Experts emphasise that South Africa is a net exporter and there is enough food for us all
On bulk shopping, avoiding human contact and hunkering down during the coronavirus pandemic in small-town USA
The country has been wracked by conflict between the government and separatists. Both sides need to work on finding a path forward. Here’s what they can do
The Weekly Mail hired him to get the training project off the ground; he did much, much more than that, writes Irwin Manoim
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
The Russian shot to international fame as a giggly 17-year-old Wimbledon winner in 2004, the third youngest player to conquer the All England Club’s famous grass courts
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
African governments are issuing and listing their Eurobonds on established international debt markets – usually London and Irish Stock Exchanges
The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail
The new figure is in line with World Health Organisation estimates of 4.2 million deaths each year linked to ground-level air pollution, mostly from heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections in children
The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs has demanded briefings with Pretoria embassy employees ‘pushed out’ by Lana Marks
The democractic government has not helped with the investigation into the UN leader’s death
The panic generated by the new coronavirus, 2019-nCov, which originated in Wuhan, one of China’s largest cities and a major domestic transport hub, reminds many of the fear and uncertainty at the peak of the 2003 SARS crisis. China’s stock market, after rising for months, has reversed itself in recent days, and global markets have […]
An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China, but also in several other countries, from Thailand to France to the United States – and killed more than 100. Given China’s history of disease outbreaks – including of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]
After stumbling on mention of tracks in a dissertation from the 1960s, scientists are shedding new light on the dinosaurs that hotfooted it through SA’s prehistoric past
Both countries have a strong orientation towards multilateralism and democratic values
A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 81 lives since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and spread around the world. Here are the places that have confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus: China As of Monday, more than 2700 people have been infected across China, the […]
‘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
Still fighting for their right to return home, exiled Chagossians are using football to unite a diaspora
I recently edited a special issue for a journal on sexuality, capitalism and Africa. It was based on the topic that served as the Centre for Phenomenology in South Africa’s 5th Annual International Conference, which took place in Johannesburg in June 2018. There are several reasons we chose this as our theme for a special […]
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 […]
Ties have deteriorated after an American precision drone strike killed Iran’s Major General Qasem Soleimani
Emerging market equities are generally inexpensive — and, by some measures, quite attractive — relative to equity and bond markets globally.
Here is a look at the opioid crisis and the tensions it has caused between China and the United States
New York continues to count the number of people who developed cancer or other illnesses related to the toxic cloud that hovered over Manhattan