Will the Biden administration heed the advice of its oldest and most famous diplomat?
Nelson Mandela’s ideals about forgiveness and a diverse and united South Africa remain in the hearts of many people
Italy bids farewell to an era defined by his unique brand of flamboyance and controversy, leaving behind a complex legacy that will continue to shape the country’s political landscape for years to come
Our leaders do not use the power they have for the greater good – understanding why graft has become the norm is the first step to finding genuine solutions
A common thread in our mining history has been inequality – mining companies still avoid their social obligations during and post mining
Ramaphosa will continue to mouth platitudes and leave the police minister to his empty promises
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh chats with Prince Mashele about Operation Dudula, Eskom Crisis, Cyril Ramaphosa, EFF Parliament, 2024 Election
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh chats with Lukhone Mnguni about loadshedding, South Africa’s governance crisis, the 55th ANC National Conference, and SONA
Activist-turned-banker Lincoln Mali’s memoir Blazing a Trail is well intentioned but sadly it misses the mark in many ways
African societies are organised around the requirements of duty, while Western societies are organised around individual rights
Remembering the legacy and scrutiny of the ‘father of African film’
Recent policy reversals have left investors optimistic about the country but more is needed to ensure long-term growth
With 17 countries headed for the polls this year, good governance fundamentals need to be improved
The US initiates Iran’s expulsion from the UN women’s commission.
The December period is also critically important to key sectors of our economy, such as the tourism and hospitality industries, as well as retail and other consumer-driven industries.
Authoritarian systems reject challenges to themselves – yet just that is happening in Ukraine and Russia, China and Iran
Nomically, the left advocates pluralism and promotes difference, but only within a network of fixed, essentialized identities, and so permissiveness becomes prohibition.
For the first time since the 1960s, anti-imperialism is back on the US left’s agenda. South Africa should follow suit
The M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, have expanded their attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fifa’s boss wants the game to float above ‘ideological battles’. But it’s Fifa’s ideology of greed that steered the World Cup into a desert stinking of money and suffering
About 50% of South Africans say they would relinquish their voting rights if an effective government was guaranteed
With 70% of Nigerians aged under 30 this should happen but the top candidates are 70 and 75 and the third will have to work with politicians the youth want out
A meeting to finalise a Ramaphosa slate was boycotted by some provincial leaders, with those in attendance annoyed by the final list which excluded key allies
Political parties say the act is restricting their ability to receive external donations
But both advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan have brought applications, to be heard in December, to have the case thrown out as an abuse of process
The president told parliament the plan was being finalised but the commission’s own slight delay may hinder delivery by October 15
Inflation, that ‘problem’ torturing capitalist economies these days, offers us the first example of such policies
The market is the pillar of capitalist ideology, yet it is just another human institution invented and reinvented periodically across human history
Throughout the ‘New Frame’ controversy, holier-than-thou bourgeois-baiters and obsessive players of the race card have shown why the hard left has condemned itself to the political margins
The war in Ukraine is accelerating its contraction and history shows that irreversible decline often follows
As a recent court case in Nelson Mandela Bay shows, the city management appointment process should be purely administrative and stripped of politics
With the induction last week of the Rashid Lombard Archive at the University of the Western Cape his photography and stories will soon be accessible to a new generation.