Both countries are struggling with power shortages and load-shedding
This cannot be rectified without redistributing wealth and property – and therefore power
Sustainable business practices have the potential to improve traditional and environmental profits
From our daily engagements with young people at Youth Capital and the Centre for Social Development in Africa, we know that most are proactive, energetic and resilient. Young people are ready to contribute to the economy and pursue sustainable livelihoods. But endless rejections, the lack of financial resources and deep-seated barriers have left them in […]
Decades later, Mbongeni Ngema’s work still has life lessons for South Africans in these dark days for our democracy
The bad news headlines may be true but the good news is often overlooked
Claws out over project sending Southern African cheetahs to India
Women need to draw on the courage and determination of their predecessors during the struggle to fight gender disparity
The Wafcon winners have given SA real football glory for the first time in decades – it’s time Safa emulated their professionalism in the boardroom
The labour regulations have had increasingly negative consequences for unemployed people
Leaders at some African firms are looking at Francophone markets as a way to expand sales hit by Covid-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Germs are outsmarting medicine faster than South Africa’s overburdened facilities can keep up with them
After releasing two huge EPs that thrust him onto the global spotlight and a slew of international features, Mr Eazi is finally ready to unleash his debut album
One of Toyota’s longest-running nameplates transitions to a global model
Africa, which has millions of people using mobile financial services and a young population who are radical adopters and innovators in everything digital, has huge potential to use next-generation technology for social good.
Formula One is very close to returning to South Africa and the rider is hopeful that the MotoGP will follow suit
Health workers in dysfunctional settings may abuse birthing patients as part of a strange rite of passage, and low-income women with less agency are more likely to suffer obstetric violence. This final year medical student relates his experience
Eskom has sunk on Ramaphosa’s watch. The government needs to get its focus right and fix it
‘Let Me Tell You About Red’, artist Mary Sibande’s third instalment in the tricolour Sophie series, is on in Durban
In contrast to developments elsewhere in the world, Melilla has not been mentioned by the South African commentariat, political formations and civil society.
Elands Bay’s queer folk were determined to find a home in the town’s conservative churches
South Africa and Senegal, as AU chair, are attending the important summit of the leaders of the big industrialised nations
Education is the best way to turn young people’s potential into realised achievements
The so-called prophet is now building an expansive hotel complex on the shores of Lake Malawi
According to the report, news published by South African media outlets was trusted by 61% of the population, an increase from 49% in 2019
There are a number of approaches available to mitigate the effects of this devastating clash
The Greens made good gains, as did the ‘teals’ standing as independents in conservative bases
Another dreadful school massacre in the US raises the question: Will Americans ever get to grips with the ghastly phenomenon?
Consumers, who have remained resilient despite South Africa’s economic woes over the past decade, are being squeezed on all fronts. What are the policy options? Or is it the same old, same old
High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation
Contemporary African intellectuals, historians, self-styled Pan-Africanists, patriots and good old liberal political commentators such as myself carry divergent opinions of why South Africa shuns — or does not commemorate — Africa Day. I have, ever since my country shrugged off Rhodesian colonialism in 1980, bought the story hook, line and sinker that May is truly […]
Celebrate the African ‘year of nutrition’ by getting stuck into some of the tastiest food the continent can dish up.