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International Relations and Cooperations Minister Naledi Pandor. (Photo by Michel Porro/Getty Images)

Why rebuke Naledi Pandor for safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty?

South Africa has a right to pursue its national interests anywhere in the world and not to simply follow the dictates of the West, the US in particular

South Africa swiftly sliding to the right

Many if not most South Africans welcome the decline of electoral support for the ANC. But the alarming reality is that the alternatives could be far worse

Moonshot

Can coalitions stabilise the economy?

With the right amount of planning, political coalitions can work – and even create the environment for better economic solutions

The 2024 elections will celebrate 30 years of democracy in South Africa.

Research bodies say surveys aim to inform voters, not influence them

Polls by three organisations paint bleak electoral picture for the ANC

File photo by Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Elections 2024: ANC losses predicted in KZN, Gauteng

The governing party is likely to poll between 43% and 45% nationally in next year’s elections, Brenthurst Foundation poll says

With labour seemingly sidelined in talks affecting the economy’s future, big business isn’t as hard done by as some believe. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Some more equal than others in South Africa’s economic tug of war

With labour seemingly sidelined in talks affecting the economy’s future, big business isn’t as hard done by as some believe

Business Unity South Africa chief executive Cas Coovadia

Business lobby: Chief executives extend helping hand to SA – not the ANC

During a media briefing, business leaders said their work with government could deliver the growth needed to arrest the economic crisis

Programmes that integrate into society are non-existent and since migration management is reactive in outlook, migrants self-select into available social networks.

Covid-19 worsens plight of stateless migrant children in South Africa

Programmes that integrate into society are non-existent and since migration management is reactive in outlook, migrants self-select into available social networks.

Operation Dudula members gathered in front of Kalafong and then Hillbrow hospitals to try to stop ‘illegal foreigners’ from receiving healthcare. Photo: File

Covid-19 escalates xenophobia in South Africa – Report

Politicians have increasingly come under scrutiny for their alleged inflammatory comments which have been taken as endorsement by anti-foreigner activists