The launch of The Diplomat, which took place on 16 May at the University of Pretoria’s Javett Art Centre, was attended by the ambassadors and embassy staff of more than 45 embassies
The Kenyan writer is dead but his story will live on, the story of the colonialism and the betrayal of postcolonial elites and how to survive
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
The FW de Klerk Foundation affirms that no South African citizen is being persecuted on the basis of race
Affordable rental stock is necessary, but social housing should not
just be a holding position for people – it should be a launchpad
to home ownership
Producing cement, plastic, steel, aluminium and food causes greenhouse gases, but a circular economy can reduce emissions
Sectors of interest include food products, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment as well as steel and mining
Countries on the continent are not waiting to be saved, they are paving the way with community-led, astute, innovative and independent immunisation programmes
The white man, failing to maintain his hegemonic “manhood” in post-apartheid South Africa, seeks to reclaim it within the idiocy that is Trump’s version of masculinity
We debated the reasons the Afrikaners left their culture, friends and family – fear, uncertainty, disillusionment. But life in South Africa continued as usual
In the days of apartheid, unions fought for more than just wages, they wanted a new society. Now it seems they have abandoned their roots
Brands can reinvent themselves by targeting new markets and taking note of new shopping trends
The AfDB has been led by men since it was founded in 1964.
The recent outage in Spain and Portugal shows we must modernise how we transport power, supported by AI and automation
Please share some of your highlights as a diplomat and in your personal capacity since arriving in South Africa. I was impressed by the meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of presenting my credentials, and the meetings I had with the South African officials at all levels. The warm way in which I […]
Adults must make free choices about their lives and parents and communities are responsible for providing guidance and supervision for
Physical environments shape mental states and design decisions, often dismissed as cosmetic, affect culture, productivity and innovation in the workplace
Brazil and India are starting to win gains for ‘platform’ workers such as delivery riders. Unions in South African must support similar struggles
How 4IR technologies reshape financial access amid rural infrastructure gaps, trust deficits and resistance to change
CSIS and other US think tanks neglecting to reveal Covington & Burling and WestExec links should raise red flags
The field was dominated by men but now women are coming to the fore with thoughtful buildings
India and Pakistan have been at daggers drawn since 1947, when the Indian sub-continent was partitioned; the division of British India into the independent dominion states. The partition was based on religious domination in each state with India having majority Hindu population and Pakistan majority Muslim. The two nations have had continual dispute ever since, mainly […]
The genocidal state asks the West for help to fight the fires while its military burns children and adults alive in Gaza.
Coalition politics, while not perfect, forces parties to negotiate and compromise, boosting accountability and combatting complacency and corruption
Thirty years on, the patience of the poor is wearing thin as they are subjected to tardy, disrespectful service
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
Nietzsche’s quote is useful as an ecological analogy of the destruction humans have wrought on nature, the very thing that sustains us
South Africa’s liberation struggle may have brought democracy, but it did not bring freedom
What does the university do with public memory?
Endowed with a third of the world’s supply of them, the continent must push for actions that have the most benefits for its people
My latest book is an analysis of Africa, from the perspective of 30 years of study, which offers an overview of the decades since the fall of apartheid in 1994