Taiwan – The Mail & Guardian

/ 7 November 2024

Taiwan cites ‘economic constraints’ for delayed move of Pretoria liaison office

The international relations ministry says there will be further ‘engagements’ to find a solution

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By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 28 October 2024

Presidency rebukes DA over Ukraine as foreign policy row heats up

The government will not review foreign policy to accommodate the demands of the Democratic Alliance, a senior official said

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By Emsie Ferreira

Politics

/ 21 October 2024

IFP will not ‘run to court’ over policy disputes in government of national unity

The Inkatha Freedom Party says it will resolve all policy issues through the cabinet clearing house

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 18 October 2024

International relations department denies bowing to pressure on Taiwan

Instructing Taipei to move its trade office out of the diplomatic capital to Johannesburg was standard practice, the department said

By Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 16 September 2024

SA’s agricultural export growth cools slightly in second quarter of 2024

Despite this drop, trade figures remain encouraging, but various departments need to address policy and other issues to boost exports

By Wandile Sihlobo

Africa

/ 26 August 2024

Mpox declaration marks a key shift in power for Africa

The continent asked for more say in global health decisions after Covid. It now has that. The mpox declaration is a test of this new power

By Charles Ebikeme

Business

/ 3 January 2024

2024: Another round in the superpower smackdown?

Tensions between the US and China could come to a head early this year, posing another risk to the global economy

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By Sarah Smit

Opinion

/ 5 January 2023

10 conflicts to watch in 2023

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shock waves around the world. As the International Crisis Group shows, several other crises loom

By Comfort Ero and Richard Atwood

Opinion

/ 21 December 2022

Prelude to an apocalyptic, dystopian scenario: Russia’s war on Ukraine

Will the West be able to summon the fortitude to oppose Tsar Putin?

By Denis Venter

Opinion

/ 23 November 2022

US chip ban on China: A declaration of computer-age ‘war’?

Sanctions can at best slow China from taking the global lead in chip manufacturing. At their worst, they will raise the chances of chip wars spilling into a physical or economic sphere

By Prabir Purkayastha

Opinion

/ 19 October 2022

Democracy is worth defending in the face of multiple attacks from Russia and Iran to North Korea and the US

Authoritarian would-be emperors such as Putin and Jinping and the US’s military-industrial complex erode the open society and its values of individual freedoms

By Casper Lӧtter

Opinion

/ 30 August 2022

Did Nancy Pelosi accelerate Chinese-Russian military cooperation with her Taiwan visit?

China had warned of ‘serious consequences’ in the lead-up to the visit but has avoided any significant military escalation so far

By John P Ruehl

Opinion

/ 3 August 2022

Can the US actually defend Taiwan?

China’s President Xi Jinping warned the US that it was ‘playing with fire’ over the speaker of the house of representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

By Michael O E'Hanlon

Opinion

/ 3 August 2022

Why Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan puts the White House in delicate straits of diplomacy with China

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on August 2 2022 – a highly controversial trip that has been strongly opposed by China.

By Meredith Oyen

Opinion

/ 9 February 2022

China’s Olympic battle for legitimacy: The prehistory of the 2022 Beijing Games

Only through the lens of history can we understand why China fought so hard for a place in the Olympics on its own terms — to heal the scars of Western colonialism and civil war

By Charles Xu

Politics

/ 7 January 2022

ANC: A corrupt party culture leads to a corrupt government

Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.

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By William Gumede

Sport

/ 29 August 2021

Taiwan Le Mans 24 team told to remove national flag

China views Taiwan as part of its territory.

By Agence France Presse

Business

/ 25 June 2021

Covid undoes a decade of progress in small-business ownership

Covid-19 had an immediate effect on informal businesses, which fell from 1.6-million enterprises in the first quarter of 2020 to 1.2-million in the second

By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 20 June 2021

Naspers and Prosus in share swap Catch-22

Asset managers are concerned about the share exchange but others welcome it because Naspers has dominated the JSE

By Tshegofatso Mathe

Coronavirus

/ 10 May 2020

South Africa’s fumbling response to Covid-19 poses questions

A strict lockdown is not only unenforceable, but the question must be asked: is it necessary at all? The examples of South Korea, Taiwan and Sweden suggest perhaps not

By Bert Olivier

Article

/ 17 April 2020

Why we need to be able to trust our government in a time of crisis

The well-being of each of us is dependent on the well-being of our fellow beings. This interconnectivity means trust in government and institutions matters a great deal

By Badri Zolfaghari

Article

/ 7 April 2020

Meet Doctor Fundile Nyati: South Africa’s own online medical mythbuster

The employee health and wellness specialist is using social media to combat misinformation about Covid-19

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 1 April 2020

Covid-19: A case for why we all should wear homemade face masks

Countries that have mandated mask-wearing for people going out in public have shown a decrease in the rate of Covid-19 infections

By Piet Streicher

Article

/ 27 March 2020

The coronavirus outbreak through the eyes of a South African doctor in Seattle

By Christopher Young

Article

/ 24 January 2020

China moves Olympic qualifiers from the coronavirus epicentre

Boxing and women’s football qualifying for the 2020 Olympics will be moved from the Chinese city at the centre of a virus outbreak to another location in the country, the organising bodies said on Wednesday. Wuhan was supposed to host China, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia for the group B Asian women’s football qualifiers from February […]

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