Monday’s election left the veteran right-winger in prime position to form a government and end a year of political deadlock, after similar votes in April and September proved inconclusive
As Super Tuesday looms, there are five candidates left in the Democratic race. But the party must ensure it selects someone who will be able to defeat incumbent Donald Trump
The verdict highlights a number of critical issues required to build systems, processes and advocacy when it comes to working in the space of gender-based violence
Disease-spreading mozzies may be getting wise to our best defences, but science is fighting back with a new kind of chemistry. But will advances be able to outpace nature?
Top US official is lobbying multinational firms to invest in South Africa
The bid to impeach the president failed, Iowa was a disaster and Adam Schiff is a PR nightmare
Undercover investigation shows that controversial US-linked centres are defying government policy and providing inaccurate medical information
Critiques of corruption must explicitly disrupt corporate globalism, imperialism, racism, authoritarianism, militarism, elitism
and sexism
Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border
South Africa’s preferred trade status is likely to be removed, which means exports will cost more
We dedicate a lot more time and money to military defence than we do on health responses to deadly pathogens
Last year was the deadliest for civilians since the current political crisis began in 2012. And the fighting is also increasing in neighbouring countries
The Michigan assembly line faced closure as part of General Motors restructuring scheme, which would have cost jobs
‘The Laundromat’ is a film about corporates and the superrich using tax havens, something the streaming service itself allegedly excels at
President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial begins in earnest on Tuesday in the Senate, with Democrats calling for his removal from office and Republicans determined to acquit him — and quickly, if possible. Four months after the Ukraine scandal exploded and went on to overshadow the end of Trump’s term, and 10 months before Americans […]
A new Netflix docuseries follows underestimated athletes willing to put their bodies on the line for their sport
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that military confrontation with Iran will impact global peace and stability, as he visits the Middle East hoping to ease tensions spiked by the US killing of a top Iranian general. His comments came at the start of a five-day Gulf tour that had been thrown into doubt after […]
Given the general’s standing, Iran is unlikely to back down
EXPLAINER: What’s happening in the Middle East — and what
does it mean for Africa?
The markets fluctuated after Trump last week ordered the killing of Iran’s top military commander Qassem Soleiman
Iran’s response to the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani have raised tensions between the US and Iran. But war seems unlikely at this point
There are no programmes designed to address the question of how humanity will interact with prospective interstellar visitors from outer space
Tehran wanted to appear decisive to calm a clamour for revenge, without provoking President Donald Trump to unleash all-out armed conflict
The deadly attack on Camp Simba comes in response to a dramatic escalation in US drone strikes against the Islamist militant group
The co-dependent partnership is in the conflict stage and the real decoupling may be between American politicians and the country’s citizens
The political harms caused by large scale are critical issues as well, and ought to be considered in antitrust enforcement
While populist governments around the world have continued to run up public debts to pay for handouts to their supporters, others are pushing back
The demagogic president has unwittingly created the opportunity for constitutional growth
Bawa’s response misses the point completely. Furthermore, it seem USAf does not represent the position of all South African universities on this issue
Delhi’s food — from the street fare to fine dining — stirs together what the ruling party seeks to divide: people across class, religion and caste
Linguists say using the same expression repeatedly is a way of lodging a specific idea in voters’ brains.
Universities need to adapt teaching and curricula to cater for the fourth industrial revolution