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South Africa’s silence on Russian aggression is a blot on its commitment to international law and our country’s history
Whatever the outcome in Ukraine, a thread has been tugged, unravelling sport’s entanglement with geopolitics.
The main concern for companies is not whether they should have a political conscience, but how, in light of sanctions, can they profitably trade
Consumer inflation is expected to remain close to the central bank’s 6% ceiling, amid war-induced oil price rally
While the Ukraine crisis may put some strain on the Chinese-Russian relationship, it has also spurred deeper collaboration between them.
Richard Calland talks to the New Zealand high commissioner to South Africa about the beauty of the All Blacks-Springboks rivalry
South Africa imports 30% of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine, making the country particularly vulnerable to commodity price increases and shortages
Despite its status as the world’s largest humanitarian disaster, the international community has largely failed to respond in a meaningful way to the carnage
Miners of rare metals will score but the soaring oil price will result in various cost-of-living increases
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday the war in Ukraine could have been avoided if Nato had heeded caution not to expand eastwards, as he reiterated that South Africa was ready to mediate. Replying to a question in parliament, Ramaphosa suggested that it was partly South Africa’s historical perspective on the alliance’s expansion and partly […]
The president said he was hoping to speak to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
The rise in oil and food prices owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hitting poorer countries the hardest
Ukraine has asked the court to take provisional measures ordering Russia to suspend the invasion
Is humanity on the threshold of a new era of violence, where international disputes are resolved by a force of arms?
Not only is it possible to switch to renewables, but it’s also cheaper and would make economies less vulnerable. Yet, bizarrely, politicians and the fossil fuel industry, who are using the war on Ukraine to justify high gas prices, are now calling for more oil to be produced
South Africa has taken a China-like stance of “quiet diplomacy” on the Russian war on Ukraine, urging citizens not to “take sides”, the deputy minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Candith Mashego-Dlamini, said during a parliamentary debate on the economic impact of the conflict on Tuesday. “As [the] government of South Africa, we urge all […]
Urgent action is required to address the constraints to South Africa’s power system and to reduce the usage of the diesel-fired turbines
But ‘we are not there yet’ says the department of mineral resources and energy
The US is more concerned with inflicting pain on the Russians than helping the Ukrainians, according to a Kyiv-based journalist
Public science organisations were allegedly instructed over email on 1 March by a senior department of science and innovation official not to comment on the invasion
To look into the grey, expressionless eyes of the Chelsea owner was to look into the abyss of modern crony-capitalism’s excesses and structural injustice.
The invasion of Ukraine will destroy any idea that Russia is liberating Ukraine, or that Ukrainians are in the grip of a criminal dictatorship.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 300 companies have halted operations or exited the country
Europe has changed its attitude towards Ukraine refugees
Ramaphosa did not say if he had accepted the mediation role, nor did he expand on what it would entail
Sanctions against Russia, and that country’s blockades of ports, may affect gas, precious metals and wheat supplies – but it also allows Africa to step into the gap
South Africa’s class clown, Fikile Mbalula, who also moonlights as minister of transport, did (another) stupid thing recently.
If holding a gun to a nation’s head may be justified on the grounds of avoiding human death and suffering, where was their gun when the Rohingyas were murdered and fled from their homes in Myanmar or when a US drone killed Afghan civilians?
The oil giant’s chief executive flagged the consequences of the West’s moves to disentangle itself from Moscow’s energy system
Kyiv insisted the move was a publicity stunt and people would not be able to escape.
The town of Solotvyno, just across the border from Romania, is almost deserted and strangers are interrogated about possibly being Russian Army ‘forward scouts’