Is there any weight behind the Zambian president’s warning?
The Naicker family built a multi-billion-rand empire renting water tankers and yellow plant to government. Bitter family feuds and allegations of collusion threaten to bring them crashing down
As global concern spread, multiple nations offered to urgently send aid and rescue teams to help the war-scarred country that has been overwhelmed by what one UN official labelled ‘a calamity of epic proportions’
As the move to renewables accelerates, the continent is in a strong position to develop its gas reserves to benefit its people and deliver a sustainable transition
With no cellphone service or phone calls, people in Sudan’s war-torn western region of Darfur are resorting to a bygone means of communication — handwritten letters, carried by taxi drivers
The government denies any wrongdoing, describing the allegations of the murder of Africans on the country’s borders as unfounded
Stage six is back as the ANC deals decisively with load-shedding
The carbon market: a potential planet saver or greenwashing that gives polluting companies an opportunity to evade reducing their emissions?
Every year thousands of women die of cervical cancer, caused by the human papillomavirus. Gynaecologic oncologist Langanani Mbodi explains to Mia Malan what can be done
The Earth is getting hotter and extreme weather events are becoming more common. It’s bad news for all aspects of our lives
Bonomade Machude Omar was one of the leaders of the insurgency that has sought to impose Islamic law in the north of Mozambique
The United States would love to be seen as the arbiter of global democratic values but it needs to set right its own borders
Beijing’s actions suggest it has a serious role to play in Africa’s journey toward stability
Books and academic articles tell us our own stories and help others to understand them
Wheeling electricity across the grid offers a solution to South Africa’s power crisis, so why is it not happening in the energy heartland?
Adaptation and climate finance will take centre stage at next week’s summit with the theme ‘driving green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world’
Ntabankulu Local Municipality says it has done nothing wrong, but residents are protesting over the appointment
In his new book, regular M&G contributor Wandile Sihlobo explores South Africa’s disparities, challenges and solutions
Dissidents are are being killed, detained and forced into exile for demanding human rights and freedom
Only when we all truly embrace non-racism in South Africa can we consider the battle to be won
The inaugural summit is a historic opportunity for Africa’s governments and financial institutions to shape and lead a nature positive development pathway for the world
Parents have a vital role in the education ecosystem; however, schools act in ways that leave caregivers feeling alienated and disempowered
Book written to draw attention to the area’s decay is part memoir, part photo album
The riddle of Western priorities in Niger is becoming increasingly difficult to solve
Steering education in the right direction requires synergy between business and government to provide schools with what they lack – life-altering educational opportunities
Acting chief executive says he still has work to do in his financial role at the utility
In 2022, Ben Gaunt, who led a team who transformed Zithulele Hospital in the Eastern Cape from a struggling public health facility into a poster child of excellence, resigned. The drama that followed the appointment of a controversial chief executive was well publicised.
The country’s flip-flop position on the war has many hidden facets to it
Hundreds marched to the Clareinch post office in Claremont to commemorate four years since her rape and murder
Instead of lifting Donald Trump’s trade barriers, the Biden administration has embraced industrial policy, offering huge subsidies to domestic manufacturers
Gas has the potential to be a transition fuel as the country moves to cleaner energy sources, says the mineral resources and energy department
The corporatisation of SOEs has disempowered the South African public and benefited corporate power and private finance