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How US foreign policy under Donald Trump has affected Africa

Africa Nomsa Maseko & BBC - 19 Oct 2020

Lesotho has been used as a microcosm in this article to reflect how the foreign policy has affected Africa

We should not ignore Guinea’s constitutional coup

Africa Miriam Frost - 14 Oct 2020

Citizens have for a year protested against the president seeking a third term in office despite a two-term limit. Many have been killed — and 90 more people died in this week’s crackdown

Carlos on safety first, Russia-style

Cartoons Carlos - 14 Aug 2020

Who cares about safety when you are first?

WHO wants to review Russian vaccine safety data

Coronavirus Agence France Presse - 11 Aug 2020

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had become the first country to approve a vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the new coronavirus

Vaccine trial results due in December

Coronavirus Athandiwe Saba - 7 Aug 2020

If successful, it will then have to be manufactured and distributed

Time is not on our side in Libya

Africa Vijay Prashad & Independent Media Institute - 22 Jul 2020

Simmering tensions could see the country partitioned between east and west

Coronavirus and the economy: We didn’t prepare for tough times

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 12 Mar 2020

South Africa was well-placed for the 2008 crisis. But R3.18-trillion debt and low growth hamper its ability to limit the economic effects of Covid-19

South Africa must have a stake in artificial intelligence technology

Analysis Tshilidzi Marwala - 6 Mar 2020

The country needs an institute that will be a conduit for AI knowledge to industry, society and government

The fable of SA’s special economic zones

Article Pamela Tsolekile de Wet, Lisa Thompson & Patrick Bond - 14 Feb 2020

The country is being pushed to develop more SEZs. But is this a viable strategy, given unemployment and ‘deglobalisation’?

How South Africa and Germany can help the world

Article Richard Calland & Melanie Müller - 30 Jan 2020

Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values

Hlophe complaint is an eerie echo

National Franny Rabkin - 24 Jan 2020

But the new complaint against the Western Cape judge president is also unprecedented

US-China decoupling myth busted

Article Stephen S Roach - 3 Jan 2020

The co-dependent partnership is in the conflict stage and the real decoupling may be between American politicians and the country’s citizens

Russia is not Putin, as he would have citizens and the world believe

Article Lyubov Sobol 1 - 19 Dec 2019

The president would everyone believe Russia is a democracy but his army occupies regions and opposition parties are suppressed

Even in best case scenario, oceans will rise dramatically

Article Afp - 8 Nov 2019

The sea level can be expected to rise by at least a metre by 2300 in the unlikely event greenhouse gas emissions fall to zero in the next 11 years

Russia in Africa: Soft power comes with hard edges

Africa Simon Allison - 24 Oct 2019

Amid diplomatic niceties at the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi, Moscow has sent two of its nuclear-capable bombers to Waterkloof

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Traditional healers need new spaces

john molebatsi & christina breed & gary ivan stafford - 24 Nov 2020

Proper facilities supported by well-researched cultural principles will go a long way to improving the image and perception of the practice of traditional medicine

National

Limpopo big-game farmer accused of constant harassment

Lucas Ledwaba - 23 Nov 2020

A family’s struggle against alleged intimidation and failure to act by the authorities mirrors the daily challenges farm dwellers face

National

Zondo tightens his grip with criminal complaint against Zuma

Sarah Smit - 23 Nov 2020

The state capture commission’s star witness now faces a criminal complaint and another summons

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Special Reports

Western Cape SMBs look to technology to get them through pandemic

special reports - 25 Nov 2020

Many companies have over-capitalised on IT infrastructure in the past, and are looking for ways to access simpler, cheaper technology that cuts their costs

Special Reports

Land reform still a hot potato

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

The land has got to belong to all the people of South Africa, and many believe that there’s no other mechanism for that except expropriation

Special Reports

UP chemical pathology scientists develop ground-breaking nanobodies for Covid-19 detection and therapy

special reports - 24 Nov 2020

Nanobodies are smaller than conventional antibodies and easier to work with so they are ideal for good cheap sensitive rapid tests for Covid-19

Special Reports

Inclusion as learned experience in higher education

special reports - 23 Nov 2020

Understanding the complexity of intersections between oppressions relating to race and gender is key to any commitment to creating a culture of inclusion and social justice

Special Reports

Local government in crisis: how it can be fixed

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

Local governments are supposed to promote non-racial development, in a decentralised manner, but the reality does not match up

Special Reports

Covid-19 accelerates adoption of technology by the African property sector

special reports - 20 Nov 2020

It’s not the technology itself that is valuable, it’s the opportunities that it creates: this may be the perfect time for reinvention

Special Reports

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special reports - 19 Nov 2020

From 23 to 30 November 2020, simply purchase any BMW bearing the number “8” and you could be one of eight lucky people to drive off with R80 000

Special Reports

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special reports - 18 Nov 2020

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