The American right-wing Christian nationalist, media personality and ally of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement was shot dead on 10 September
Democracy – government of the people, by the people, for the people – cannot prevail while wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few
The global order of years of diplomacy and peacebuilding can be flipped over by the cynical or power-hungry
Instead of replacing state capacity with grassroots action, we need to strengthen state institutions to serve the poor
Historic parallels of authoritarian states are a cautionary tale for the country known as ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave’
Frustration over the gap between what citizens want and what’s being done is leading to a loss of faith in the future, in South Africa and all over the world
Donald Trump’s actions and those of his acolytes are remarkably similar to those employed by Hitler
The US president’s flipflopping does not work when it comes to dealing with any serious situation, and the Russia-Ukraine war is teaching him that lesson
Russia’s demand for Ukraine to surrender the free parts of Donbas is ‘equivalent to the US having to give up Florida’
Ndiviwe Mphothulo, a medical doctor and president of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society, is trying to make sure the Trump administration’s funding cuts don’t collapse South Africa’s HIV programmes
Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs will be felt across Africa
Artificial intelligence will replace most jobs and create few. The future is bleak – except for the rich
The ANC secretary general said the party would not compromise on policies like black economic empowerment which have attracted the wrath of Washington
Other countries have taken the US to the World Trade Organisation, but South Africa has chosen to try to negotiate a better deal with America
The president said a support package was being finalised for firms that will be affected by the tariffs
The Israeli government, politicians and military have stated that all transfers of humanitarian aid – food, equipment, fuel, electricity and water – to Gaza must be stopped
African Development Bank warns that economic growth could drop to 0.5% next year
The $400 million the United States congress removed from a list of funding programmes the Trump administration wants to cut doesn’t cancel the cuts to HIV and TB programmes made in February
The Israeli leader knows how to say ‘ceasefire’ in English, but he governs in the syntax of siege
The country isn’t getting extra money from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria; it has to use cash from a grant it has already been awarded and was cut by 16% in June
Julius Malema and Donald Trump are alarmingly similar – charismatic ‘leaders’ with questionable character whose interventions appeal to emotions but won’t fix the economy
South Africa’s commitment to a foreign policy of non-alignment and Cyril Ramaphosa’s experience with negotiations to end apartheid serve as an example
In an America awash with leering cruelty, Inyo, a beautiful record by an extraordinary musician, is finally heard after two decades in the vault
Donald Trump’s ‘solution’ to South Africa avoiding the tariff hike – move production to the US – is nothing more than economic blackmail
In the right-wing world of Donald Trump, New York City mayoral candidate is Zohran Mamdani, an immigrant with cultural
roots in East and Southern Africa
I find myself in Trump’s MAGA, which is more accurately MAWA – Make America White Again
The trade truce between the US and China might be fragile and conditional but it’s a step towards dialogue and stability amid ongoing rivalry
The ministry of international relations called for the de-escalition of the conflict between Israel and Iran
Both men possess an ability to command attention and generate loyalty through their unconventional, often incendiary, approaches to politics
South Africa needs a diverse group of allies and partners in a world undergoing seismic geopolitical changes
We object to the Afrikaner homelands of Orania and Kleinfontein, but in reality ‘private’ cities and towns are being established all over South Africa – and in other parts of the world such as Honduras
Most rejections by European countries and the US are based on ‘reasonable doubts about the visa applicants’ intention to return home’. Many Africans believe otherwise