The threat is real, say experts about the warning from the United States about a possible strike in Sandton
The renewal comes as the Harare government cracks down on members of the opposition and journalists, alongside proposed amendments to laws critics say will stifle the work of NGOs
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
It was not only objects that were removed, knowledges — social, political, ecological and epistemological organisation —‚on the continent were destroyed
China’s economic rise and growing footprint presents an alternative to the West
Borrowers face another 75 basis point repo rate hike this week, as inflation looks to stay uncomfortably high
If we want to avoid seeing the world through an imperial one-way mirror in which “we” are moral and benign and “they” are not, we must extract ourselves from the submissive void and start telling the truth
A recent spate of killings has reignited the conversation about firearm control. What does the evidence say about the kind of policies that work to prevent gun violence?
Via its institutions the US is pushing a covert agenda to establish Western beachheads in Ukraine, Hong Kong and Taiwan
The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist
The market is the pillar of capitalist ideology, yet it is just another human institution invented and reinvented periodically across human history
The US secretary of state said that when one country invades another country, sovereignty and independence mattered
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
In a split decision, the bank’s monetary policy committee increased the repo rate, which affects the cost of borrowing, by 75 basis points
This is according to some economists, who say the Reserve Bank got ahead of the curve before inflation became entrenched
It could prove difficult for government to loosen its grip on the public purse, but economists say the current extraordinary circumstances require intervention
The current government is adhering to an old policy of appeasement of Western interests
In 1995, Hank Skinner was sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend and her two adult sons but always maintained his innocence.
Another dreadful school massacre in the US raises the question: Will Americans ever get to grips with the ghastly phenomenon?
The US is attempting to help Kyiv’s war effort while not being seen as a direct belligerent
High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation
The forms of capitalism adopted in the West and in economies such as China are influenced by how early or late those polities were in coming to the game
The rand has managed to withstand even the strongest global headwinds, but it is unlikely it will continue to hold steady in the wake of the Fed’s aggression
From Russia’s perspective — since the east Slavic state of Kievan-Rus circa 1053 to the betrayals of 1812, 1914 and 1941 and the broken promises from 1994, especially 2008 and 2014 — Ukraine is an integral part of Russia
If President Xi Jinping allows Russia to divide the world with its war on Ukraine, it is China that will pay the heaviest price
Ukraine, per se, is not the issue. It is tragically a war-ravaged pawn in a much larger conflict: the decline of one capitalist empire and the rise of yet another.
Russia is at war with Ukraine because it is at war with Nato, which is commanded by the United States
Russia is at war with Ukraine because it is at war with Nato, which is commanded by the United States
Africa’s largest oil producer has not been able to cash in fully on the price rally because of lacklustre production and its reliance on imported fuel
In the light of Africa’s history and in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reflecting the East/West divide, the Southern African Development Community must be concerned about security
Data sovereignty is a key priority for governments and other entities as they migrate to public cloud services
These are the veto power of the Security Council, major powers ignore the UN and the UN secretary general cannot favour either side in the war