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Battery acid, cassava sticks and clothes hangers: We must end the global gag rule

Africa Nelly Munyasia & Womba Wanki - 2 Dec 2020

COMMENT: The US’s global gag rule blocks funding to any foreign NGOS that perform abortions, except in very limited cases. The Biden-Harris administration must rescind it

Bye-bye, Don. But is this the end of Trumpism?

Opinion Philip Machanick - 14 Nov 2020

If it hadn’t been for Covid-19, Donald Trump might have won the presidential election. Almost 48% of voting Americans believe in his brand of democracy, equality and justice.

Khaya Sithole: The decline and fall of the South African auditing profession

Opinion Khaya Sithole - 14 Nov 2020

Its reputation is not being helped at all by the crisis at its independent regulatory body

Will Biden and Harris help us breathe again?

Opinion Suntosh R Pillay - 14 Nov 2020

The United States’ newly elected leaders, Joe Biden and Kamala Devi Harris, must help recalibrate a global politics of hope and empathy

The Trump era is over. But the fight for democracy is just getting started

Africa Jeffrey Smith - 14 Nov 2020

A respected and robust United States — with all of our flaws, mistakes and missteps — can be good for the defence of democracy, not least in Africa

The US election problem is over, but the coronavirus lingers

Coronavirus Charles R Stith - 12 Nov 2020

Ending the lockdown is a policy both Trump and Biden voters could agree on

A Biden win isn’t necessarily a win for the rest of us

World M&G newsroom - 5 Nov 2020

Much like there was an overwhelming euphoria that gripped many Zimbabweans when they finally said asante sana to Robert Mugabe, Trump’s removal won’t change the colour of America’s fabric too drastically

Trump unlikely to settle for golf

Opinion John Davenport - 5 Nov 2020

A narrow victory will mean that the election results won’t be settled anytime soon

Carlos on a breath of stale air

Cartoons Carlos - 5 Nov 2020

Trump may well end up losing to Biden, but Trumpism remains a viable political force.

Diary of an elections spotter

Opinion Derek Catsam - 5 Nov 2020

Fear and loathing in Trump’s America, where every bit of news can be worse than no news at all

A Q&A with a historian of presidential polls

Opinion W. Joseph Campbell - 5 Nov 2020

W. Joseph Campbell provides a critical perspective on 2020’s election polling

Time for US to import some democracy

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 4 Nov 2020

The mere fact that one cannot confidently predict who the next president of the United States will be tells you a lot about American society.

US formally quits Paris agreement as election hangs in balance

Environment Issam Ahmed - 4 Nov 2020

Environmentalists say Trump's announcement that he would withdraw from the Paris agreement three years ago made it easier for countries such Australia, Saudi Arabia and Brazil to weaken their own ambitions

America’s moral tipping point

Opinion Kaushik Basu - 4 Nov 2020

Rarely have the stakes for the US and the world been as high as they are on the eve of the 2020 presidential election. If Republicans still stand for anything at all, they must come out in opposition to Donald Trump, a man who openly disparages all the values they once held dear.

As concerns mount over integrity of US elections, so does support for international poll monitors

World Timothy Rich - 3 Nov 2020

The pandemic will challenge international observation missions, but ensuring fair elections in an essential component of American democracy

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Construction sites are a ‘death trap’

Bongekile Macupe - 4 Dec 2020

Four children died at Pretoria sites in just two weeks, but companies deny they’re to blame

National

Koko claims bias before Zondo commission

emma balfour - 4 Dec 2020

In a lawyer’s letter, the former Eskom chief executive says the commission is not being fair to him

National

ConCourt asked to rule that Zuma must testify for 10 days next year

emma balfour - 4 Dec 2020

It is Zondo's legal end game and will leave the former president, his supporters and those implicated in state capture to increasingly play fast and loose at imputing political motive to the commission

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World Aids Day

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

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special reports - 4 Dec 2020

Cash in your old iPhone to upgrade to a new one or get a reduced rate on your monthly contract from your service provider

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Gender-Based Violence

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

In South Africa, women live in fear. It’s difficult to speak out against the patriarchal system, but many have done so, and continue to do so

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POWER Business #OnTheMoney talks to Risenga Maluleke, South African Statistician-General

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

If Stats SA is to really have timely data that’s accurate and remains relevant then we need to make sure that the institution is strengthened

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Dr Sumy Thomas: Deciphering the human puzzle, from the inside out

special reports - 4 Dec 2020

The Discovery Foundation MGH Fellowship Award recipient for 2020 will focus on internal medicine, particularly the endocrine system of patients affected by HIV

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Touching lives through innovation

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

Africa has a high youth population that adapts to technology quickly, and this phenomenon is something which should be taken advantage of

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Festive Reading

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

In The Whistleblowers, Mandy Wiener talks to a wide range of the people who have revealed corruption and malfeasance in government and business

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Centre for Women & Gender Studies

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

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