Patrick Bond

The eThekwini metro’s climate action plan lacks urgency and the state remains wedded to fossil fuels, mining, high-energy refining and smelting

The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail

The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?

As South Africans, we must support the fight to save the Amazon, but also take a strong stand on environmental concerns that are closer to home

Recent pronouncements by Lethuli House, and Ace Magashule in particular, merely muddied the waters

The budget serves the interests of the rich and powerful and punts crumbs for the poor as meaningful advances

The reason for the International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde’s visit to South Africa is unknown

An international forum draws strength from worldwide protests against extraction

Global finance, procurement fraud and mega projects flash warnings

Samir Amin was a fearless scholar whose ideas will long outlive him

One of South Africa’s highest-profile intellectual vehicles appears to be a victim of drunken driving by scholars

‘Terreblanche wrote with a deep idealism in a country frequently with the highest levels of inequality’

Let’s not fool ourselves: this is not a budget that’s friendly to the poor or the vulnerable

Top-down regulatory measures come to naught, so the battle must be fought from the bottom up

Hoarding cash under the mattress represents one form of stored value during crisis, since placing them in bank accounts risks Reserve Bank seizure.