But some African countries plan to push for investment in oil and gas exploration at COP27 in Egypt this month
The EU, US and China wield the most carbon emissions, yet Africa is left paying the price, again. The continent needs to build its own resilience to combat a declining economy.
Via its institutions the US is pushing a covert agenda to establish Western beachheads in Ukraine, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Given South Africa’s leadership role, it’s an ideal location for the Secretary to deliver a speech announcing and describing the US strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa
The expanding use of private military and security companies in recent years suggests that they may take a leading role as the Ukraine conflict develops
Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a step in the right direction, but the world will remain unbalanced while nine states still hold these dangerous weapons
The AU lacked a security apparatus of its own and Nato and the West were only too happy to step into the breach
If graduates did not get their qualifications from the list of top 50 universities, 40 of which are in the US, France, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, Canada and Japan, they will be excluded
These elections are a warning of how history can be washed over and and used to promote modern dynasties
Advisers – not consultants – can help close critical gaps in government where the loss of key skills leaves the president desperately needing to enhance the state’s capacity to secure his reforms
The connections between health, climate change, declining public trust and democratic legitimacy, and geopolitical instability must be recognised
The current scramble for Africa’s natural resources by major global political and economic rivalries portends deeper economic and political hardships for the continent
Flanked by divided NATO allies, the US walks a tightrope over a potential third world war
Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone
Scores of countries at the UN climate talks accepted the COP26 pact reluctantly, condemning a last-minute meeting that led to a slightly different wording
Local climate activists say transparency and accountability are crucial as they await further details on the deal
In deciding how the world responds to the climate crisis, policymakers rely on research that tends to be written predominantly by men in the Global North
Eskom alone spews more sulphur dioxide into the air than the entire combined power sector emissions of any country except for India
Climate envoys from the UK, US, and the EU are in South Africa to discuss a possible coal retirement plan
The insurer ditches R5.1-billion to focus on Africa and other emerging markets
Counter-insurgency and foreign interference foment extremism and rarely achieve peace
African families as allies for the human rights of LGBTQI+ and gender-diverse persons
South Africa has doubled the interval for the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. We take a look at what other countries have done and the evidence for the move
Less aid and more trade will be the buzz words
Tracing America’s bungling of the containment of the coronavirus, Totally Under Control unveils the deep rot in Trump’s presidency
There is no separating George Floyd’s killing from the struggles black people have faced ever since the first slave ships landed on these shores