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In the face of Gaza’s open wound the EU’s fractured conscience is finally emerging
Thought Leader
/ 5 June 2025

In the face of Gaza’s open wound the EU’s fractured conscience is finally emerging

Until now, Europe has been the observer giving rhetorical support for Palestinian rights while arming and trading with Israel, which negates those rights

By Imran Khalid
The global race for critical minerals is on. Where is South Africa?
Thought Leader
/ 28 May 2025

The global race for critical minerals is on. Where is South Africa?

The country needs to establish a deliberate geopolitical hedging strategy to traverse this changing terrain

By Lebohang Mafokosi
South Africa’s wrestling match with Trump
Thought Leader
/ 3 April 2025

South Africa’s wrestling match with Trump

South Africa has laid a solid foundation as G20 chair, undeterred by the US’s disruptions

By Adekeye Adebajo
Trump’s Panama gambit spurs controversy
Opinion
/ 6 January 2025

Trump’s Panama gambit spurs controversy

But his statements feel like a distraction, a manufactured spectacle to deflect attention from America’s real crises

By Imran Khalid
Political corruption is eroding diplomacy and Uganda’s image abroad
Opinion
/ 4 September 2024

Political corruption is eroding diplomacy and Uganda’s image abroad

The country’s ambassadors to Canada and the United Arab Emirates have been expelled from those countries

By Robert Kigongo
Johannesburg: A city laid bare in lines of poetry
Friday
/ 15 July 2024

Johannesburg: A city laid bare in lines of poetry

Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants

By Buntu Siwisa
Marshalling for a plastic-free future
Opinion
/ 27 April 2024

Marshalling for a plastic-free future

As world leaders meet at the fourth round of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastics, urgent, bold steps must be taken

By Gerance Mutwol
Dricus du Plessis becomes South Africa’s first UFC Champion
Sport
/ 20 January 2024

Dricus du Plessis becomes South Africa’s first UFC Champion

The South African won by a split decision in front of a Canadian crowd that was fiercely behind his opponent

By Eyaaz Matwadia
2022 World Cup: What’s the deal in group F?
Sport
/ 17 November 2022

2022 World Cup: What’s the deal in group F?

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

By Eyaaz Matwadia
OPINION | New UK work visa to exclude graduates from Africa
Opinion
/ 21 May 2022

OPINION | New UK work visa to exclude graduates from Africa

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

By Afeez Bolaji
Canada’s flag flutters over crude oil exploration in the Namibia, Botswana Kavango Basin
Africa
/ 22 March 2022

Canada’s flag flutters over crude oil exploration in the Namibia, Botswana Kavango Basin

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

By Tzeporah Berman and Ina-Maria Shikongo
China’s Olympic battle for legitimacy: The prehistory of the 2022 Beijing Games
Opinion
/ 9 February 2022

China’s Olympic battle for legitimacy: The prehistory of the 2022 Beijing Games

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

By Charles Xu
Debunked: The cruel and racist logic of Omicron travel bans
Health
/ 8 December 2021

Debunked: The cruel and racist logic of Omicron travel bans

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.

By Mia Malan
South Africa unprepared for intense heatwaves of the next 20 years
The Green Guardian
/ 29 October 2021

South Africa unprepared for intense heatwaves of the next 20 years

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 […]

By Sheree Bega
Dogs are racists only if their owners are
Africa
/ 10 October 2021

Dogs are racists only if their owners are

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.

By Sakiru Adebayo
Vaccine certificates in South Africa ready for lift-off end of September
Coronavirus
/ 9 September 2021

Vaccine certificates in South Africa ready for lift-off end of September

Digital certification looms, but questions remain on implementation, worldwide standardisation, fraud and the ethics of mandatory vaccinations

By Marcia Zali and Chris Gilili
Climate crisis drives extreme heat in North America
The Green Guardian
/ 17 July 2021

Climate crisis drives extreme heat in North America

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

By Chris Gilili
The EVDS will schedule your appointments six weeks apart. Here’s why
Coronavirus
/ 21 June 2021

The EVDS will schedule your appointments six weeks apart. Here’s why

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

By Aisha Abdool Karim and Joan Van Dyk
Artivism: a powerful tool for reconciliation
Opinion
/ 11 June 2021

Artivism: a powerful tool for reconciliation

An exhibition with collections from around the world asks us to reflect on mass atrocity to enact a just future

By Puleng Segalo
O, Canada! Art bears witness to ‘dark secrets’ of colonised places
Thought Leader
/ 10 June 2021

O, Canada! Art bears witness to ‘dark secrets’ of colonised places

An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide

By Leizl Eykelhof
Climate change will hit G7 economies harder than Covid, research finds
Business
/ 7 June 2021

Climate change will hit G7 economies harder than Covid, research finds

Countries with the biggest industrialised economies could see an average loss of 8.5% of economic value by 2050, according to an Oxfam analysis

By Sarah Smit
South African CBD company nets big deal in anticipation of cannabis-industry boom
Business
/ 3 June 2021

South African CBD company nets big deal in anticipation of cannabis-industry boom

Goodleaf has announced a major transaction with Highlands Investments, one of the first and largest growers of cannabis in Lesotho

By Sarah Smit
Stop oil and gas drilling in Namibia’s Kavango Basin immediately — Anglican Church
The Green Guardian
/ 8 March 2021

Stop oil and gas drilling in Namibia’s Kavango Basin immediately — Anglican Church

Thirty-four bishops and three archbishops decry exploratory drilling as a ‘sin’ against the Earth

By Sheree Bega
A healthy Earth needs its indigenous people
The Green Guardian
/ 29 September 2020

A healthy Earth needs its indigenous people

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

By Terry Teegee
Homegrown vs Big Pharma: Who stands to benefit from the legal market for medical marijuana?
Friday
/ 15 September 2020

Homegrown vs Big Pharma: Who stands to benefit from the legal market for medical marijuana?

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

By Guy Oliver
Meet Lula Ali Ismaïl, Djibouti’s  ‘First Lady of Film’
Africa
/ 17 July 2020

Meet Lula Ali Ismaïl, Djibouti’s ‘First Lady of Film’

Lula Ali Ismaïl’s first feature-length film, Dhalinyaro, was a smash hit in her home country — and beyond

By Samira Sawlani
Spain did it, so why can’t South Africa nationalise healthcare to save lives?
Article
/ 12 April 2020

Spain did it, so why can’t South Africa nationalise healthcare to save lives?

South Africa is working towards establishing a publicly-funded universal health service and now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, is the time to implement it

By Nimi Hoffmann
Olympics halt good for everyone
Article
/ 26 March 2020

Olympics halt good for everyone

They took time, but the International Olympic Committee have finally done the responsible thing and postponed Tokyo 2020

By Luke Feltham
4.6 million people, one psychologist: The Central African Republic’s mental health crisis
Africa
/ 6 March 2020

4.6 million people, one psychologist: The Central African Republic’s mental health crisis

Meet the Central African Republic’s only practising clinical psychologist

By Will Baxter and Simon Allison
Coronavirus reaction: Sinophobia with Western characteristics
Analysis
/ 24 February 2020

Coronavirus reaction: Sinophobia with Western characteristics

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

By Ahmed Olayinka Sule
Japan-style chain Miniso does a runner
Article
/ 21 February 2020

Japan-style chain Miniso does a runner

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

By Tshegofatso Mathe
WHO urges calm as China coronavirus death toll reaches 2000
Article
/ 19 February 2020

WHO urges calm as China coronavirus death toll reaches 2000

More than 74 000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries

By Laurent Thomet
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