If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. Carlos Alcaraz did exactly that on Sunday, taking down Jannik Sinner, the game’s premier hard-court player, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, to claim his sixth major title and second at the US Open. A-list stars were out in droves inside Arthur Ashe Stadium,… Continue reading Brilliant Carlos Alcaraz Dethrones Jannik Sinner in US Open
Bok Women to Face New Zealand in World Cup Quarter-finals
South Africa’s Women Rugby team lost 57-10 to France in their final pool match of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Northampton, England, on Sunday afternoon. As a result, the Bok Women will face New Zealand in the quarter-finals at Sandy Park in Exeter at 14h00 next Saturday afternoon, while France will take on Ireland… Continue reading Bok Women to Face New Zealand in World Cup Quarter-finals
Full Text: Colonization of the Mind —The Means, Roots, and Global Perils of U.S. Cognitive Warfare
The think tank report “Colonization of the Mind – The Means, Roots, and Global Perils of U.S. Cognitive Warfare” has sparked heated discussions at the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025 in Yunnan, southwest China. Click for the full text: https://chinaview.xhinst.net/Views/20250904/19447833_Colonization-of-the-Mind-The-Means-Roots-and-Global-Perils-of-US-Cognitive-Warfare_1.html African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency
The SCO Summit: The Multipolar Global Order is Here and Unstoppable
The 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, China, stands as a watershed moment in the annals of global geopolitics. Hosted by the People’s Republic of China under the visionary leadership of President Xi Jinping, this two-day gathering from August 31 to September 1 brought together leaders from over 20 non-Western nations, including Prime… Continue reading The SCO Summit: The Multipolar Global Order is Here and Unstoppable
Think Tank Report Highlights China’s Contribution to Global Public Intellectual Goods
KUNMING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — A report highlighting the global significance and practical value of China’s public intellectual goods was released on Saturday by Xinhua Institute, a think tank affiliated with Xinhua News Agency. Titled “Answering the Questions of Our Time: The Global Significance and Practical Value of China’s Public Intellectual Goods,” the report said… Continue reading Think Tank Report Highlights China’s Contribution to Global Public Intellectual Goods
Slavery, the Great Trek and the Making of South Africa’s Labour Economy
The reason for the Great Trek is also not fully explained. Indeed, the British abolished slavery through the 1807 Slavery Act, which made the buying and selling of enslaved people illegal within the British Empire, but did not end the practice of slavery. It must be noted that this was not an act of altruism… Continue reading Slavery, the Great Trek and the Making of South Africa’s Labour Economy
Global South Media, Think Tank Forum Pools Strength for Enhanced Cooperation
KUNMING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Some 500 journalists, scholars, government officials and entrepreneurs from 110 countries or international and regional organizations convened Friday in southwest China’s Yunnan Province for the Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025. Their common aspiration is to turn the Global South’s rising economic weight — representing 40 percent of… Continue reading Global South Media, Think Tank Forum Pools Strength for Enhanced Cooperation
Eight Gauteng Departments Received Clean Audit
Eight Gauteng provincial departments have achieved clean audits for the 2024/2025 financial year, showing what officials say is progress in strengthening governance. Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile announced the results on Monday while presenting the Auditor-General’s findings. The departments with clean audits are the Office of the Premier, Provincial Legislature, Provincial Treasury, Cooperative… Continue reading Eight Gauteng Departments Received Clean Audit
From Sao Paulo to Kunming, Voice of Global South Grows Louder
KUNMING, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — The Global South Media and Think Tank Forum 2025 opened Friday in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, bringing together hundreds of scholars and officials in a bid to amplify the voice of developing countries on the world stage. The five-day gathering, held under the theme “Empowering Global South, Navigating Global… Continue reading From Sao Paulo to Kunming, Voice of Global South Grows Louder
Mr President, the Black Dialogue is the Authentic Talk of the Marginalised who Long for True Freedom and Development
An open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa Greetings Mr President, To act in this uncharacteristic manner is a desperate attempt to grab your highly contested and congested attention and redirect it to the voice of the voiceless. The fact that you cut your political teeth in the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), of which I remain an activist,… Continue reading Mr President, the Black Dialogue is the Authentic Talk of the Marginalised who Long for True Freedom and Development