A cache of leaked documents has exposed a sprawling foreign influence network operating across 34 African countries, revealing how Africa’s political space is being quietly reshaped through disinformation, elite capture and engineered narratives. The revelations force a reckoning with the continent’s own vulnerabilities and with the manufactured solidarities that have seduced parts of Africa’s political […]
African fintech is tied to the continent’s underlying financial realities, because solving those challenges is where many of the sector’s largest opportunities still sit.
The Bold Ideas for Brighter Futures Conference, convening in Cape Town from 18 to 20 May, attempts to respond to the risks facing young people, but more importantly to listen to them and share possible solutions
Cutting corners while balancing construction pressure and tight deadlines can be fatal
Our private and political lives are always punctuated by upheavals and storms. These moments signal the direction we should take. The unfolding political and economic crisis in South Africa presents a rich opportunity to chart a revolutionary path that could alter the future. We dare not miss this opening for a moral resetting of our […]
Ramaphosa’s decision to pursue a judicial review and the Constitutional Court’s call for Parliament to start an impeachment inquiry, will create tensions in the GNU
When decisions that have been made repeatedly over decades are not implemented, ecosystems pay the price. The ecological site is a case study in that gap between intention and action and in how quickly ecological thresholds can be crossed
The country’s debt-heavy budget leaves Peter Mutharika, beginning
his second term after winning the September 2025 election, reliant on World Bank-backed reforms to restore investor confidence
It is also true that undocumented migration can create space for criminal activity. But we have to be honest: immigrants are not the main drivers of crime in this country. Data from the department of Correctional Services shows that foreign nationals make up around 11% to 14% of inmates, while South Africans make up the majority. So the idea that crime is mainly caused by immigrants is simply not true
Honouring the victims of World War II by putting the world on the verge of World War III is insanity
The journey from a solitary representative in 1934 to unprecedented representation in 2026 is a measure of the continent’s long but undeniable march towards footballing recognition
At the start of 2026, four of South Africa’s five largest banks were simultaneously pursuing acquisition targets in Kenya. Understanding why this convergence is happening, and what it means beyond the deal announcements, matters for anyone tracking the direction of African financial services. The structural case for Kenya Kenya’s appeal as an anchor market for […]
The Dangote refinery in Nigeria offers a reminder that African ambition can materialise when the enabling environment and project size meet. AfCFTA’s promise is to replicate Dangote-like transformative industries across the continent across multiple sectors.
African agriculture is entering a period where resilience will be determined heavily by access to capital and the ability to remain operational under unstable conditions that may persist for extended periods
Energy insecurity turns treatable illness into financial crisis. Health resilience depends on energy sovereignty. Health systems cannot function reliably when they depend on volatile global fuel markets.
In three separate incidents across the Western Cape in the past year — in Piketberg, Bot River and Bredasdorp—landowners or their agents captured leopards alive in cage traps without the required permits for such traps. The three cases share a common feature beyond the permit failure: in each instance, the relevant authorities—CapeNature, the police and/or the NPA—were either notified or became aware of the incident and elected not to prosecute. No public explanation has been given for any of these decisions
New nurse graduates in South Africa often enter the workforce with limited exposure to CCUs during their undergraduate training. By investing in the next generation of nurses, we strengthen the workforce and safeguard the future of healthcare. As we honour nurses today, 12 May, let us also commit to creating the conditions they need to thrive tomorrow
History is now repeating itself — and the same blind spots remain. In 2026, the global fuel price shock caused by the conflict in the Gulf has led to substantial rises in regulated fuel prices effective 1 April 2026
The proposal highlights that South Africa’s universities and technical and vocational education and training colleges can become productive economic nodes distributed across all provinces
The memory of the Covid-19 shock shapes how governments and publics react to any new outbreak with even a hint of international spread
Capitec Bank recently published results that were, by any measure, remarkable. Headline earnings rose 23% to R16.8 billion for the year ended February 2026. Return on equity came in at 31%. The bank now serves 26 million active clients, roughly one in three South African adults. Half of all payments are digital. AI fraud systems […]
Because in the end, the true cost of crime and corruption is not only measured in billions of rand lost. It is measured in a country that could have been built. And wasn’t
The Bar will invoke the cab-rank rule, which generally requires counsel to accept a brief in a field where they practise, even when they dislike the client or cause. Yet the rule allows refusal where conflicts, competence, availability, improper instructions, fee issues or other special circumstances arise
The imperative is not merely to condemn xenophobia but to render it obsolete
The belief that a constitutional text alone can transform society is as misplaced as the claim that it is the primary barrier to transformation. The Constitution can be a powerful enabling instrument, depending on who wields it
To sustain this order, ZANU-PF deploys propaganda with ruthless precision, deflecting blame onto sanctions and the opposition while sanctifying corruption as a patriotic duty
The reality is that the State is granting subsidies to those who are financially better off. This is what the NHI seeks to do away with. NHI is a common fund that will fund our healthcare needs in both the public and private sector without regard to the economic status of the patient
The candidate, preferably a woman, should be able to navigate hurdles in an ever-changing geopolitical climate and lead reforms urgently
The “white genocide” narrative works inside this wider machinery. It racialises South Africa’s internal contradictions for foreign consumption. It turns a country struggling with the unresolved consequences of colonialism and apartheid into a supposed persecutor of whites. It erases land theft, labour exploitation, racial capitalism and the real suffering of the African majority. It invites external intervention and commercial leverage through racial fear
For most households, solar energy is used for lighting, powering radios and charging cellphones but only a few can afford high-capacity systems that enable them to meet household cooking needs
The thread that held the conversation together was clear from the beginning: justice. Not the abstract kind confined to courtrooms and legal textbooks but justice as a lived pursuit. Justice as a lifelong calling. Justice as something that must be wrestled with, not merely referenced
Victory Day, May 9, carries deep meaning for millions of Russians. This year marks 81 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 – 1945 – a victory that came at an immense human cost and shaped the modern world. For us, this is not distant history. Nearly 27 […]