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Edward Snowden, president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. (Matthew Busch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Snowden leaks: 10 years later, US intelligence still collects huge amounts of information

But Edward Snowden’s revelations had lasting impact, advancing privacy protections in Europe and America and accelerating use of encryption

Crisis response and accountability: Should leaders’ gender matter?

Women leaders are lauded for their handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the data is often cherry-picked

World leaders: Global recovery requires multilateral cooperation

Addressing the Covid-19 health and economic crisis requires international relations based on cooperation, the rule of law, collective action and shared principles

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for a family photo with the Franco-German Ministerial Council before a meeting in Meseberg in 2019.

Macron, Merkel to present joint EU recovery initiative

Europe is just beginning to emerge from the lockdowns to halt the outbreak, which has taken a huge bite out of national economies

Doctors and nurses of Cuba’s Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade take part in a  farewell ceremony before travelling to Andorra to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, at the Central Unit of Medical Cooperation in Havana, on March 28, 2020.  (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images)
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Political pragmatism is required to survive Covid-19

Political ideologies — communism, capitalism, liberalism — and an unrealistic view of the world as we’d like it to be got us into this mess

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

The coronavirus crisis: A failure of policy and leadership

The world needs someone to step up and take charge – anyone but Donald Trump that is

Hands on: South Africans have been told to prioritise hygiene, such as using soap and sanitisers (above) to wash their hands. There is concern, however, about infections spreading in densely populated, impoverished areas where access to water is limited and healthcare facilities are already strained. (Guillem Sartorio/AFP)

665 to 12-million infected: The possible SA coronavirus numbers

If nothing changes and infections continue to increase at the current rate, South African healthcare facilities could be further overwhelmed

(John McCann/M&G)

Be bold, Cyril, even if it’s politically risky

He must end the Mantashe problem and execute his strategy rather than keep the ANC onside

Both now are G20 countries and in similar respects punch above their weight in their respective hemispheres — South Africa as one of the two largest economies on the African continent, and Germany as one of the three (very soon to be two) biggest economies in the EU. (Graphic: John McCann)

How South Africa and Germany can help the world

Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values

More people are being killed as a result of fighting in Afghanistan than in any other current conflict in the world.

10 conflicts to watch in 2020

As Washington overpromises and underdelivers, regional powers are seeking solutions on their own — both through violence and diplomacy

(Andrew Winning/Reuters)

Libya conflict: No end in sight to humanitarian crisis

Migrants in Tripoli are staging a hunger strike demanding better protection by the UN as the death toll rises to staggering heights

Leaders pose for a picture during the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Reuters/Jorge Silva)

The G20 needs more women

Clearly the problem lies not in the G20 per se but in its member nations

More than 70 million people were counted as being displaced by the United Nations, most of them being refugees and asylum seekers. (Getty)

Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN

At the end of 2017, by comparison, 68.5 million people were counted as being forcibly displaced by violence or persecution

Resigned British prime minister Theresa May. (AFP)

Drugs and Brexit: Race to replace UK’s May under way

Eleven candidates have set their sights on replacing May, who quit as the prime minister over her failure to take Britain out of the EU on time

Volodymyr Zelenskiy will now take the helm of a country of 45-million people beset by challenges and having run on the vaguest of political platforms. (Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

Comedian Zelensky wins Ukraine presidency in landslide

Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko