America
latest news & developmentsImmigration debate is misdirected, savage
It is also true that undocumented migration can create space for criminal activity. But we have to be honest: immigrants are not the main drivers of crime in this country. Data…
The creative power of lies
America’s scale of its invented narratives are hard to match. Trump has normalised the idea that rhetorical bombast matters more than accuracy
From s***holes to summits
To call Mogadishu ‘garbage’ while extolling Botswana’s diamonds in the same sentence is not diplomacy; it is duplicity
The power of gratitude and tradition in Linda Sikhakhane’s ‘Iladi’
Linda Sikhakhane’s Iladi draws listeners into the spiritual world of thanksgiving rituals
US, China join naval drills in Indonesia despite rifts
Officials said there would be 17 foreign vessels involved in the drills, which will focus on non-military operations with key allies
Africa can capitalise on China’s ascendancy
China’s economic rise and growing footprint presents an alternative to the West
One Show Two Takes: ‘Atlanta’
The season’s finale leaves our two reviewers wanting
Screen Grab: An eastern western, way down South
In the acclaimed ‘Minari’, now streaming on Showmax, a Korean family start farming and fuming in the Ozarks
An outsider’s perspective of South Africa’s revolutionary democracy
As Freedom Day approaches, an American reflects on how our history has become his too
The last Trump?
US President Donald Trump may have less than a fortnight left in office, but he’s not done yet — he may well be remembered for destroying the Republican party
America’s lessons for African dictators
COMMENT: Trump’s attacks on democracy grab the headlines, but the real story is one of democratic resilience
Trump unlikely to settle for golf
A narrow victory will mean that the election results won’t be settled anytime soon
Diary of an elections spotter
Fear and loathing in Trump’s America, where every bit of news can be worse than no news at all
How McKinsey is making $100m and counting) advising the US government’s coronavirus response
For the world’s best-known corporate-management consultants, helping tackle the pandemic has been a bonanza. It’s not clear what the US government has gotten in return
America’s ‘Black Mecca’ rallies against racist police brutality
Known as a hub of revolution during the Civil Rights Movement, Atlanta has once again been at the forefront of police brutality protests in the US