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George Soros

Open Society Foundations adapts to a new world
National
/ 29 March 2025

Open Society Foundations adapts to a new world

The George Soros-founded private funder says it does not have the capacity to fill the void left by USAid cuts

By Umamah Bakharia
Infodemic to infowar: The circus of disinformation will spin on
Health
/ 18 December 2020

Infodemic to infowar: The circus of disinformation will spin on

More people have died in South Africa from Covid-19 than have been murdered. This hasn’t stopped a misinformation pandemic from trying to misrepresent that reality

By Nechama Brodie
Democracy at risk
Opinion
/ 16 December 2020

Democracy at risk

Attempts to discredit election outcomes can be dangerous and the United States would do well to heed the warnings from history

By Tali Nates, Björn Krondorfer, Steven Carr and Andrea Peto
Departing Facebook comms chief takes blame for PR firm controversy
Article
/ 22 November 2018

Departing Facebook comms chief takes blame for PR firm controversy

The announcement by Elliot Schrage came after Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg pledged a "thorough" review of its use of a conservative consulting firm

By Glen Chapman
US midterms: Key factors of the 2018 elections
Article
/ 5 November 2018

US midterms: Key factors of the 2018 elections

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

By Michael Mathes
Kavanaugh poised for confirmation to US Supreme Court
Article
/ 6 October 2018

Kavanaugh poised for confirmation to US Supreme Court

If he wins confirmation, Kavanaugh will seal a conservative majority on the nine-seat high court for years to come

By Michael Mathes
Russia bans George Soros foundations to ‘squeeze life out of civil society’
Article
/ 2 December 2015

Russia bans George Soros foundations to ‘squeeze life out of civil society’

Russia has branded foundations run by the financier a threat to its constitutional order and banned them from disbursing grants to Russian partners.

By Staff Reporter
Vodacom sells Tanzania phone towers to Soros-backed company
Article
/ 22 July 2013

Vodacom sells Tanzania phone towers to Soros-backed company

In a bid to increase earnings, Vodacom has sold over a thousand phone towers to the George-Soros-backed Helios Towers Tanzania.

By Chris Spillane
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Article
/ 11 May 2009

Soros: Worst of economic crisis behind us

The global economy has already passed the worst of the economic crisis and should soon pull out of its slump, George Soros said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 18 September 2008

It’s the Fred and Fan show

Larry Elliott takes a look at the bail-out which is a nationalisation designed to avert the worst market collapse since the 1930s.

By Larry Elliott
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Article
/ 24 June 2008

Greenspan says investors concerned about SA

Investors have concerns about South Africa, former Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan told a conference in Sandton on Tuesday.

By Janice Roberts
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Article
/ 20 April 2008

Super-rich face backlash as credit crunch hits home in US

The ”American dream” of unashamed wealth and the opportunity for all to acquire it has reached a crisis point before: in the Depression, the oil shock, in the ”greed is good” Eighties and the madness of the dotcom bubble. But America’s relationship with wealth — uncomfortable as it has sometimes been — has always been built on the same foundation.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 19 February 2008

How to make the system work

Billionaire philanthropist George Soros made his fortune on the markets and is giving a lot of it to Africa. Last week he hosted an Africa Forum in Dakar on whether the continent is moving closer to his open society ideal. Ferial Haffajee asked him about the global economy, African governance and the role of China in Africa.

By Staff Reporter and Ferial Haffajee Author
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Article
/ 6 February 2008

Soros: China, India are Africa’s ‘new colonialists’

Hungry for oil and minerals, India and China have become Africa’s new colonialists, exploiting the world’s poorest continent in the same way as its old European masters, financier George Soros said on Tuesday. ”They are in the process of repeating the mistakes that the colonial powers have made,” said Soros.

By Daniel Flynn

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