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Donald Trump

Victims everywhere you look, so no one is a victim
Opinion
/ 7 September 2025

Victims everywhere you look, so no one is a victim

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

By Donovan E Williams
Why Trump is more dangerous than just being a tyrant
Opinion
/ 27 August 2025

Why Trump is more dangerous than just being a tyrant

Donald Trump’s actions and those of his acolytes are remarkably similar to those employed by Hitler

By Jeff Rudin
Ukraine war: Trump’s ambiguity in diplomacy does not work
Thought Leader
/ 25 August 2025

Ukraine war: Trump’s ambiguity in diplomacy does not work

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

By Aaron Ng’ambi
Europe’s dilemma: Standing by Ukraine as Trump courts Putin
Thought Leader
/ 22 August 2025

Europe’s dilemma: Standing by Ukraine as Trump courts Putin

Russia’s demand for Ukraine to surrender the free parts of Donbas is ‘equivalent to the US having to give up Florida’

By Imran Khalid
At 16, he mediated a highjacking. Now he’s negotiating for the survival of HIV programmes
Health
/ 21 August 2025

At 16, he mediated a highjacking. Now he’s negotiating for the survival of HIV programmes

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

By Sean Christie
The new trade playbook: Africa’s response to US bilateralism
Opinion
/ 10 August 2025

The new trade playbook: Africa’s response to US bilateralism

Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs will be felt across Africa

By Shimukunku Manchishi
AI Armageddon is coming. Why aren’t we panicking?
Opinion
/ 10 August 2025

AI Armageddon is coming. Why aren’t we panicking?

Artificial intelligence will replace most jobs and create few. The future is bleak – except for the rich

By Benjamin Smart
Mbalula dares US to bring on sanctions against ANC leaders
Politics
/ 6 August 2025

Mbalula dares US to bring on sanctions against ANC leaders

The ANC secretary general said the party would not compromise on policies like black economic empowerment which have attracted the wrath of Washington

By Lunga Mzangwe
Trump’s tariffs are illegal under international trade law
Opinion
/ 6 August 2025

Trump’s tariffs are illegal under international trade law

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

By Mmiselo Qumba
Ramaphosa says talks with US on tariffs ongoing as measures are delayed for seven days
Business
/ 1 August 2025

Ramaphosa says talks with US on tariffs ongoing as measures are delayed for seven days

The president said a support package was being finalised for firms that will be affected by the tariffs

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Genocide: Israel intentionally starving children to death in Gaza
Thought Leader
/ 30 July 2025

Genocide: Israel intentionally starving children to death in Gaza

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

By Iqbal Suleman
Lesotho at risk of economic collapse after aid cuts and Trump’s tariffs
Africa
/ 28 July 2025

Lesotho at risk of economic collapse after aid cuts and Trump’s tariffs

African Development Bank warns that economic growth could drop to 0.5% next year

By Sechaba Mokhethi
Small win for activists, but SA’s HIV projects won’t reopen
Health
/ 23 July 2025

Small win for activists, but SA’s HIV projects won’t reopen

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

By Mia Malan
Netanyahu’s doctrine: Divide, delay, deny
Thought Leader
/ 18 July 2025

Netanyahu’s doctrine: Divide, delay, deny

The Israeli leader knows how to say ‘ceasefire’ in English, but he governs in the syntax of siege

By Imran Khalid
SA gets R520 million to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab – but there’s a snag
Health
/ 16 July 2025

SA gets R520 million to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab – but there’s a snag

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

By Mia Malan
Red beret, red cap: The wearers are populists that offer theatre, not solutions
Thought Leader
/ 16 July 2025

Red beret, red cap: The wearers are populists that offer theatre, not solutions

Julius Malema and Donald Trump are alarmingly similar – charismatic ‘leaders’ with questionable character whose interventions appeal to emotions but won’t fix the economy

By Armand Bam
The Mandela legacy: Might ‘quiet diplomacy’ work in conflicts such as Ukraine and Russia?
Thought Leader
/ 15 July 2025

The Mandela legacy: Might ‘quiet diplomacy’ work in conflicts such as Ukraine and Russia?

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

By Ursula van Beek
Springsteen crosses over into Mexico
Opinion
/ 11 July 2025

Springsteen crosses over into Mexico

In an America awash with leering cruelty, Inyo, a beautiful record by an extraordinary musician, is finally heard after two decades in the vault

By Richard Pithouse
30% tariff, 0% respect. Why South Africa must push back against US bullying
Opinion
/ 9 July 2025

30% tariff, 0% respect. Why South Africa must push back against US bullying

Donald Trump’s ‘solution’ to South Africa avoiding the tariff hike – move production to the US – is nothing more than economic blackmail

By Nkosinathi Mtshali
Politics’ winning formula is an unapologetic progressive agenda
Opinion
/ 4 July 2025

Politics’ winning formula is an unapologetic progressive agenda

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

By Donovan E Williams
Welcome to America
Thought Leader
/ 30 June 2025

Welcome to America

I find myself in Trump’s MAGA, which is more accurately MAWA – Make America White Again

By Michael Brian Lee
From tariffs to talks: Can Washington and Beijing sustain this fragile truce?
Article
/ 17 June 2025

From tariffs to talks: Can Washington and Beijing sustain this fragile truce?

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

By Imran Khalid
Government worried about safety of South Africans in Iran
National
/ 16 June 2025

Government worried about safety of South Africans in Iran

The ministry of international relations called for the de-escalition of the conflict between Israel and Iran

By Emsie Ferreira
Trump and Malema are more similar than they would like to admit
Thought Leader
/ 10 June 2025

Trump and Malema are more similar than they would like to admit

Both men possess an ability to command attention and generate loyalty through their unconventional, often incendiary, approaches to politics

By Lindani Zungu
Reimagining SA-US relations in the aftermath of the Oval Office spectacle
Thought Leader
/ 10 June 2025

Reimagining SA-US relations in the aftermath of the Oval Office spectacle

South Africa needs a diverse group of allies and partners in a world undergoing seismic geopolitical changes

By Letitia Jentel
New enclaves recall medieval feudal states
Opinion
/ 9 June 2025

New enclaves recall medieval feudal states

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

By Donovan E Williams
It’s time to talk about weaponising visas against Africans
Columns
/ 7 June 2025

It’s time to talk about weaponising visas against Africans

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

By Thembisa Fakude
BEE is essential for economic growth
Thought Leader
/ 3 June 2025

BEE is essential for economic growth

There is no factual evidence that deindustrialisation, poverty, inequality and unemployment is caused by black economic empowerment, as argued by William Gumede

By Khwezi Mabasa
SA politicians also weaponise migration
Opinion
/ 31 May 2025

SA politicians also weaponise migration

South Africa must rid itself of issues that prevent a fair, rights-based approach to people’s mobility

By Leleti Maluleke
DA renews bid to control policing in Western Cape
Politics
/ 30 May 2025

DA renews bid to control policing in Western Cape

The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupert’s remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africa’s violent crime problem

By Mandisa Nyathi
Editorial: The fault in our Starlink narratives
Editorial
/ 30 May 2025

Editorial: The fault in our Starlink narratives

What can Musk offer and what price are we willing to pay?

By Editorial
EFF to use ‘kill the boer’ as part of 2026 election strategy
Politics
/ 28 May 2025

EFF to use ‘kill the boer’ as part of 2026 election strategy

The Economic Freedom Fighters insist on the use of the struggle song as a rallying cry ahead of the polls

By Mandisa Nyathi
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