The Global South Reimagined
Global Times, People's Daily and Kirtan Bhana - TDS
Busani Ngcaweni, Director of the Centre for Centre for Public Policy and African Studies, Phindile Mkwanazi, Acting Principal of the National School of Government, South Africa’s Deputy Minister for Public Service and Administration, Pinky Sharon Kekana, Phindile Mkwanazi, Qin Zhanpeng, Minister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, Zhang Wei of the Global Times, Yang Ou, President of the African General Bureau of the People’s Daily - TDS Photo
10 November 2025
Johannesburg, the vibrant heart of Africa’s diplomacy, recently hosted the Global South Dialogue · China–Africa Roundtable Forum, an exchange that unlocked a defining truth of our era: the Global South is no longer a peripheral player in world affairs, it has become a central force reshaping the principles of global governance, development, and dialogue.