UBUNTU magazine – issue 24 cSouth Africa’s Publicr Diplomacye in actiond its Publisher Advertising Clayson Monyela Nthabiseng Makuwa – [email protected] Tel: +27 12 351 0388 UBUNTU Editor-in-Chief a Nguni word meaning humanity Michelle Greeff – [email protected] Distribution Tel: +27 12 351 1743 Olwethu Koli – [email protected] The Department of International Relations Tel: +27 12 351 0006 and Cooperation’s quarterly magazine Editor Delien Burger – [email protected] Tel: +27 12 351 0948 Photographers Jacoline Schoonees, Yandisa Monakali, Katlholo Maifadi and Yolande Snyman, Department of International Relations and Cooperation; Government Communication and Information System; South African Tourism; UN Photo; Counterspace; Mabi Gabriel Thobejane Facebook page; Cameron Venti Unsplash; Marian de Pontes; Kruger Shalati Facebook page; Chris Pizzello; Sindiwe Magona Facebook page; AdobeStock; Diriye Amey; klipopmekaar.co.za; SA Reserve Bank Facebook page; Dirk van Rooyen; Pixabay; and Hougaard Malan Acknowledgements President Cyril Ramaphosa; Dr GNM Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation; Stella Ndabeni- Abrahams, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies; Candith Mashego-Dlamini, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation; Alvin Botes, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation; Ambassador Rapulane Molekane, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna, Austria; Dr Bobby J Moroe, Deputy High Commissioner of South Africa to the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank; Ruth Simbao, South African Research Chair in Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa, Rhodes University; John Luiz, Professor of International Business Strategy and Emerging Markets at the University of Sussex and the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town (UCT); Dr Bhaso Ndzendze, Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Johannesburg (UJ); and Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UJ, Deputy Chairperson of the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and member of the Namibia Fourth Industrial Revolution Task Force; Enrico Bonadio, Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London, and Magali Contardi, PhD Candidate, Intellectual Property Law, Universidad de Alicante; Professor Justine Olawande Daramola, Cape Peninsula University of Technology; Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development and Director of the Oxford Martin Programmes on Technological and Economic Change and Future of Development, University of Oxford; United Nations Environment Programme; David M Witelson, PhD Candidate, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), David Lewis-Williams, Emeritus Professor, Wits, David Pearce, Associate Professor, ON THE COVER Wits, and Sam Challis, Senior Research Scientist, Wits; Matthew Barac, Reader in Architecture, London Metropolitan University; Liani Maasdorp, Senior Lecturer in Screen Production and Film and Television Studies, UCT, and Ian-Malcolm Tremendous progress has been made in addressing Rijsdijk, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, UCT; Lindelwa Dalamba, Music Lecturer, Wits, and Phillippa Yaa the challenges faced as a country and a continent in access to vaccines. 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UBUNTU magazine – issue 24 cSouth Africa’s Publico Diplomacy in actionn tents In every issue 6 Letter from the Minister 8 Publisher’s note Diplomacy Lifestyle 26 Justice for the Palestinian people 12 2021 to 2031: The Decade of African Roots and Diasporas 82 16 Comrade KK has left an Africa united and strong An Oscar for My Octopus 52 18 Building back better, to advance the legacy of Charlotte Rooibos tea: EU protection is good news for South African agriculture Teacher Maxeke 54 A portal designed especially for informal businesses could be a 22 South Africa’s partnerships with Asia and the Middle East are game-changer crucial 56 The SDGs and South Africa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution 26 Justice for the Palestinian people Commission recommendations 58 28 South Africa committed to remain an influential actor and Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times with national, regional and international initiatives Comrade KK has partner on the international stage 30 62 COVID-19 has shown that following the same road will lead the world left an Africa united South Africa’s foreign policy draws on the spirit of internationalism over a precipice 16 and strong 32 64 Progress made but world set to miss environment-related Sustainable Advancing the African Agenda and seeking a better world Development Goals – UN report 34 South Africa and Nigeria – the continental giants with a sometimes uneasy, but always symbiotic relationship 66 An ancient San rock art mural in South Africa reveals new meaning 68 Flying the flag Feature LIFESTYLE The magnificent 38 Liberation heritage: Ray Alexander-Simons Mabi Thobejane 40 Remembering the legacy of the Young Lions of 1976: The 80 Young female South African architects reinvent Serpentine Pavilion in power of youth as agents of social change 90 London 44 Capturing the Soweto Uprising: South Africa’s most iconic 82 An Oscar for My Octopus Teacher is a boost for South African film. photograph lives on But … 46 Africa’s free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks 86 Remembering Zim Ngqawana 10 years on, a singular force in are managed with resolve South African music 48 SA Reserve Bank celebrates 100 years of excellence 88 South African female film director answers Hollywood’s call 90 The magnificent Mabi Thobejane, master South African drummer 94 Learning from the story of pioneering South African writer SA Reserve Bank celebrates 100 years of excellence Sindiwe Magona 48 96 Kruger Shalati: The Train on the Bridge LETTER FROM THE MINISTER fought for by the Khoisan in the beginning of apply universally and not for a privileged few. the struggle. Their desire to settle on their land Our Constitution firmly affirms those beliefs. and derive sustenance from it, to breed and Idah Mtwana, Helen Joseph and Ray rear their cattle and not to be pushed to the Alexander came from vastly different margins are embodied in the transformative backgrounds, yet are united in the Constitution land rights and recognition of communities by the full recognition of the rights of workers elaborated in 1996. and the protections they should enjoy. Mary The epic confrontations of the frontier wars Burton promoted gender equality and the of the Xhosa, the Basotho and the Barolong, rights of all, drawing on these brave men and their dispossession and displacement and women and their core beliefs. their yearnings are mirrors in the aspirations The sacrifices, bravery and fearlessness of of nationhood and unity in the Constitution. the young people of 1976, of Mashinini, Hector The brave heroism of Makhanda, Xhosa, Peterson, Antoinette Peterson and thousands Moshoeshoe, Bathoeng and Sekhukhune of others gave life to the right to education and reverberate. to children’s rights in our document. Our Constitution was crafted over centuries Those who shaped