China ready too join hands with South Africa for win win development

China’s ambassador to Pretoria says Bejing is ready to join hands with South Africa to boost development of the country and the continent. Lin Songtian says he’s encouraging Chinese companies to invest and manufacture in South Africa. China’s chief envoy to South Africa has a ringing endorsement for President Cyril Ramaphosa. “I strongly believe President […]

China envoy says they are fighting to protect rules-based international trade

China’s ambassador to South Africa says by standing up to American threats of a trade war, Beijing is protecting the rest of the world. Lin Songtian accuses the Trump Administration  of breaking down the very rules-based system that the United States itself built up after the second world war. Speaking to reporters in Pretoria, Lin […]

Bodies pulled from Nile as death toll from military crackdown in Sudan rises above 100

Forty bodies have been pulled from the Nile in Khartoum as the death toll from Monday’s crackdown by the military junta on pro-democracy protestors rises above 100. The Ministry of Health admits 46 people have been killed The civilian groups have rejected fresh calls from the Transitional Military Council for talks, saying the army cannot […]

African Union suspends Sudan after junta kills protestors

The African Union’s suspended Sudan following the slaying of at least 108 peaceful demonstrators by janjaweed paraparamilitaries deployed by the military junta in  Khartoum last Monday. After an emergency meeting today the AU Peace and Security Council said Sudan would remain red-carded until the establishment of a civilian-led transitional authority which it says is the […]