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TRIPS waiver prioritizes the well-being of all people everywhere at a critical time

Given the rapid, global spread of COVID-19, a virus that started a world away in Wuhan, China, one cannot deny the interconnectedness of the

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | June 2, 2021

TRIPS waiver prioritizes the well-being of all people everywhere at a critical time

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | June 2, 2021

Given the rapid, global spread of COVID-19, a virus that started a world away in Wuhan, China, one cannot deny the interconnectedness of the

TRIPS waiver prioritizes the well-being of all people everywhere at a critical time

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | June 2, 2021

Given the rapid, global spread of COVID-19, a virus that started a world away in Wuhan, China, one cannot deny the interconnectedness of the

Don’t silence the voice of justice when it matters

The death of South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, Zindziswa “Zindzi” Mandela, the daughter of South Africa’s late struggle heroes, has once again reminded me

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | July 15, 2020

Nelson and Winnie Mandela are pictured with Mila and Brian Mulroney on Parliament Hill on June 18, 1990. It was Mr. Mandela's first visit to Canada, four months after being released from 27 years in jail. On the eve of what would have been Nelson Mandela’s birthday, South Africa remembers Canada’s unwavering support for the anti-apartheid movement, writes High Commissioner Sibongiseni Dlamini-Mntambo. The hill Times photograph by Jim Creskey

Don’t silence the voice of justice when it matters

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | July 15, 2020

The death of South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, Zindziswa “Zindzi” Mandela, the daughter of South Africa’s late struggle heroes, has once again reminded me

Don’t silence the voice of justice when it matters

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | July 15, 2020

The death of South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, Zindziswa “Zindzi” Mandela, the daughter of South Africa’s late struggle heroes, has once again reminded me

Nelson and Winnie Mandela are pictured with Mila and Brian Mulroney on Parliament Hill on June 18, 1990. It was Mr. Mandela's first visit to Canada, four months after being released from 27 years in jail. On the eve of what would have been Nelson Mandela’s birthday, South Africa remembers Canada’s unwavering support for the anti-apartheid movement, writes High Commissioner Sibongiseni Dlamini-Mntambo. The hill Times photograph by Jim Creskey

Out of nothing, nothing comes: the lingering effects of racism in politics

OTTAWA—“Out of nothing, nothing comes.” If this saying is true, as once asserted by former South Africa president Thabo Mbeki when giving an address

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | June 19, 2019

Children are pictured in a a ‘resettlement’ village in the former province of Natal, South Africa in January 1982. Millions of Black South Africans were forcibly resettled in such villages called Black ‘homelands’ as of 1948. The Bantu education system presented Blacks as 'sub-human beings incapable of assimilating civilization,' thereby excluding them from mainstream political, economic, and social life and advancement. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations

Out of nothing, nothing comes: the lingering effects of racism in politics

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | June 19, 2019

OTTAWA—“Out of nothing, nothing comes.” If this saying is true, as once asserted by former South Africa president Thabo Mbeki when giving an address

Out of nothing, nothing comes: the lingering effects of racism in politics

Opinion | BY SIBONGISENI DLAMINI-MNTAMBO | June 19, 2019

OTTAWA—“Out of nothing, nothing comes.” If this saying is true, as once asserted by former South Africa president Thabo Mbeki when giving an address

Children are pictured in a a ‘resettlement’ village in the former province of Natal, South Africa in January 1982. Millions of Black South Africans were forcibly resettled in such villages called Black ‘homelands’ as of 1948. The Bantu education system presented Blacks as 'sub-human beings incapable of assimilating civilization,' thereby excluding them from mainstream political, economic, and social life and advancement. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations