The power utility’s board and management need reinforcements to ready it for the future, the public enterprises minister said
South Africa now has the same spectrum as neighbouring countries even though they have smaller markets
It is hoped the regulations for the Domestic Violence Amendment Act strengthen the criminal justice and broader sociomedical systemic response to domestic violence
Scientists believe she travelled that far to find good food sources, which is a ‘worrying trend’
South Africa needs to hold a national conference on xenophobia, which would be the first step towards building a civic infrastructure to fight discrmination against foreign nationals
Zimbabweans are frustrated by the xenophobic sentiment and violence against them in South Africa, but their real fury is aimed at the Zimbabwean government
Elevated inflation looks set to stick around for some time, both in South Africa and global economy
Despite strong legislation, South Africa is failing to address its unacceptable rates of woman abuse
Two promising uses of hemp are the manufacturing of “green” biofuels and the building of low-cost and sustainable housing
Government agencies cannot improve on the competitiveness of open markets.
It is time to transform the neotransformation project to deliver real change in South Africa
When the infrastructure breaks, the social fabric frays, rape escalates and taps run dry, we curse the foreigner, who is always from another African country
When Dondo Mogajane became director general of the national treasury, question marks were raised about his ability to defend the institution. Five years later, it was a war well fought
With Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the world order has been upended – and South Africa needs to think carefully about how it positions itself
Record new high for unemployment in South Africa, as Stats SA releases jobs data for the fourth quarter of 2021
These are the veto power of the Security Council, major powers ignore the UN and the UN secretary general cannot favour either side in the war
For liberals the world over, we believe in limited government, but the question remains: are we, as Africans, still too dependent on government?
South Africa’s silence on Russian aggression is a blot on its commitment to international law and our country’s history
Anti-foreigner sentiment may be an election-winning issue come 2024. But African immigrants deserve better
Consumer inflation is expected to remain close to the central bank’s 6% ceiling, amid war-induced oil price rally
Miners of rare metals will score but the soaring oil price will result in various cost-of-living increases
The Russian invasion has sparked debate in South Africa, with many misguidedly concluding that Moscow is a natural ally of the country. This is not rooted in contemporary reality. South Africa is correct in its current position and must answer two questions before moving forward: who has a claim on Soviet history, and does South Africa still have a foreign policy?
Africans, among them South Africans, Nigerians, Ghanains, Congolese and Ivorians, are trying to flee into Poland and other countries neighbouring Ukraine
They serve either as leaders of Islamic State cells or provide support in funnelling funds out of the country, according to the United States
Aggressive, as opposed to defensive, warfare is a violation of international law. It is this that was used to condemn the apartheid South African Defence Force’s incursions into Angola
The weather remains topical across the Southern Hemisphere but has resulted in mixed fortunes
The last time the fuel price was not increased because of a change in either the fuel levy or the Road Accident Fund levy was in 1990
A portion of the government’s revenue overrun, the result of the commodity boom, will be used to pay provincial employees
Persistently high joblessness, the budget notes, has emerged as a key weakness in economic performance
CA Davids’s new novel, ‘How to Be a Revolutionary’ is a soulful, lyrical fictional guide to turbulent times
The threat of a major war in Europe has kept global financial markets on tenterhooks
Political culture, and not the Constitution, is an impediment to a better life for all South Africans