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Mergers without borders are emerging, led by changes to African nations’ laws and regional bodies
Thought Leader
/ 30 July 2025

Mergers without borders are emerging, led by changes to African nations’ laws and regional bodies

The continent’s regional regulators are building frameworks to simplify cross-border compliance and national authorities are adapting laws to support these ambitions

By Xolani Nyali & Nazeera Mia
Africa, the US and the East: In search of balance in a changing world
Thought Leader
/ 29 July 2025

Africa, the US and the East: In search of balance in a changing world

South Africa and the continent need to quietly assert control over their future through investment, innovation and intellectual engagement

By Daryl Swanepoel
US Congress should ask questions about the Ivanhoe Atlantic Deal
Thought Leader
/ 29 July 2025

US Congress should ask questions about the Ivanhoe Atlantic Deal

Did US ambassador to Liberia Mark Toner, US Africa bureau official Troy Fitrell, Africa adviser to the US president Massad Boulos and former US special envoy J Peter Pham have any conflict of interests in influencing the deal?

By Michael Walsh
Reciprocity or retaliation? The semantics of US trade power
Thought Leader
/ 29 July 2025

Reciprocity or retaliation? The semantics of US trade power

The world is no longer panicking over US trade threats but laying the foundation for an environment where Washington can no longer hold it over a barrel

By Imran Khalid
The mask of apartheid – privatisation
Thought Leader
/ 29 July 2025

The mask of apartheid – privatisation

The state once enforced exclusion through law, now racial inequality is decentralised and enforced by private actors through economics, technology, the law, capital and technology

By Sõzarn Barday
Born Free: Is government doing enough for mental health? with Vukosi Mashele – Podcast episode 14
Thought Leader
/ 29 July 2025

Born Free: Is government doing enough for mental health? with Vukosi Mashele – Podcast episode 14

Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth

By Misunderstood
Reporting from the West: A return to reason?
Thought Leader
/ 29 July 2025

Reporting from the West: A return to reason?

Influential people in parts of the media, civil society and academia in South Africa echoed Western narratives without scrutiny, but now the tide is slowly turning

By Imraan Buccus
How plantations work towards ecological balance
Thought Leader
/ 28 July 2025

How plantations work towards ecological balance

Timber production is important for South Africa but it covers huge swaths of land. The movement of species is assisted through the creation of corridors between the plantations

By Michael J Samways
Response to Chrispin Phiri’s open letter
Thought Leader
/ 28 July 2025

Response to Chrispin Phiri’s open letter

My position is that journalists have a duty to raise serious allegations — especially when they involve governments, foreign policy or international law

By Paula Slier
Traditional authorities: Democratic governance must be reclaimed
Thought Leader
/ 24 July 2025

Traditional authorities: Democratic governance must be reclaimed

The functions of traditional councils must be aligned with the Constitution and living customary law in South Africa

By Wandile Zondo
Agri-tech may be South Africa’s new frontier
Thought Leader
/ 24 July 2025

Agri-tech may be South Africa’s new frontier

The sharing economy offers a promising solution for small-scale farmers

By Zanele Mabaso
Aid cuts, including by UK, undermine progress on fight against superbugs
Thought Leader
/ 24 July 2025

Aid cuts, including by UK, undermine progress on fight against superbugs

Antimicrobial resistance threatens global health and economic stability. Urgent investment in surveillance, innovation and stewardship is critical to containment

By Jose L Balcazar
Cannabis reform without legal legitimacy is an illusion
Thought Leader
/ 23 July 2025

Cannabis reform without legal legitimacy is an illusion

Commercialisation of the trade requires cohesive regulation regarding cultivation, processing, distribution, retail, enforcement, education and cultural integration

By Simi Pillay-van Graan
Tribute to Sir Ketumile Quett Joni Masire, a founder of Botswana, on his centennial birthday
Thought Leader
/ 23 July 2025

Tribute to Sir Ketumile Quett Joni Masire, a founder of Botswana, on his centennial birthday

Masire is an unassuming leader who deserves to be remembered as one of the greatest African pioneers of post-colonial history

By Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba
Evil doesn’t wait for language: We must name xenophobia for what it is
Thought Leader
/ 23 July 2025

Evil doesn’t wait for language: We must name xenophobia for what it is

But there is hope. Poor South Africans, the very people Operation Dudula claims to represent, are standing against this form of hatred and extreme violence

By Nigel Branken
Can Africa trade without the dollar?
Thought Leader
/ 23 July 2025

Can Africa trade without the dollar?

If Africa can trade with itself, on its own terms, in its own currencies, it could rewrite the rules of global commerce

By Rafia Akram
Beyond the balance sheet: Costs and benefits of broad-based BEE
Thought Leader
/ 23 July 2025

Beyond the balance sheet: Costs and benefits of broad-based BEE

Any discussion about the policy must weigh up addressing historical injustices, its measurable and intangible benefits, and the costs of not transforming the economy

By Safiyya Patel
In the time of aid cuts, decentralise women’s health funding
Thought Leader
/ 23 July 2025

In the time of aid cuts, decentralise women’s health funding

Women and young people don’t need foreign experts to tell them what their communities need; they need resources and support to implement locally developed and relevant solutions

By Hauwa Ojeifo
In South Africa, when expectations collapse the poor revolt against the downtrodden foreigners
Thought Leader
/ 22 July 2025

In South Africa, when expectations collapse the poor revolt against the downtrodden foreigners

Revolutions are seeded not just in hunger, but in the fear of decline, particularly among those who thought they had escaped it

By Tinashe Sithole
AI can advance the sustainable development goals – if used ethically
Thought Leader
/ 22 July 2025

AI can advance the sustainable development goals – if used ethically

With visionary leadership, ethical stewardship and strategic collaboration, artificial intelligence can help us leapfrog old limitations and create a more just, prosperous and sustainable society

By Dinko Herman Boikanyo
Paul Biya’s presidential candidacy a crisis of democracy in Cameroon
Thought Leader
/ 22 July 2025

Paul Biya’s presidential candidacy a crisis of democracy in Cameroon

What is needed is a rethinking of leadership, a redistribution of political power and inclusive and accountable governance

By Helen C Folefac & Tinashe Sithole
Diabetes is a disease that thrives on inequity
Thought Leader
/ 22 July 2025

Diabetes is a disease that thrives on inequity

South Africa must treat the conditions that breed diabetes, including by making healthy food affordable

By Katie Mohamed
Born Free: Too many commissions, not enough justice – with Amahle-Imvelo “Jaxa” Jaxx – Podcast episode 13
Thought Leader
/ 22 July 2025

Born Free: Too many commissions, not enough justice – with Amahle-Imvelo “Jaxa” Jaxx – Podcast episode 13

Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth

By Misunderstood
France celebrates Bastille Day with elegance
Thought Leader
/ 21 July 2025

France celebrates Bastille Day with elegance

France is synonymous with fashion, as was shown on Bastille Day at the French embassy.

By Marion Smith
Reimagining employment in the age of the fourth industrial revolution
Thought Leader
/ 21 July 2025

Reimagining employment in the age of the fourth industrial revolution

Once jobs were clearcut relationships between employer and employee, but in the gig economy labour laws often fall short

By Letlhokwa Mpedi & Tshilidzi Marwala
Africa’s entrepreneurs focusing on sustainability are the continent’s changemakers
Thought Leader
/ 21 July 2025

Africa’s entrepreneurs focusing on sustainability are the continent’s changemakers

Sustainability demands more than merely replicating global frameworks; Africa must frame its own sustainable future

By Gillian McAinsh
Acid mine drainage: South Africa can learn from Japan’s experience of toxic waste dumping
Thought Leader
/ 21 July 2025

Acid mine drainage: South Africa can learn from Japan’s experience of toxic waste dumping

The government needs to form partnerships with communities, including businesses, which should empower employees to create a shared vision of environmental sustainability

By Suvania Naidoo
Don’t believe everything AI tells you: A cautionary tale for academia – and everyone else
Thought Leader
/ 20 July 2025

Don’t believe everything AI tells you: A cautionary tale for academia – and everyone else

Artificial intelligence can be a powerful ally but only if we cultivate the skills and habits that affirm our commitment to truth, discernment and verification

By Willie Chinyamurindi
Ramaphosa’s gambit on KwaZulu-Natal tightrope
Thought Leader
/ 18 July 2025

Ramaphosa’s gambit on KwaZulu-Natal tightrope

The province’s politics is a marketplace of competing interests, where loyalty is transactional and power is a prize to be bartered

By Imraan Buccus
Netanyahu’s doctrine: Divide, delay, deny
Thought Leader
/ 18 July 2025

Netanyahu’s doctrine: Divide, delay, deny

The Israeli leader knows how to say ‘ceasefire’ in English, but he governs in the syntax of siege

By Imran Khalid
The dangerous allure of Mkhwanazi’s state collapse narrative
Thought Leader
/ 18 July 2025

The dangerous allure of Mkhwanazi’s state collapse narrative

We cannot deny the pervasiveness of corruption but we must subject the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner’s narrative to rigorous scrutiny

By Siseko Maposa
International court: Why it’s time to take the fight against corruption global
Thought Leader
/ 17 July 2025

International court: Why it’s time to take the fight against corruption global

Corruption is no longer a domestic issue; it is a transnational crime and national systems cannot control it on their own

By Prosper S Maguchu & Pusetso Morapedi
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