suspicion of misconduct in public office and have now released him under investigation, after fresh Epstein files raised claims he shared confidential trade reports with Jeffrey Epstein in 2010 while acting as UK trade envoy. 🇺🇸 President Trump called the arrest “a shame” for the royal family, even as survivors’ stories continue to shape the global debate on impunity for the powerful.
❓In the Global South, leaders are often prosecuted for far less – so does this case prove Western elites finally face justice, or is this just damage control to protect the system?
#EpsteinFiles #PrinceAndrew #RoyalFamily #GlobalSouth
Source: CNBC
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🇮🇷 Iran’s Ghadir missiles are game changers in naval balance!
🔸Ranges of up to 300 KM
🔸Missiles optimized not for single prestige strikes, but for MASS DEPLOYMENT
🔸Low-altitude flight
Ghadir strengthens Iran’s military ability
#Iran #Military
🔸Ranges of up to 300 KM
🔸Missiles optimized not for single prestige strikes, but for MASS DEPLOYMENT
🔸Low-altitude flight
Ghadir strengthens Iran’s military ability
#Iran #Military
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