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US President Donald Trump (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Trump hits out at May after leak of damning cables

London has been scrambling to stem the damage caused by the weekend release of confidential telegrams

We will find out allies among the American people, not its government led by Donald Trump. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Trump launches 2020 bid with vow to ‘keep America great’

The US president launched his campaign for the 2020 elections

Non-Americans often ask me what it has been like to live through President Donald Trump’s administration after the heady years of Obama. The answer, for me, is complicated.

Trump celebrates a year of his presidency with a government shutdown

US lawmakers have launched a last-ditch bid to end the budget stalemate and prevent a government shutdown

The three women

Trump to lay out ‘America First’ security strategy

The US leader, who has dismantled the legacy of Barack Obama, will unveil what is being billed as a comprehensive vision

Trump hails ‘great relationship’ with self-proclaimed killer Duterte

Duterte last year declared the Philippines’ "separation" from the United States.

“I want to say to the people here

At climate talks, it’s America alone more than America first

Donald Trump has vowed to exit the Paris Climate accord, just not yet, leaving US policy in limbo for the next three years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko

Russia, Ukraine agree on ‘permanent ceasefire’

Ukraine’s president has announced a ceasefire agreement with Russia, shortly before Nato’s deadline for a decision on involvement in the region.

Home away from home

Home away from home

Works by Chinese-South African authors give insight into the immigrant experience.

Guarded optimism as at climate talks

The world’s climate negotiators worked into early Friday morning amid guarded hopes of making progress.

‘Climate code red’ at UN talks, warns Nigeria

Africa’s frustration at the United Nations climate summit boiled over on Monday as delegates walked out of key talks.

Where have all the flowers gone?

NOT THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Watering down Bollywood for Western audiences robs the Bollywood style of its very appeal, writes Shaun de Waal.

Shadow contest in full swing for ANC top job

Officially no one is a candidate and there is not even a campaign, but in reality the contest to become the next South African president is well under way ahead of a crucial vote…

Net closes on SA’s canned hunting industry

Carel van Heerden feels no reason to apologise about his doomed lion-breeding business. ”Trophy hunters will always exist. We’re taking the pressure off the rest of the roaming…

Chinese leader ends Mozambique visit

Chinese leader Hu Jintao on Friday left Mozambique for the Seychelles, the last stop on an African swing marked by Beijing’s largesse and staunch rebuttal of criticism that it…

Hu calls for ‘pragmatic cooperation’ with Maputo

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday announced a debt waiver, cash grants, increased market access and ”pragmatic cooperation” with war-ravaged Mozambique on the last major…

SA eyes mutual benefits from China’s Africa push

South Africa, which will host China’s President Hu Jintao on Tuesday, sees mutual benefits flowing from Beijing’s push into Africa while being wary of being seen as a mere source…

SA revolts against high phone charges

South African telephone subscribers, enraged by high rates charged by fixed-line provider Telkom, are turning on the government and on Telkom. Analysts attack Telkom regularly,…

SA mulls release of ‘political prisoners’

Hundreds of South African prisoners who have been in jail since the apartheid era are hoping to reclaim their freedom by convincing the government that their crimes were…

African stock markets seek to work in concert

Stock markets across Africa, beset by feeble volumes of trade and lack of liquidity, are trying to work closer together in a bid to increase transparency and attract more foreign…

How one photograph changed the world

The black-and-white photo illustrates the brutality of the apartheid regime: young Hector Pieterson carried by a fellow schoolboy after being gunned down by police on June 16…