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
South Africa’s role in helping improve statistical capacity in Africa
The private sector, experts say, cannot alone be entrusted with the important task of stopping South Africa’s unemployment tailspin
Commercial media reproduces the views of the dominant class and has been unable to unpack the underlying failures of capitalism
The slowdown was helped by lower fuel prices. But this relief was temporary, as February saw another petrol hike
As the ANC’s Youth League leader, Julius Malema spooked investors a decade ago by popularising calls to nationalise the mines
The president’s strategy to stop the unemployment crisis from spiralling includes cutting red tape and focusing on infrastructure investment
The prices charged by health multinational Roche were ‘significantly out of kilter’, the Competition Commission found
Mminele, who last year stepped down as Absa chief executive, will head the newly established Presidential Climate Finance Task Team
The Legal Resources Centre hails court order as stunning victory for indigenous communities along the coast
Supply constraints in fertiliser-producing countries, coupled with rising shipping, oil and gas costs has pushed up the price of imported commodities such as fertiliser, herbicide and insecticide prices
The private sector has had close ties with the government for decades. Some see nothing wrong with this, but other say this relationship is at the very heart of corruption
If a proposed minimum R23 an hour for all workers goes through, it will be the first time domestic workers are treated equally
The headlines vilifying one group of drivers miss the point about an important road safety report.