The country needs to establish a deliberate geopolitical hedging strategy to traverse this changing terrain
South Africa has laid a solid foundation as G20 chair, undeterred by the US’s disruptions
But his statements feel like a distraction, a manufactured spectacle to deflect attention from America’s real crises
The country’s ambassadors to Canada and the United Arab Emirates have been expelled from those countries
Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants
As world leaders meet at the fourth round of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastics, urgent, bold steps must be taken
The South African won by a split decision in front of a Canadian crowd that was fiercely behind his opponent
Belgium and Croatia are likely to go through but both sides are approaching the end of their golden eras and Morocco could take advantage of that
If graduates did not get their qualifications from the list of top 50 universities, 40 of which are in the US, France, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, Canada and Japan, they will be excluded
The oil and gas lies under wild and beautiful land that is critical for providing millions of people with drinking water and livelihoods, and is home to endangered wildlife
Only through the lens of history can we understand why China fought so hard for a place in the Olympics on its own terms — to heal the scars of Western colonialism and civil war
Wealthy countries were quick to ban Southern African nations from entering their borders when the Omicron variant was identified, but did not do so to each other.
Garrith Jamieson and his paramedic colleagues were on high alert days before a scorching heatwave struck Durban earlier this month. With the mercury expected to soar to 40°C and above, they knew the signs of heat stress to look out for in their patients: fatigue, fainting, headaches, heat cramps and heatstroke, among others. “It was […]
man in Nigeria, was attacked and eaten by his hungry dog, boerboels terrify people in Johannesburg, and in Canada some folk take their canine companions to daycare.
Digital certification looms, but questions remain on implementation, worldwide standardisation, fraud and the ethics of mandatory vaccinations
The chance of temperatures in the Pacific Northwest region coming close to 50°C has increased at least 150-fold since the end of the 19th century
South Africa has doubled the interval for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. We take a look at what other countries have done and the evidence for the move
An exhibition with collections from around the world asks us to reflect on mass atrocity to enact a just future
An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide
Countries with the biggest industrialised economies could see an average loss of 8.5% of economic value by 2050, according to an Oxfam analysis
Goodleaf has announced a major transaction with Highlands Investments, one of the first and largest growers of cannabis in Lesotho
Thirty-four bishops and three archbishops decry exploratory drilling as a ‘sin’ against the Earth
They have played a crucial role in protecting biodiversity on their land but are largely relegated to the back seats in discussions at the local and international levels that aim to maintain ecosystems
Cannabis is scheduled for its South African parole on September 18. Kelly McQue’s handy medical marijuana producers’ guide is an opening salvo against corporate medicine’s demand for exclusive rights to the plant’s healing powers
Lula Ali Ismaïl’s first feature-length film, Dhalinyaro, was a smash hit in her home country — and beyond
South Africa is working towards establishing a publicly-funded universal health service and now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, is the time to implement it
They took time, but the International Olympic Committee have finally done the responsible thing and postponed Tokyo 2020
Meet the Central African Republic’s only practising clinical psychologist
Western media has racialised the coronavirus outbreak, leading to increased Sinophobia in several countries. Such dehumanisation of a race has no place in functioning democracies
After being in South Africa for almost three years, Miniso left without a trace late last year. This exit has now left a group of franchisees, who have invested millions of rands in its stores, with massive losses
More than 74 000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries
The outbreak of the coronavirus is having a negative effect on global markets