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Where do Africans study abroad?

Education M&G Data Desk - 5 Sep 2020

China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria

Khaya Sithole: Lessons to be learned from partitions

Opinion Khaya Sithole - 20 Aug 2020

South Africa’s economic, racial and social divides invite unrest that will leave us all worse off

Extract: Trying to grasp something unfathomable

Friday Dionne Brand - 16 Jul 2020

In ‘A Map to the Door of No Return’ Dionne Brand reads VS Naipaul as a sorrowfully spiteful narrator, full of the despair of exile

India and China border conflict intensifies

World Haris Zargar - 10 Jul 2020

A frontier dispute between the two Asian giants turned deadly for the first time in 45 years. Observers argue the skirmish was exacerbated by Delhi’s annexation of Kashmir and Ladakh

Cartoon: Carlos on the India-China border clashes

Cartoons Carlos - 19 Jun 2020

This past week saw conflict between the two countries resurface

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

Coronavirus Mandeep Tiwana & Marianna Belalba Barreto - 11 Jun 2020

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

Inequality manifests in stimulus

Business Jayati Ghosh - 21 May 2020

Structural forces mean emerging economies can’t offer the necessary Covid-19 fiscal-relief packages

Covid-19’s silver lining: A taste of a post-development world

Article Casper Lӧtter - 4 Apr 2020

The coronavirus epidemic has thrown issues such as gross income and ownership inequality into the spotlight, as we try to find ways to navigate through this crisis

How to tackle Covid-19 in informal settlements

Article Mark Weston - 27 Mar 2020

It’s difficult to enforce a lockdown in informal settlements, and social distancing may be impossible. New ideas are needed

Surviving Covid-19 – and Modi

Article Alf Gunvald Nilsen - 26 Mar 2020

A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India ill-equipped to manage the pandemic

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Covid-19 leaves SA at the mercy of overseas drug exporters

Article Heather Dugmore - 25 Mar 2020

Scientists are seeking to manufacture key medications in South Africa, saving on costs and shoring up decreased supplies

Biometric data poses grave risks to privacy

Article Jayati Ghosh - 21 Feb 2020

The technology is permeating every facet of our lives, but few countries have laws to make it safe

Japan-style chain Miniso does a runner

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 21 Feb 2020

After being in South Africa for almost three years, Miniso left without a trace late last year. This exit has now left a group of franchisees, who have invested millions of rands in its stores, with massive losses

SA to US: Hurt us and it’ll hurt you

Article Thando Maeko - 14 Feb 2020

South Africa’s preferred trade status is likely to be removed, which means exports will cost more

The fable of SA’s special economic zones

Article Pamela Tsolekile de Wet, Lisa Thompson & Patrick Bond - 14 Feb 2020

The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

Coronavirus

SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

Lester Kiewit - 17 Sep 2020

It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

Press Releases

Special Reports

Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

Special Reports

CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

Special Reports

Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

Special Reports

JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'