Unpacking the collapse of the Assad regime - Syria: SA must ‘tread carefully’ after fall of five-decade Assad regime

Thabiso Kotane was in conversation with Thembisa Fakude, Senior Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues about his opinion when it comes to this issue.

 

Post the fall of the Bashar Al Assad regime, we ask - what’s next for Syria in terms of governance and leadership?

GUEST: Thembisa Fakude, Senior Researcher and Director @Africa-Asia Dialogues (Afrasid)

 

Trump threatens 100% tariffs against BRICS countries

The head of Public Diplomacy, Clayson Monyela, has clarified that there is no plan within BRICS to establish a common currency. Instead, discussions are focused on member states trading in their own currencies. This comes in the wake of the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatening 100 percent tariffs against BRICS countries, including South Africa, unless they abandon any notion of creating an alternative to the U.S. dollar. On his platform, X (formerly Twitter), Trump declared, "The idea that the BRICS countries are trying to move away from the dollar while we stand by and watch, is OVER'. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Thembisa Fakude, Director at Africa-Asia Dialogues

 

Political Analysis: BRICS Summit 2024

Political Analysis: Why Botswana’s *successful elections made international headlines?

Botswana held a national election last week Wednesday to decide if one of Africa's longest-ruling parties stays in power for another five-year term. The Botswana Democratic Party has governed the southern African nation for 58 years, since independence from Britain in 1966, and has held the presidency throughout. Botswana's opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has won a majority in parliament and can form the next government, the electoral commission announced on Friday, marking a historic defeat for the party that had governed the diamond-rich country for nearly six decades. Outgoing president Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in Wednesday's general election and said his administration would begin handing over the reins of government in the next few days. Thembisa Fakude, a senior research fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues and chief executive officer at the Mail & Guardian, joins to tell us more about the successful Botswana elections.