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Fighting fire: Wildfire response in South Africa remains heavily dependent on state resources and a limited volunteer base. Photos: Supplied

Fire alert not heeded

South Africa’s approach to wildfire management has not adjusted at the same pace

Flashpoint: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has urged the US to ‘stop the threats’ and asserting that
Greenland is not for sale and the US has no right to annex any territory of the Danish kingdom.

Selective outrage and erosion of sovereignty

Sovereignty appears vigorously defended in Europe when violated by adversaries but ignored when challenged by allies

Injured children arrive at Nasser Hospital. in Gaza. Photo: Loay Ayyoub/Getty Images

In the face of Gaza’s open wound the EU’s fractured conscience is finally emerging

Until now, Europe has been the observer giving rhetorical support for Palestinian rights while arming and trading with Israel, which negates those rights

The area around Hotazel in the Northern Cape contains much of the world’s known deposits of manganese.

The global race for critical minerals is on. Where is South Africa?

The country needs to establish a deliberate geopolitical hedging strategy to traverse this changing terrain

President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa’s wrestling match with Trump

South Africa has laid a solid foundation as G20 chair, undeterred by the US’s disruptions

US President Donald Trump. (File photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s Panama gambit spurs controversy

But his statements feel like a distraction, a manufactured spectacle to deflect attention from America’s real crises

The Canadian government declared Joy Ruth Acheng (above) persona non grata in Canada while Henry Mayega was expelled by the UAE. Acheng was appointed by President Yoweri Museveni.

Political corruption is eroding diplomacy and Uganda’s image abroad

The country’s ambassadors to Canada and the United Arab Emirates have been expelled from those countries

Going for gold: Salimah Valiani’s anthology of poetry iGoli eGoli is a socio-political examination of the city. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Johannesburg: A city laid bare in lines of poetry

Salimah Valiani’s beautiful, insightful anthology explores Johannesburg and its inhabitants

Days before the next round of #PlasticsTreaty negotiations start in Kenya, Greenpeace Africa and other activists fill the streets of Nairobi to demand world leaders deliver a strong treaty for people, community and climate.  (Greenpeace Africa)

Marshalling for a plastic-free future

As world leaders meet at the fourth round of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastics, urgent, bold steps must be taken

Sean Strickland of the United States fights against Dricus Du Plessis of South Africa in a middleweight title bout during the UFC 297 event at Scotiabank Arena on January 20, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)

Dricus du Plessis becomes South Africa’s first UFC Champion

The South African won by a split decision in front of a Canadian crowd that was fiercely behind his opponent This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get…

Belgium’s golden boys have one last chance to win a major trophy and Kevin De Bruyne will be the main man. (Photo by VI Images via Getty Images)

2022 World Cup: What’s the deal in group F?

Belgium and Croatia are likely to go through but both sides are approaching the end of their golden eras and Morocco could take advantage of that

(John McCann/M&G)

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,…

A woman waves a Canadian flag during the Convoy for Canada protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on February 19, 2019. – A convoy of big trucks from Canada’s oil producing regions rolled into the capital Tuesday as hundreds of people including “yellow vest” activists rallied in protest at government curbs on pipeline construction. Parked outside parliament, they honked horns and waved placards reading “Canadians need pipelines and good paying jobs,” as they pressed for new regulations allowing the industry to expand.”This country was built on natural resources,” Ottawa area farmer and former politician Jack MacLaren told a cheering crowd. (LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada’s flag flutters over crude oil exploration in the Namibia, Botswana Kavango Basin

The oil and gas lies under wild and beautiful land that is critical for providing millions of people with drinking water and livelihoods, and is home to endangered wildlife

General View inside the stadium ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing National Stadium on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Annice Lyn/Getty Images)

China’s Olympic battle for legitimacy: The prehistory of the 2022 Beijing Games

Only through the lens of history can we understand why China fought so hard for a place in the Olympics on its own terms — to heal the scars of Western colonialism and civil war

Panic at the border: South Africa’s clever scientists discovered the Omicron Covid-19 variant last week; however, the country has now been ‘punished’ for this by countries around the world hitting us
with a travel ban. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Debunked: The cruel and racist logic of Omicron travel bans

Wealthy countries were quick to ban Southern African nations from entering their borders when the Omicron variant was identified, but did not do so to each other.

Relief: A man uses fans spraying air mixed with water vapour to cool down in a street in Iraq’s capital Baghdad during June’s severe heat wave. Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images

South Africa unprepared for intense heatwaves of the next 20 years

Garrith Jamieson and his paramedic colleagues were on high alert days before a scorching heatwave struck Durban earlier this month. With the mercury expected to soar to 40°C and…

It’s a dog’s life: Dogs are people’s best friend — unless they are abused or learn hateful behaviour from their owners. In some countries people treat their dogs like their children but in others they are regarded as vermin. Photo: Joseph Eid/AFP

Dogs are racists only if their owners are

man in Nigeria, was attacked and eaten by his hungry dog, boerboels terrify people in Johannesburg, and in Canada some folk take their canine companions to daycare.

Good shot: This delighted group of people show off their coronavirus vaccine record cards in Maryland, US, but not everyone will be happy if they are forced to vaccinate. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Vaccine certificates in South Africa ready for lift-off end of September

Digital certification looms, but questions remain on implementation, worldwide standardisation, fraud and the ethics of mandatory vaccinations

Wild west: A helicopter prepares to make a water drop as smoke billows along the Fraser River Valley near Lytton in Canada during the recent heatwave. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Climate crisis drives extreme heat in North America

The chance of temperatures in the Pacific Northwest region coming close to 50°C has increased at least 150-fold since the end of the 19th century

A local analysis found early evidence of promising protective effects of the Pfizer vaccine in South Africa — even among those who had received only  one dose. (Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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