Author: BUSANI NGCAWENI

South Africa Should Use Its G20 Presidency in 2025 to Work on Bridging the Gap Between Rhetoric and Tangible Outcomes

As the 2025 G20 presidency, South Africa hosted the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Johannesburg…

China’s People’s Congress System Is An Embodiment Of Democratic Practice With Chinese Characteristics

China has taught the world that democracy is not one-dimensional and it can take various…

China, South Africa Committed To Broadening Economic Exchanges During Ramaphosa’s State Visit To China

The South African branch of Bank of China, in partnership with the School of Economics…

Public Institutions Are Playing A Role In Creating Social Transformation In South Africa

The success of public institutions is deeply rooted in their ability to plan with a…

The opening of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 5, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

China’s Whole-Process People’s Democracy Promotes Global Peace And Development

China’s Two Sessions that take place in early March provide an opportunity for the world to look into the country’s unique democracy – the whole-process people’s democracy. It is a concept that is misunderstood and wrongly criticised by most Western politicians as it differs from the Western notion of democracy.   As Zhang Weiwei, dean of the China Institute of Fudan University in Shanghai, said, China’s political system does not claim to be universal. Unlike Western democracy, it does not seek…

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