The 2nd Thabo Mbeki Foundation Annual Peace and Security Dialogue has kick started this evening at Magaliesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. It is expected to run from tonight up until the 6th of September 2025. The objective of the Annual African Peace and Security Dialogue is to provide a platform for African political & economic leaders, scholars, and policymakers to discuss current peace and security challenges facing the continent, share best practices, and develop practical solutions. Channel Africa's reporter Micheal Mbewe spoke to host Tsepiso Makwetla...

The 2nd Thabo Mbeki Foundation Annual Peace and Security Dialogue has kick started this evening at Magaliesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. It is expected to run from tonight up until the 6th of September 2025. The objective of the Annual African Peace and Security Dialogue is to provide a platform for African political &amp; economic leaders, scholars, and policymakers to discuss current peace and security challenges facing the continent, share best practices, and develop practical solutions. Channel Africa's reporter Micheal Mbewe spoke to host Tsepiso Makwetla...

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Thabo Mbeki Foundation hosts second Annual Peace and Security Dialogue

Tonight,  the African media fraternity is mourning the sudden passing of Jonisayi "Warchild" Maromo, a veteran Pan-African journalist and Pretoria Bureau Chief for the African News Agency (ANA). Maromo, who had nearly two decades of experience covering international relations, crime and investigative politics, passed away in Zimbabwe while visiting his ailing mother. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Dianah Chiyangwa, a fellow award-winning Zimbabwean-born Photojournalist based in Johannesburg. She was a close peer and professional collaborator of Maromo.

Tonight, &nbsp;the African media fraternity is mourning the sudden passing of Jonisayi "Warchild" Maromo, a veteran Pan-African journalist and Pretoria Bureau Chief for the African News Agency (ANA). Maromo, who had nearly two decades of experience covering international relations, crime and investigative politics, passed away in Zimbabwe while visiting his ailing mother. Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Dianah Chiyangwa, a fellow award-winning Zimbabwean-born Photojournalist based in Johannesburg. She was a close peer and professional collaborator of Maromo.

Award-winning Zimbabwean-born Photojournalist,  Dianah Chiyangwa pays heartfelt tribute to late colleague, Jonisayi "Warchild" Maromo

We continue to look at the Africa Matters Summit, a strategic project launched by Channel Africa radio. The summit, which will take place on 25 March at the Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, aims to shift the narrative, ensuring African voices and perspectives shape the discourse on critical continental issues. This year's theme focuses on climate change, "Financing Africa's Recovery." To delve further into the subject of climate change, Channel Africa's Asanda Beda spoke to Climate & Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, Siya Myeza, and she began by asking him about some of the organisation's ongoing work

We continue to look at the Africa Matters Summit, a strategic project launched by Channel Africa radio. The summit, which will take place on 25 March at the Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa, aims to shift the narrative, ensuring African voices and perspectives shape the discourse on critical continental issues. This year's theme focuses on climate change, "Financing Africa's Recovery." To delve further into the subject of climate change, Channel Africa's Asanda Beda spoke to Climate &amp; Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, Siya Myeza, and she began by asking him about some of the organisation's ongoing work

Greenpeace Africa's Climate & Energy Campaigner notes upcoming Africa Matters Summit as springboard for meaningful climate finance action

As the world marks twelve days since the beginning of the seismic events involving the US, Israel and Iran, the geopolitical maps are continue to be redrawn, but behind the headlines of airstrikes and successions lies a civilian population navigating a transformed reality. For ordinary Iranians, 'home' has become a place of profound uncertainty. To help us go beyond the strategic analysis and into the heart of the Iranian streets, Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Dr Samine Joudat, an Iranian-American Researcher and artist whose work explores the very forces that uproot and transfigure society's sense of belonging

As the world marks twelve days since the beginning of the seismic events involving the US, Israel and Iran, the geopolitical maps are continue to be redrawn, but behind the headlines of airstrikes and successions lies a civilian population navigating a transformed reality. For ordinary Iranians, 'home' has become a place of profound uncertainty. To help us go beyond the strategic analysis and into the heart of the Iranian streets, Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Dr Samine Joudat, an Iranian-American Researcher and artist whose work explores the very forces that uproot and transfigure society's sense of belonging

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