SADC Calls For ‘Immediate and Unconditional’ Removal Of Sanctions On Zimbabwe

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for the “immediate and unconditional” removal of economic sanctions on Zimbabwe, describing them as “illegal measures that violate the basic human rights of ordinary Zimbabweans.” 

This call came on the 25^th of October, which SADC has designated as Anti-Sanctions Day, a day set aside annually to spotlight and protest against the sanctions imposed on SADC member states. 

In a media statement released on Friday, October 25, 2024, Zimbabwean President and SADC ChairpersonREAD MORE

The seconds annual Thokoza Film Festival will be held in South Africa from 29 October to 2 November. The event will be taking place in Thokoza in the province of Gauteng in the north of the country. TV BRICS is the media partner of the event.

The organisers position the festival as an opportunity for emerging filmmakers to present their work and get their first recognition, exchange experiences and establish contacts in the world of creative industries. A variety ofREAD MORE

The South African branch of Bank of China, in partnership with the School of Economics and Finance of the University of the Witwatersrand, launched the Chinese Investors’ Confidence Index for South Africa in 2023. A first of its kind, the index reports on South Africa’s economic and investment environment based on the views and experiences of Chinese investors in South Africa. It is ambitious in that it analyses “changes in objective economic indicators” and tries to “uncover underlying causes andREAD MORE

The recently held 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing under the theme Joining Hands to Advance Modernisation and Build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future unequivocally demonstrated that FOCAC remains the most important flagship collaborative platform between China and Africa and continues to deliver wide-ranging, tangible economic and social results. 

The summit unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration on Jointly Building an All-Weather China-Africa Community with a Shared Future for the New Era andREAD MORE

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva handed over the keys to new homes to residents of Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceara in the north-east of the country, as part of the “My Home, My Life” programme. This is reported by Prensa Latina, a partner of TV BRICS.

The new homes were given to 1,296 families in the country. Launched by the Brazilian government in 2009, the “My Home, My Life” programme provides affordable housing forREAD MORE

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that no matter how the international and regional situation changes, China will unswervingly develop friendly cooperation with Iran.

Xi made the remarks when meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit.

Iran, Xi said, is a country with important regional and international influence and a good friend and partner of China.

The strategic significance of China-Iran relations has become more prominent as transformations of the world unseenREAD MORE

Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader John Steenhuisen’s claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa represented himself when he described Russian Leader Vladimir Putin as South Africa’s “valuable ally” are “silly” and show that the party is still pursuing the apartheid government’s foreign policy.

According to Andre Thomashausen, a Professor Emeritus of International and Comparative Law at the University of South Africa (Unisa) and the former Head of the university’s Department of Public, Constitutional and International Law, Steenhuisen’s assertions also proved that South Africa’sREAD MORE

The BRICS mechanism plays a key role in promoting cooperation among developing countries and emerging markets against the background of global geopolitical turmoil, said a UN senior economist.

The BRICS countries have become an important force in the world economic landscape, and their development experience is worth learning for the Global South countries, said Liang Guoyong, a senior economist with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in a written interview with Xinhua.

Cooperation in various fields among theREAD MORE

“Around 400 years ago, the Great Tea Road that connected the two countries went past Kazan, through which tea leaves from China’s Wuyi Mountain region found their way into many Russian households,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Xi recalled the history in his meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan, the fifth-largest city of Russia with historical and cultural significance.

Xi’s remarks highlighted the long-standing bond betweenREAD MORE

BRICS has provided more funding options to support development in emerging economies and strengthened the voices of the Global South in international relations, said a South African expert.

Emmanuel Matambo, research director of the Center for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg, made the remarks during a recent interview with Xinhua.

Economically, Matambo noted, BRICS has provided alternative funding options for emerging markets and developing countries, allowing them to address issues like infrastructure development, energy crises, and climate change.

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