Britain has suffered one of the highest tolls in Europe with nearly 138 000 Covid-19 deaths since March last year, raising questions about why it has fared worse than comparable nations.
Peter Hain has written a letter to the prime minister saying the red listing of South Africa has ‘no justification whatsoever in science’
To achieve a deeper democracy, it is necessary to confront the tensions that have existed between the media and successive presidents since 1994.
The Ethiopian government has created its own ‘fact-checking’ unit — and it is not the only government to do so.
Hopes over Covid-19 vaccines have given a boost to virus-weary citizens across the globe, but the disease remains rampant and world leaders are urging people to be patient
President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to hold ‘fireside chats’ and have more power and institutional muscle around him, writes Richard Calland
The scheme uses an army of 25 000 tracers to contact people who may have been exposed to the virus
Opposition parties and ANC ‘factions’ will attempt to use the crisis to their advantage
The trick is to find the balance between people’s right to privacy and the need for contact tracing to limit the spread of the disease
The Ramaphosa Presidency has been praised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but the compensating measures that accompany it are inadequate to protect much of the population
Imagine if Zupta the Maniacal Giggler was president. Or Mbeki the Myopic. Beyond imagination would be Donald the Deadly
Individualistic values, reflected in everything from the the prosperity gospel and capitalism to social media influencers, may be overcome when we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic
Now that we are in the second week of lockdown, South Africans seem to be taking their unwritten civic duty of snitching very seriously
More than 74 000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries
Judge Brenda Hale delivered the court’s damning verdict against Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a huge glittery spider pinned to her right shoulder
How else can we view the breathless coverage that has shadowed the royals since they arrived in Cape Town?
The court said that the advice the PM had given to the queen, who formally issued the prorogation order, was "unlawful, void and of no effect"
The Brexit law that received royal assent on Monday is at the centre of a constitutional stand-off with enormous implications for Britain
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The trade between the two countries represents 18% of SA exports to its largest trading partner, the EU and 10% of EU imports from SA
No continent has suffered more from Britain’s ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy
In a speech in Manchester where he pledged new investment in Leave-voting areas, Johnson promised to step up negotiations on post-Brexit trade deals
The Kolpak ruling means that citizens who are lawfully working within an EU country have the same free movement rights as EU citizens
Such a divisive figure will further ruin Britain. This is, of course, that country’s choice
My mum Winnie, who lives in Belfast, worries that the evil fop will cut benefits, mess with the border and restart an Irish war. So do I
In his debut in Parliament, the former London mayor urged EU leaders to rethink their opposition to renegotiating the deal
The former London mayor easily beat his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in a poll conducted among members of the governing Conservative Party.
Here are some of the most contentious episodes in the life of the 55-year-old former foreign secretary and London mayor
The result will be announced on Tuesday
Theresa May’s likely successor has plans to subsume the department overseeing development aid into the foreign office, effectively eliminating it
Don’t let negative headlines blind you to the fact that humanity is healthier and wealthier than ever before
The former foreign minister has dismissed questions about his competence and populist rhetoric with a pitch to take Britain out of the European Union