Economic War against Russia causing Eurasian integration as BRICS goes for SWIFT alternative(s)

The Blindspot column, by Dr de Kock, in Edition 437 (May, 2022) of Leadership Online Magazine, engages with the dramatic global systemic changes engulfing the planet. Most significantly it traces…

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Reflections on Russia, Ukraine and South Africa – from ‘punching above its weight’ to lightweight foreign policy?

Dr Makhubela interviewed by ENCA on SA response to war in Ukraine [5 April, 2022] https://youtu.be/6_AmF62IHrY RiskRecon contribution to University of Johannesburg Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation Seminar on:…

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ENCA – Dr Makhubela interview: Local government failure as first stage of state collapse (11.3.22)

@ENCA's Dan Moyane interviewed Dr Makhubela, 11 March 2022, on a statement made by the Director General of the South African Treasury Department, regarding South Africa dangerously tilting towards 'failed…

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The South African case: local government failure as first stage of state collapse

Local government failure as first stage of state collapse Video Summary Introduction Introductory & Contextual Note   A number of political developments in the year 2021 had a decided impact…

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