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SA must condemn US provocation of China and Russia
Opinion
/ 24 August 2022

SA must condemn US provocation of China and Russia

Via its institutions the US is pushing a covert agenda to establish Western beachheads in Ukraine, Hong Kong and Taiwan

By Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam
US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s visit aims to reset relations with South Africa
The Editors Picks
/ 8 August 2022

US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s visit aims to reset relations with South Africa

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

By John J Stremlau
Russia’s war on Ukraine could turn private
Opinion
/ 23 July 2022

Russia’s war on Ukraine could turn private

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

By John P Ruehl
Democracy under serious and sustained attack from within the US
Top Six
/ 6 July 2022

Democracy under serious and sustained attack from within the US

Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime

By George Soros
OPINION| Global nuclear disarmament is long overdue
Opinion
/ 16 June 2022

OPINION| Global nuclear disarmament is long overdue

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

By Kate Hudson
Nato uses West’s military muscle to force its way into Africa
Opinion
/ 2 June 2022

Nato uses West’s military muscle to force its way into Africa

The AU lacked a security apparatus of its own and Nato and the West were only too happy to step into the breach

By Vijay Prashad
OPINION | New UK work visa to exclude graduates from Africa
Opinion
/ 21 May 2022

OPINION | New UK work visa to exclude graduates from Africa

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

By Afeez Bolaji
Philippines election shows how personality politics is our collective future in this digital populist age
Opinion
/ 17 May 2022

Philippines election shows how personality politics is our collective future in this digital populist age

These elections are a warning of how history can be washed over and and used to promote modern dynasties

By Bhaso Ndzendze
Skills crunch in the state? Use outside experts
Opinion
/ 23 February 2022

Skills crunch in the state? Use outside experts

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

By Mzukisi Qobo
World’s crises are interlinked and need a global response
Opinion
/ 15 January 2022

World’s crises are interlinked and need a global response

The connections between health, climate change, declining public trust and democratic legitimacy, and geopolitical instability must be recognised

By Bill Emmott
African leaders must stop the continent’s dependency on exploitative countries such as the US and China
Africa
/ 9 January 2022

African leaders must stop the continent’s dependency on exploitative countries such as the US and China

The current scramble for Africa’s natural resources by major global political and economic rivalries portends deeper economic and political hardships for the continent

By Tebogo Khaas
Understanding Biden’s dilemma in Ukraine
Opinion
/ 20 December 2021

Understanding Biden’s dilemma in Ukraine

Flanked by divided NATO allies, the US walks a tightrope over a potential third world war

By David Monda
‘South Africa will decline finance deal on energy if terms are bad’
Business
/ 25 November 2021

‘South Africa will decline finance deal on energy if terms are bad’

Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone

By Tunicia Phillips
South Africa supported last-minute change to COP26 deal
The Green Guardian
/ 18 November 2021

South Africa supported last-minute change to COP26 deal

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

By Tunicia Phillips
South Africa strikes historic R130bn deal with rich countries to move away from coal
The Green Guardian
/ 2 November 2021

South Africa strikes historic R130bn deal with rich countries to move away from coal

Local climate activists say transparency and accountability are crucial as they await further details on the deal

By Sheree Bega
Most climate science is written by white men
Africa
/ 17 October 2021

Most climate science is written by white men

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

By The Continent
Eskom is the world’s worst-polluting power company by SO2
The Green Guardian
/ 6 October 2021

Eskom is the world’s worst-polluting power company by SO2

Eskom alone spews more sulphur dioxide into the air than the entire combined power sector emissions of any country except for India

By Sheree Bega
Climate envoys visit South Africa to plan for the end of coal ahead of COP26
The Green Guardian
/ 29 September 2021

Climate envoys visit South Africa to plan for the end of coal ahead of COP26

Climate envoys from the UK, US, and the EU are in South Africa to discuss a possible coal retirement plan

By Tunicia Phillips
Sanlam sells UK businesses worth R5bn
Business
/ 21 September 2021

Sanlam sells UK businesses worth R5bn

The insurer ditches R5.1-billion to focus on Africa and other emerging markets

By Anathi Madubela
Afghanistan’s 48-year history of uncertainty
Opinion
/ 20 August 2021

Afghanistan’s 48-year history of uncertainty

Counter-insurgency and foreign interference foment extremism and rarely achieve peace

By Jesse Prinsloo
Healing wounds
Opinion
/ 15 July 2021

Healing wounds

African families as allies for the human rights of LGBTQI+ and gender-diverse persons

By Portia Comenetia Allen, James Katlego Chibamba and Augusta Aondoaver Yaakugh
The EVDS will schedule your appointments six weeks apart. Here’s why
Coronavirus
/ 21 June 2021

The EVDS will schedule your appointments six weeks apart. Here’s why

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

By Aisha Abdool Karim and Joan Van Dyk
The renewal: US-Africa relationship
Opinion
/ 13 April 2021

The renewal: US-Africa relationship

Less aid and more trade will be the buzz words

By Hasnaine Yavarhoussen
Totally gone mad: Covid-19 and the Trump presidency
Friday
/ 16 October 2020

Totally gone mad: Covid-19 and the Trump presidency

Tracing America’s bungling of the containment of the coronavirus, Totally Under Control unveils the deep rot in Trump’s presidency

By Kwanele Sosibo
‘Soon he’ll be seen as threatening, not cute’: What it’s like to raise my black son in America
Africa
/ 1 June 2020

‘Soon he’ll be seen as threatening, not cute’: What it’s like to raise my black son in America

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

By Ifrah Udgoon
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