The 20th century ended in the South Africa with the handover between Nelson Mandela, the charismatic president of the end of apartheid and the advent of democracy, and Thabo Mbeki, an experienced and pragmatic politician, who took office on June 16, 1999. The retirement of Mandela, with his explicit connotation of physiological alternation at the… Read More »
10 years ago, the term BRIC was launched – Brazil, Russia, India, China. In 2009, the BRIC countries met for the first time – as part of a regular cooperation – with Russia as host. The second meeting took place in Brazil in 2010, and this year it was China’s turn. South Africa was also… Read More »
6: The BRICS countries in the geopolitical picture According to topbbacolleges, the BRICS countries are too different to represent any collective political weight. They do not constitute an economic and political bloc. Apart from increasing contact with each other, the common denominator is solid domestic challenges . The Chinese have minority problems, among other things.… Read More »
South Africa is a state in the extreme south of the African continent with (2018) 57.8 million residents; The capital is Pretoria (Tshwane). The Republic of South Africa covers the southern part of the African continent. The nearly 3,000 km long coastline is accompanied by two important ocean currents. The warm Agulhas Current in the… Read More »