
In addition to commemorating 30 years of South Africa’s democracy, 2024 saw the country take a historic step toward democratic consolidation with the establishment of its Government of National Unity. Moreover, South Africa’s 30-year-old democratic adulthood comes at a critical juncture in international relations. The glaring inherent contradictions associated with the dominant global liberal orthodoxy can no longer be ignored. The world system is no closer to achieving a peaceful and prosperous international society of states than in 1989, when Francis Fukuyama, in his famously penned essay The End of History?, declared that liberalism was the final stage of mankind’s ideological…
National Women’s Day: Celebrated on August 9, this day honors the contributions
of women in the struggle against apartheid and promotes gender equality.

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Shebeen – an unlicensed bar [sha-been] These are unlicensed bars usually found in low-income suburbs located outside of the major towns and cities, more commonly known as ‘the townships’.
Dez Bonbon
Fun South African Fact: South Africa is home to a variety of landscapes and biomes, including deserts, wetlands, bushveld, grasslands, mountains and subtropical forests.