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Fast moving: The Faizan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF) launched a food distribution campaign targeting 100 000 vulnerable households across Malawi in February. Photo: Radio Islam Malawi/Facebook
BANGLADESH

Malawi’s aid vacuum draws new actors

As Western donors pull back and food insecurity deepens in the landlocked south-eastern African nation, the rise of a UK-registered Islamic charity is exposing both the necessity…

  • Collins Mtika
8 min read
A US marine observes nearby vessels from the amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), during a strait transit at the Strait of Hormuz. (Cpl. Adam Dublinske/Released)
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

Editorial: The high cost of war

The war in the Middle East isn’t coming to our doorstep- it is already here. You will feel it at the pumps, in the supermarket aisles and in your beer mug. The ripple effect of…

  • Editorial
3 min read
Investment: InterContinental Table Bay Cape Town has undergone a R1 billion refurbishment. Photo: IHG
CAPE TOWN

Tourism sector is evolving upwards

Travel is becoming planned, curated and experience-led again. The development pipeline reflects that

  • Ash Müller
6 min read
Crystal clear: The Zondo Commission, chaired by the former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo – seen here with President Cyril Ramaphosa during the handover of its report – was unequivocal in identifying public procurement as the primary artery through which State Capture flowed. Photo: GCIS
2026 CPI

SA’s anti-corruption needle stalled

Over a decade after the Glenister judgments, it remains an indictment of the so-called post-state capture moment that we are not further along as a country in settling the…

  • Karam Jeet Singh
8 min read
Shaky ground: What began as concern over Vice-President Jane Ansah’s costly overseas trip has evolved into an indictment of executive incoherence and weakened accountability. Photo: Government of Malawi
BLANTYRE

Elites indulge as Malawians suffer

If the country is to move beyond crisis management, austerity must apply to all

  • Collins Mtika
5 min read
Exports: South Africa is a leading supplier of citrus to the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa
AGOA

South Africa’s agricultural exports boom

The latest data for the third quarter shows that South Africa’s agricultural exports totalled US$4.7 billion, up from 13% from the same period a year ago

  • Wandile Sihlobo
4 min read
Antimicrobial resistance silent pandemic that already claims more than 1.3 million lives every year. File photo
AMR

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

  • Jose L Balcazar
4 min read
Injured children arrive at Nasser Hospital. in Gaza. Photo: Loay Ayyoub/Getty Images
CANADA

In the face of Gaza’s open wound the EU’s fractured conscience is finally emerging

Until now, Europe has been the observer giving rhetorical support for Palestinian rights while arming and trading with Israel, which negates those rights

  • Imran Khalid
6 min read
The red beret and EFF leader Julius Malema reflect the image of the party. Photo: File
ACADEMIC FREEDOM

EFF accuses UK of ‘orchestrated’ visa delay to block Malema’s visit

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader was to have addressed a conference at Cambridge University on 10 May

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Wildfires in Israel. (X)
ALON MIZRAHI

Fires ablaze in a stolen land: Israel’s trees planted over Palestinian villages are in flames

The genocidal state asks the West for help to fight the fires while its military burns children and adults alive in Gaza.

  • Ronnie Kasrils
5 min read
The first two months of the Israel-Gaza war exceeded the individual annual carbon footprints of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations. Photo: Fadi Alwhidi/Anadolu via Getty Images
CARBON EMISSIONS

Genocide is a human rights and climate justice issue

The first two months of the Israel-Gaza war exceeded the individual annual carbon footprints of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.

  • Charlotte Scott
5 min read
US President Donald Trump said this week that the tariff is meant to address the trade imbalance between South Africa and the US. (Photo: Evan Vucci/AP/picture alliance)
ARGENTINA

MPs from around the world urge Trump to revoke order on SA

The group said the US president’s decision to suspend aid to South Africa was a regressive assault on the country’s sovereignty

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
Slaves cut cane in the Caribbean. The recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations explores slavery around the world.
BLACK LIVES MATTER GLOBAL NETWORK

Global Africa’s quest for reparations for crimes against humanity

This excerpt is from the recently published book, The Black Atlantic’s Triple Burden: Slavery, Colonialism and Reparations (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024)

  • Adekeye Adebajo
8 min read
Projects like the Medupi and Kusile (above) power stations, which experienced extended timelines and higher-than-planned costs, highlight the complexities involved in large-scale infrastructure delivery within parts of South Africa’s public sector
ABRAM MASANGO

Extradited British suspect Michael Lomas appears in court in Kusile graft case

Lomas was brought to South Africa from the United Kingdom to stand trial with former Eskom executives

  • Emsie Ferreira
2 min read
The maize imports are limited and exports to various destinations in the world continue. Photo: File
AFRICA

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

  • Wandile Sihlobo
5 min read