Brexit
latest news & developmentsOnline news participation dwindles
A report says fewer people are commenting and posting about news articles — and those who do are likely to be men, higher educated and politically partisan
Where does SA fit into America’s ‘new consensus’?
The United States is crafting a new foreign policy that keeps the economic superpower at its centre
Brexit to exit: The rise and fall of Boris Johnson
The outgoing PM rode his luck throughout his career, bouncing back from a succession of setbacks and scandals
Shell shareholders support move to the UK
Shell will be the second big firm to depart for London after Unilever last year
Covid may collapse climate talks
When crises strike then selfishness prevails, as Britain has done with its vaccine ‘red’ travel list
UK puts army on standby as fuel pumps run dry
Desperate motorists queued up at fuel pumps across Britain, draining tanks, fraying tempers and prompting calls for the government to use emergency powers to give priority access…
An African free trade area is in our sights
Successes and failures from other initiative such as the European Union will be instructive, but much work must be done before the African Continental Trade Area becomes a reality
Covid-19: An opportunity for universities to regain public trust
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the role of universities in nurturing scientific inquiry and evidence-based policy-making to the fore
The fable of SA’s special economic zones
The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?
How the Nigerian and Kenyan media handled Cambridge Analytica
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta recently signed into law the Data Protection Bill. Passed after several years of debate and delay, the new law places restrictions on the…
SPONSORED: Business in 2020: How the global economy is shaping up
Investors are keeping a close eye on what’s happening in the US, UK and China
Are evidence-based decisions impossible in politics?
Human psychology and institutional incentives are powerful barriers to truth and reason, but both can be addressed
Political leadership is in a mess
Ironically enough, a potent drive for reform of the capitalist system will come from the private sector
Brexit will boost South African cricket — du Plessis
Any tougher immigration controls after the British withdrawal from the European Union will mean fewer South African players in the County Championship
A tangled web: UK judge’s spider brooch trends online
Judge Brenda Hale delivered the court’s damning verdict against Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a huge glittery spider pinned to her right shoulder