It is important to understand the gravity of the situation currently facing the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa. The public has been subjected to a sophisticated and malicious campaign of misinformation, deliberately designed to distort the truth regarding a recent ruling by the country’s highest legal authority. The department, under the leadership of the Minister, has found itself the target of a coordinated effort to misrepresent its actions and undermine public trust in its operations and in the integrity of the nation’s constitutional institutions. This is not a simple misunderstanding or a minor bureaucratic mix-up, but a calculated…

On Thursday, China made a quiet but telling humanitarian gesture in the middle of one of Asia’s most sensitive maritime standoffs. The Philippine Coast Guard vessel 4409 was allowed to approach a Philippine ship that has been illegally grounded at Ren’ai Jiao, also known as Ayungin Shoal, for the purpose of evacuating an injured person on board. The transfer was carried out with a small boat, which in practical terms meant a careful, contained operation rather than a large convoy or show of force. The China Coast Guard, or CCG, oversaw the procedure, acted in accordance with domestic and international…