Robert Shivambu

Robert Shivambu is a journalist and international relations scholar. He holds two postgraduate degrees in Journalism and International Relations from the Tshwane University of Technology and the University of the Witwatersrand respectively. He has covered Africa as a journalist for eNCA and talk radio Power98.7.

After disastrous Zuma years, Ramaphosa must provide foreign policy clarity

Opinion Robert Shivambu - 20 May 2020

For a country that is guided by ubuntu, South Africa has a record of embarrassing international blunders

Immediate priorities for Ramaphosa and the sixth Parliament

Article Robert Shivambu - 25 May 2019

South Africa faces a host of problems that the new administration must attend to with urgency

Design a railway system to prevent carnage on the N1

Article Robert Shivambu - 28 Nov 2018

The state should use funds to build an alternative transport system that is safe and reliable

‘They have taken our beautiful sand from us and left nothing’

Africa Robert Shivambu & David Matsinhe - 16 Oct 2018

Mozambican villagers demand compensation for the destruction of their village caused by the activities of a Chinese mining company

SA’s new foreign policy agenda must embrace human rights

Article Robert Shivambu - 16 May 2018

The team charged with reviewing South Africa’s foreign policy must keep in mind the principles of dignity and human rights

Press Releases

Special Reports

Land reform still a hot potato

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation

Special Reports

UP chemical pathology scientists develop ground-breaking nanobodies for Covid-19 detection and therapy

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

Nanobodies are smaller than conventional antibodies and easier to work with so they are ideal for good cheap sensitive rapid tests for Covid-19

Special Reports

Inclusion as learned experience in higher education

special reports - 23 Nov 2020

Understanding the complexity of intersections between oppressions relating to race and gender is key to any commitment to creating a culture of inclusion and social justice

Special Reports

Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

Local governments are supposed to promote non-racial development, in a decentralised manner, but the reality does not match up

Special Reports

Covid-19 accelerates adoption of technology by the African property sector

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

It’s not the technology itself that is valuable, it’s the opportunities that it creates: this may be the perfect time for reinvention

Special Reports

BE 1 OF 8 LUCKY PEOPLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH R80 000

special reports - 19 Nov 2020

From 23 to 30 November 2020, simply purchase any BMW bearing the number “8” and you could be one of eight lucky people to drive off with R80 000

Special Reports

Introducing Sabinet Judgments

special reports - 18 Nov 2020

A well-rounded view of reported and unreported judgments supplemented by an advanced system to enable users to rapidly find the information they require

Special Reports

The Southern Africa Tuberculosis and Health Systems Support Research and Publication Interventions

special reports - 13 Nov 2020

The project places emphasis on rolling out a standardised package of occupational health services and mining safety standards across four countries