The treasury said it will be better for South Africa’s domestic carbon pricing to increase significantly because this will open the door for negotiations with the European Union when the new carbon border adjusted mechanism takes effect in 2026
The tigers were airlifted from Guatemala and placed in a wildlife sanctuary in the Free State
EU seeks to deepen engagement with Africa, with a focus on people-to-people co-operation
Malian officers upset with a government reshuffle have detained the president and prime minister at an army camp outside the capital
Fuelled by social media, the protests were horizontal in structure, decentralised with no identifiable leader, and took shape without the involvement of unions or political parties.
South Africa is behind others on e-mobility policy. But it’s not too late
The ambitious targets are not set in stone until they are deposited at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year, while legislative processes vary between countries that have stated their mitigation
Meeting the new 2030 emissions-reduction target will require an estimated €350-billion of additional investment annually. But this figure pales in comparison to the costs of doing nothing
The South African Revenue Services didn’t gazette the EU quota rates for about month, with no reasons given – and then suddenly published them
As China and the West battle it out for control of Africa’s physical and virtual digital infrastructure, the continent needs to assert its own voice
The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come
The United States led governments around the world in calling for the restoration of Myanmar’s democracy on Monday after the military staged a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians
His road to the presidency was anchored in contention and acrimony, and if his bid is successful, Alassane Ouattara will have ruled for two decades when all is said and done.
Successes and failures from other initiative such as the European Union will be instructive, but much work must be done before the African Continental Trade Area becomes a reality
When South Africa eventually emerges from the fog of the Covid-19 crisis, will policy makers be ready to grasp the nettle of farm scale, and promote the large-scale redistribution of land to small-scale producers?
The continent’s interconnectedness is what will be its catalyst for recovery
Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability
Italy’s response to the pandemic can be used as a cautionary tale not only medically but also infrastructurally
Australia’s new regulations will also cover the sharing of data, and the ranking and display of news content, to be enforced by binding dispute resolution mechanisms and penalties
Europe’s far-right nationalists are closing their borders and using Covid-19 as a guise to deport and deny entry to refugees and asylum seekers
Humanity has long recognised the essential role of pollinating bees and insects in sustaining life and health, so much so that generations of parents have used the phrase “the birds and the bees” as a metaphor and euphemism to help explain the mechanics of human reproduction to children. Much like the phrase “there are plenty […]
More than 74 000 people have now been infected by the virus in China, with hundreds more cases in some 25 countries
Global cooperation is essential if climate action is to be effective, amid the right-wing onslaught against multilateralism
There has been intense debate in Europe about whether or not to exclude Huawei from supplying equipment for 5G mobile networks
The new figure is in line with World Health Organisation estimates of 4.2 million deaths each year linked to ground-level air pollution, mostly from heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections in children
Dangerously close links between government officials and the private sector encourage corruption
Europe must tread carefully or risk
fuelling militancy and migration
They represent a range of views and are tasked with reaching an agreement on divisive issues
The case against Omar Shakir was initially based on statements he had made supporting a boycott before joining HRW
The Frankfurt book festival allowed star authors to give their opinion on the current state of the world
The Brexit law that received royal assent on Monday is at the centre of a constitutional stand-off with enormous implications for Britain
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution