The demographic case is equally striking. More than 60% of Africans are under 25. By 2050, one in three people aged 15 to 24 anywhere on Earth will be African. A continent this young is not a problem to be managed. It is a generation to be partnered with
The senseless US-Israel war has caused economic tremors around the world and sucked all of us into an unprecedented crisis characterised by soaring oil prices, the wanton destruction of infrastructure, the killing of innocent people, a humanitarian crisis and uncertainty
Rasool is perhaps one of the few South African political figures able to articulate the global consequences of misused narratives
This excerpt is from the recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024)
Horrifying as they were, the events of 7 October were the latest twist in a violent cycle triggered in the distant past
It seems they will be allowed to return home, but not everyone believes this will happen
South Africa is in the dire position of possessing a weak leader and no potential replacements
The main nursing union accuses the government of failing to negotiate seriously on improving their pay deal for the current year, which they say is crucial given the economic situation.
The long-running inquiry is finally netting some big fish, including a former head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau
It was not only objects that were removed, knowledges — social, political, ecological and epistemological organisation —‚on the continent were destroyed
The problem with a “business” that is about nothing but being family is you can’t fire family
Benin City’s looted bronzes are coming home – but the British Museum hasn’t received the memo, writes Carlos Amato
Big corporations can absorb fines as a cost of doing business but a more rigorous system needs to be put in place to combat corruption and bribery
The forms of capitalism adopted in the West and in economies such as China are influenced by how early or late those polities were in coming to the game
Fuel prices have soared in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, putting South Africa’s power supply at risk
Shell will be the second big firm to depart for London after Unilever last year
The UK will remove South Africa and other African countries it recently placed on its travel red list at midnight on Wednesday
A sensible climate policy must balance the imperative of decarbonisation, socioeconomic policy and security of supply considerations
When crises strike then selfishness prevails, as Britain has done with its vaccine ‘red’ travel list
Social media influencers are routinely paid by scammers to help them pump and dump new tokens on the back of pure speculation
Israel’s iron grip over Palestinians had its beginnings in the demise of the Ottoman Empire and Britain and France’s arbitrary mapping out of the Middle East
The ambitious targets are not set in stone until they are deposited at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year, while legislative processes vary between countries that have stated their mitigation
The United States led governments around the world in calling for the restoration of Myanmar’s democracy on Monday after the military staged a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians
France, Spain, the European Commission and Britain as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have pledged money for equity in the treatment of Covid-19
The scheme uses an army of 25 000 tracers to contact people who may have been exposed to the virus
The outbreak and the response to it is showing us that many things are possible, including the provision of water to waterless municipalities
The country’s elites can no longer jet away to overseas health facilities and must now face the hospital system that could not help Zororo Makamba, a 30-year-old who died of the virus
Democracy and social welfare may get a boost and blind capitalism may see that it’s unsustainable
Still fighting for their right to return home, exiled Chagossians are using football to unite a diaspora
Kenyans who were expelled from their land by British colonisers — to make way for tea plantations — are demanding justice
In his run for the post of party leader, John Steenhuisen says he will respect any outcome.
Ironically enough, a potent drive for reform of the capitalist system will come from the private sector