Anglo American and South Africa’s Original Sin: Between Legacy, Liability and the Search for Closure

By Kirtan Bhana

27 November 2025

As the dust settles on the Johannesburg G20, a summit that laid bare the contradictions of a world in transition, South Africa finds itself grappling with a different kind of reckoning, one buried not in geopolitics but in the very rock on which the city is built. Johannesburg, the City of Gold, owes its existence to mining. Yet mining also represents South Africa’s most enduring wound. And at the centre of this paradox stands one company: Anglo American.

Leveraging Biodiversity for Africa’s Prosperity
African Leaders Call for Urgent, Unified Action to Protect the Continent’s Natural Wealth at the Inaugural Africa Biodiversity Summit

 
26 November 2025 - African Heads of State and governments, leaders, policymakers, and partners converged in Gaborone, Botswana, for the Inaugural Africa Biodiversity Summit, a landmark gathering under the theme “Leveraging Biodiversity for Africa’s Prosperity.” The Summit held from 2-5 November 2025, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Botswana in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC), marks a new era in the continent’s efforts to elevate biodiversity governance to the highest political level. 

Chinese vehicles roll in for Johannesburg G20 summit

A Jetour vehicle arrives outside the venue of the G20 Leaders' Summit as an escort for the delegation motorcade, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Guang)

As the Group of 20 (G20) Leaders' Summit made its debut on the African continent in Johannesburg, South Africa's economic hub, on Saturday, Chinese vehicles were seen shuttling between the airport, hotels and summit venues, adding a distinctive Chinese touch to the event.

Indonesia and South Africa agree on mutual visa-free travel

The agreement, reached at the highest level, is intended to expand humanitarian ties between the two countries

TV BRICS - 25 November 2025 - Indonesia and the Republic of South Africa agreed on the mutual abolition of visas. The new entry procedure was announced by Vice President of Indonesia Gibran Rakabuming Raka at a business forum in Johannesburg, ANTARA reported.

A Defining G20 Moment for Africa’s Modernization and Global Leadership
By Kirtan Bhana - TDS

25 November 2025

The 2025 G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg is historic as the first held on African soil. It was a logistical triumph for South Africa and a substantive demonstration of Africa’s accelerating transformation. The summit, preceded by 133 technical and ministerial meetings, revealed the contours of a shifting global landscape in which Africa is no longer a peripheral participant, but an emerging centre of gravity.

Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization makes significant original contributions to global sustainable development: report
   

This photo shows copies of the think tank report titled "Joining Hands to Advance Toward an Eco-Friendly Modernization -- The Theoretical Contributions and Practical Leadership of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization To Global Sustainable Development." A report focusing on the global significance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization was released at the Global Panda Partners 2025 conference in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Friday. The report was co-authored by the National High-Level Think Tank of Xinhua News Agency and the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

FG Moves Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar Kana to Strategic General Services Office

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24 November 2025

Dr. Ibrahim Abubakar Kana has been redeployed to the General Services Office (OSGF) from the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.

IBSA leaders agree priorities for renewed cooperation at Johannesburg meeting

Leaders proposed the establishment of an IBSA Digital Innovation Alliance to facilitate the exchange of digital public infrastructure

TV BRICS - 24 November 2025 - Leaders of India, Brazil, and South Africa agreed on a refreshed set of priorities for the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum during a high-level meeting held during the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on 23 November 2025. The discussions were chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, with the participation of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

China achieves remarkable results in improving residents' housing conditions

 
This photo taken on Oct. 29, 2025 shows a toilet (L) and a kitchen after renovation at a household in Yangpu District of east China's Shanghai. Shanghai grappled for decades with a deeply personal challenge for many residents: the humble chamber pot. Cramped living spaces nestled within labyrinthine alleyways transformed even the most basic human needs into a challenging daily struggle.

Unremitting high-quality urban renewal, a practice of China's people-centered development

*China has persistently advanced high-quality urban renewal to improve residents' sense of happiness, consciously practicing the people-centered development philosophy, and the efforts have paid off. * Officials and experts discussed in the latest episode of China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by Xinhua News Agency, how China has continuously improved living conditions and the residential environment for its people through the construction of affordable housing, as well as the renovation of shantytowns, old residential communities, urban villages, and dilapidated houses.

Foreign tourists bring record revenue to Brazil’s economy in 2025

More than 7 million travellers visited the country between January and September

TV BRICS- 23 November 2025 - International tourism continues to play a leading role in Brazil’s national economy in 2025. From January to September, foreign tourists brought the country US$6.09 billion, spending on accommodation, food, transport, leisure, and shopping. This is the highest figure ever recorded and 11.7 per cent more than in the same period of 2024, according to the website of the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism.