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The old trade winds are blowing again and we must take notice, writes editor-in-chief Ron Derby
Rassie, along with his captain, Siya Kolisi’s generation of players, have deepened our bonds with rugby in a manner that I thought inevitable as a young boy. Win or lose, they…
In a wide ranging interview with the Mail & Guardian, the Indian prime minister placed great importance on Africa’s position in geopolitics
As the 50th birthday of hip-hop rolls around, it’s clear that its influence isn’t limited to New York — it’s a mic to black lives across time and everywhere
Ramaphosa’s administration should remain focused on the issue at hand, the commission of inquiry into whether the country — or even more scarily, a rogue element here — supplied…
South Africa’s suspension or expulsion from the Agoa trade agreement would be painful
Ace’s departure is just but a drop in the ocean of what’s needed for the party to renew itself and be relevant to a country that is drifting away
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hike or not to hike interest rates is most acutely felt in this segment of society, people who are first-time home or vehicle buyers and more often…
It is time to fret over the rand and the damage its continued depreciation — particularly at this pace — will do to the country
We are slap bang in the middle of a battle between two of the traditional global superpowers in the US and Russia and not appreciating the precarious position we are in. This is…
We are now in the middle of a new Cold War, and it’s a frightening prospect given our interests across both worlds
Combined Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng are the most urgent problems for the ANC heading into next year’s polls
When the president merged the mining and energy departments under his most powerful lieutenants he made a decision that would come back to bite him
Turning around Eskom is an operational job and I suspect that policy statements on the future energy mix will only get the prospective CEO into a deep layer of trouble.
South Africans should not have to rely on heroes like Patricia de Lille to save us, we need functioning and fit for purpose institutions
It’s something to ruminate on as we sit in stage six of load-shedding, further weakening our fiscal position
We must remember that this alliance was forged with the blessing of all and sundry, including ‘Big Business’, the most influential of lobby groups in this country
There’s a dangerous romanticism to the struggle that we shouldn’t allow opportunists to exploit, despite our disappointment with a government that is battling to meet the most…