Attending the Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa (BRICS) Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa in August 2023.
With a South African colleague in Cartegena, Colombia on our way to swim in the Pacific ocean during the Ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) there in 1996.
With His Excelleny Ambassador Mongalo, democratic South Africa's first Ambassor to Australia & New Zealand.
On Lake Geneva when I still served as the South African diplomat to the United Nations in Geneva.
Apartheid times: As a young and highly committed follower of Steve Biko's Black Consciousness Movement and sharing "conscientisation" lesson with my fellow Hebron Teachers' Training College roomates in our double-decked bed boarding dormitory in March 1980.
Soviet times: Defending my MA (History) dissertation on South Africa's Liberation Struggle against Apartheid before a panel of Soviet professors at Patrice Lumumba People's Friendship University, Moscow, Soviet Union, 1987.
Taking a break outside Geneva, Switzerland with my friends from Iraq and Ethiopia employed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in 1996 when preparing for South Africa to host UNCTAD in the same year.
Among Indonesian cultural performers during the Ministerial meeting of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1995.
Attending the Ministerial meeting of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) in Bandung, Indonesia in 1995.
Near Buckingham Palace, London.
Symbolic certificate I was awarded for clmbing atop the Great Wall of China near Beijing, People's of China.
With my late wife on the steps of Capital Hill, Washington DC.
On the steps of Capital Hill, Washington DC with my daughter in my arms.
With my Algerian friends in London.
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The humble house in the poor village of Rabokala in South Africa's North West province where I grew up. My wonderlust, love for knowledge and fascination with reading were birthed there. Those were the most important years of my university of life.
How Tamong dam in my village of Rabokala nowadays looks like after a rainy season. I took my first unsupervised swimming dive in its muddy water in 1968 at the age of six. It was my first taste of freedom as a child. That taste never died since.
The last picture I took in exile in Nairobi, Kenya's YMCA motel in 1990 just before the unbanning of the liberation movements in South Africa.
My last photo addressing students at Hebron Teachers' Training College in North Pretoria during the protest against Bophuthatswana bantustan of Chief Lucas Mangope in 1980. Few moths later I joined the banned and exiled African National Congress (ANC).
On Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem in occupied Palestine with our back towards the Garden of Gethsemane, 2004.
With my friend and long-serving Ambassador of Palestine to South Africa His Excellecy El Herfi.
Visiting Jerusalem, occupied Palestine.
Visiting Seoul, South Korea with South Africa's Ambassador to the Republic of Korea His Excellency Schoeman.
Paying a courtesy call on Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister in Taipei, 2005.
Visiting the Tomb of biblical Patriarch Abraham in Hebron, West Bank, occupied Palestine, 2 000.
Taking a refresher break during a long road trip in a monster American SUV feul guzzler from Baghdad, Iraq to Amman, Jordan, 2002.
Taking a break in the desert of western Iraq's Anbar province during a long road trip from Amman, Jordan to Baghdad, Iraq, 2001.
As a History Teacher taking a stroll with a friend during our political exile at the African National Congress (ANC)'s Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) in Morogoro, Tanzania, 1988.
In a hotel in Damascus, Syria after meeting with senior Syrian officials, 2003.
Taking a stroll through London's Hyde Park.
London Eye, London, UK, 2004.
All smiles during a group breakfast with the former South African Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo sitting opposite me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1996.
Against the background of the ancient Giza pyramids, Cairo, Egypt.
In front of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquity, Cairo.
The ancient Giza Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt, towering behind me.
Near the Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.
Meeting former Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Al-Sabah.
In a white track suit among the Terracotta Army in a museum in the ancient Chinese city of Xian in the west of the People's Republic of China (PRC), 2006.
On the peak of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC).
On the Alps, Switzerland.
In Manhattan, New York with the former Premier of South Africa's Gauteng province Tokyo Sexwale (centre), 1995.
In Lower Manhattan, backgrounded by New York's Twin Towers in 1997.
With my kids and my father, Manhattan, New York.
Knelt in front of former South African President and a global icon Nelson Mandela, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1998.
At the Gala Luncheon after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South Africa's first democratically elected President, 8 May 1994.
With Tshire Bokaba, my technical assist.
With my latest book Whispering Against the Wind: Democratic South Africa's Search for National Identity, 2011 -2022.
Corner office of the Founder & Executive Chairman of the Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA), the theater of dreams of a rising, properous, strong and united Africa through Economic Diplomacy.
Mr. Isaac Mpho Mogotsi, Founder & Executive Chairman, Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA).
On Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem in occupied Palestine with our back towards the Garden of Gethsemane, 2004.
With my friend and long-serving Ambassador of Palestine to South Africa His Excellecy El Herfi.
Visiting Jerusalem, occupied Palestine.
Visiting Seoul, South Korea.
Paying a courtesy call on Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister in Taipei, 2005.
Visiting the Tomb of biblical Patriarch Abraham in Hebron, West Bank, occupied Palestine, 2 000.
Taking a refresher break during a long road trip in a monster American SUV feul guzzler from Baghdad, Iraq to Amman, Jordan, 2002.
Taking a break in the desert of western Iraq's Anbar province during a long road trip from Amman, Jordan to Baghdad, Iraq, 2001.
As a History Teacher taking a stroll with a friend during our political exile at the African National Congress (ANC)'s Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) in Morogoro, Tanzania, 1988.
In a hotel in Damascus, Syria after meeting with senior Syrian officials, 2003.
Taking a stroll through London's Hyde Park.
London Eye, London, UK, 2004.
All smiles during a group breakfast with the former South African Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo sitting opposite me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1996.
Against the background of the ancient Giza pyramids, Cairo, Egypt.
In front of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquity, Cairo.
The ancient Giza Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt, towering behind me.
Near the Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.
Meeting former Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Al-Sabah.
In a white track suit among the Terracotta Army in a museum in the ancient Chinese city of Xian in the west of the People's Republic of China (PRC), 2006.
On the peak of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC).
On the Alps, Switzerland.
In Manhattan, New York with the former Premier of South Africa's Gauteng province Tokyo Sexwale (centre), 1995.
In Lower Manhattan, backgrounded by New York's Twin Towers in 1997.
With my kids and my father, Manhattan, New York.
Knelt in front of former South African President and a global icon Nelson Mandela, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1998.
At the Gala Luncheon after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South Africa's first democratically elected President, 8 May 1994.
With Tshire Bokaba, my technical assist.
With my latest book Whispering Against the Wind: Democratic South Africa's Search for National Identity, 2011 -2022.
Corner office of the Founder & Executive Chairman of the Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA), the theater of dreams of a rising, properous, strong and united Africa through Economic Diplomacy.
Mr. Isaac Mpho Mogotsi, Founder & Executive Chairman, Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA).
On Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem in occupied Palestine with our back towards the Garden of Gethsemane, 2004.
With my friend and long-serving Ambassador of Palestine to South Africa His Excellecy El Herfi.
Visiting Jerusalem, occupied Palestine.
Visiting Seoul, South Korea.
Paying a courtesy call on Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister in Taipei, 2005.
Visiting the Tomb of biblical Patriarch Abraham in Hebron, West Bank, occupied Palestine, 2 000.
Taking a refresher break during a long road trip in a monster American SUV feul guzzler from Baghdad, Iraq to Amman, Jordan, 2002.
Taking a break in the desert of western Iraq's Anbar province during a long road trip from Amman, Jordan to Baghdad, Iraq, 2001.
As a History Teacher taking a stroll with a friend during our political exile at the African National Congress (ANC)'s Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) in Morogoro, Tanzania, 1988.
In a hotel in Damascus, Syria after meeting with senior Syrian officials, 2003.
Taking a stroll through London's Hyde Park.
London Eye, London, UK, 2004.
All smiles during a group breakfast with the former South African Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo sitting opposite me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1996.
Against the background of the ancient Giza pyramids, Cairo, Egypt.
In front of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquity, Cairo.
The ancient Giza Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt, towering behind me.
Near the Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.
Meeting former Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Al-Sabah.
In a white track suit among the Terracotta Army in a museum in the ancient Chinese city of Xian in the west of the People's Republic of China (PRC), 2006.
On the peak of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC).
On the Alps, Switzerland.
In Manhattan, New York with the former Premier of South Africa's Gauteng province Tokyo Sexwale (centre), 1995.
In Lower Manhattan, backgrounded by New York's Twin Towers in 1997.
With my kids and my father, Manhattan, New York.
Knelt in front of former South African President and a global icon Nelson Mandela, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1998.
At the Gala Luncheon after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South Africa's first democratically elected President, 8 May 1994.
With Tshire Bokaba, my technical assist.
With my latest book Whispering Against the Wind: Democratic South Africa's Search for National Identity, 2011 -2022.
Corner office of the Founder & Executive Chairman of the Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA), the theater of dreams of a rising, properous, strong and united Africa through Economic Diplomacy.
Mr. Isaac Mpho Mogotsi, Founder & Executive Chairman, Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA).
On Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem in occupied Palestine with our back towards the Garden of Gethsemane, 2004.
With my friend and long-serving Ambassador of Palestine to South Africa His Excellecy El Herfi.
Visiting Jerusalem, occupied Palestine.
Visiting Seoul, South Korea.
Paying a courtesy call on Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister in Taipei, 2005.
Visiting the Tomb of biblical Patriarch Abraham in Hebron, West Bank, occupied Palestine, 2 000.
Taking a refresher break during a long road trip in a monster American SUV feul guzzler from Baghdad, Iraq to Amman, Jordan, 2002.
Taking a break in the desert of western Iraq's Anbar province during a long road trip from Amman, Jordan to Baghdad, Iraq, 2001.
As a History Teacher taking a stroll with a friend during our political exile at the African National Congress (ANC)'s Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) in Morogoro, Tanzania, 1988.
In a hotel in Damascus, Syria after meeting with senior Syrian officials, 2003.
Taking a stroll through London's Hyde Park.
London Eye, London, UK, 2004.
All smiles during a group breakfast with the former South African Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo sitting opposite me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1996.
Against the background of the ancient Giza pyramids, Cairo, Egypt.
In front of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquity, Cairo.
The ancient Giza Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt, towering behind me.
Near the Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.
Meeting former Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Al-Sabah.
In a white track suit among the Terracotta Army in a museum in the ancient Chinese city of Xian in the west of the People's Republic of China (PRC), 2006.
On the peak of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC).
On the Alps, Switzerland.
In Manhattan, New York with the former Premier of South Africa's Gauteng province Tokyo Sexwale (centre), 1995.
In Lower Manhattan, backgrounded by New York's Twin Towers in 1997.
With my kids and my father, Manhattan, New York.
Knelt in front of former South African President and a global icon Nelson Mandela, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1998.
At the Gala Luncheon after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South Africa's first democratically elected President, 8 May 1994.
With Tshire Bokaba, my technical assist.
With my latest book Whispering Against the Wind: Democratic South Africa's Search for National Identity, 2011 -2022.
Corner office of the Founder & Executive Chairman of the Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA), the theater of dreams of a rising, properous, strong and united Africa through Economic Diplomacy.
Mr. Isaac Mpho Mogotsi, Founder & Executive Chairman, Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA).
On Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem in occupied Palestine with our back towards the Garden of Gethsemane, 2004.
With my friend and long-serving Ambassador of Palestine to South Africa His Excellecy El Herfi.
Visiting Jerusalem, occupied Palestine.
Visiting Seoul, South Korea.
Paying a courtesy call on Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister in Taipei, 2005.
Visiting the Tomb of biblical Patriarch Abraham in Hebron, West Bank, occupied Palestine, 2 000.
Taking a refresher break during a long road trip in a monster American SUV feul guzzler from Baghdad, Iraq to Amman, Jordan, 2002.
Taking a break in the desert of western Iraq's Anbar province during a long road trip from Amman, Jordan to Baghdad, Iraq, 2001.
As a History Teacher taking a stroll with a friend during our political exile at the African National Congress (ANC)'s Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College (SOMAFCO) in Morogoro, Tanzania, 1988.
In a hotel in Damascus, Syria after meeting with senior Syrian officials, 2003.
Taking a stroll through London's Hyde Park.
London Eye, London, UK, 2004.
All smiles during a group breakfast with the former South African Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo sitting opposite me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1996.
Against the background of the ancient Giza pyramids, Cairo, Egypt.
In front of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquity, Cairo.
The ancient Giza Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt, towering behind me.
Near the Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.
Meeting former Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Al-Sabah.
In a white track suit among the Terracotta Army in a museum in the ancient Chinese city of Xian in the west of the People's Republic of China (PRC), 2006.
On the peak of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China (PRC).
On the Alps, Switzerland.
In Manhattan, New York with the former Premier of South Africa's Gauteng province Tokyo Sexwale (centre), 1995.
In Lower Manhattan, backgrounded by New York's Twin Towers in 1997.
With my kids and my father, Manhattan, New York.
Knelt in front of former South African President and a global icon Nelson Mandela, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1998.
At the Gala Luncheon after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as South Africa's first democratically elected President, 8 May 1994.
With Tshire Bokaba, my technical assist.
With my latest book Whispering Against the Wind: Democratic South Africa's Search for National Identity, 2011 -2022.
Corner office of the Founder & Executive Chairman of the Centre for Economic Diplomacy in Africa (CEDIA), the theater of dreams of a rising, properous, strong and united Africa through Economic Diplomacy.
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