In the fight are Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bizos, who put pressure on the editors of the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, X’s Elon Musk and Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel
It has alienated voters with its stance on Israel and its message does not resonate with crucial blocs such as the youth and black men
People would be better off voting for Green Party candidate Jill Stein if they want the war in Gaza to stop
The US vice-president needs to come up with a message that resonates with the white middle and working class to win them over in this election
It is not old leaders that trouble society, but the failure to ensure that the younger generation is groomed to take over when the time comes
When a unity government was being formed in the 1990s there was suspicion and mistrust
Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates ever are trying to remedy that by bashing each other
It’s a rocky road to a functional democratic future for the United States, but fighting injustice is a long-term task
Economic war rages on as global power dynamics shift.
While the Democrats and Republicans use an outdated political playbook, people need protection from the capitalist system itself
As a man with a great sense of occasion, it is an apt coincidence that Selfe retired during the week that we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our democracy’s founding document.
The National Assembly’s decision will be at once about the future of the public protector and about the street fight for power in the ANC
The mere fact that one cannot confidently predict who the next president of the United States will be tells you a lot about American society.
COMMENT: My sons, I weep because Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fought gender discrimination, has died and Donald Trump, under whom hardwon victories have been eroded, wants to be elected president again
US President Donald Trump is good at channelling voters’ anger. And anger about the effects of Covid-19 is a factor that could help him win another term
The bid to impeach the president failed, Iowa was a disaster and Adam Schiff is a PR nightmare
The best chance for Democrats to beat Trump is by taking an opposite approach to his insular and isolated one
The two sides squared off in fiery exchanges that circled around the procedures for the trial and gave the Democrats an opportunity to spell out their arguments for Trump’s guilt on national television
The white liberal establishment, both inside and outside the DA, holds onto its race-blindness by distorting the South African idea of “non-racialism”
Facebook’s political ad report showed $353-million spend by campaigns on its platform since May
Contrary to what President Donald Trump has claimed, this was a bad election for him
Tuesday’s contest saw several historic firsts in the Democratic camp
At stake are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 seats in the 100-member Senate, 36 governor’s posts and seats across the US
The US midterm election has been a tug of war over key issues, but none has had a more dramatic impact on voters than Donald Trump
The party has a lot to do after the spectacular failure of its much-vaunted strategy to govern
The Tuesday night results amounted to a sweeping repudiation of what critics have called Trump’s politics of division.
“I believe that when I get elected, the president and his team will work with me very closely”
Investigators have also asked Democratic Party officials to provide copies of other suspected faked documents that have been circulating.
Verashni Pillay thinks telling a woman she’s good-looking should not be called sexist, and here’s why.
The Indonesian president’s corruption-fighting credentials were on the line on Wednesday after his son was embroiled in vote-buying allegations.
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Burundian peace facilitator, Jan van Eck, died of a heart attack on Tuesday at the Constantia Medi Clinic in Cape Town, the SABC reported.
Barack Obama, who is generally regarded as a gifted orator, would do well to find time to unwind before he delivers the speech of his lifetime.