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Fire alert not heeded
South Africa’s approach to wildfire management has not adjusted at the same pace
The US a nation at a crucial crossroads
Historic parallels of authoritarian states are a cautionary tale for the country known as ‘the land of the free and the home of the brave’
South Africa condemns Israel’s incursion into Lebanon
The global community cannot remain indifferent to the violation of international law, Dirco said
BHP makes takeover bid for Anglo American
The proposal entails Anglo significantly lowering its exposure to South Africa by demerging its holdings in beleaguered Anglo American Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore This content is…
How public influence over economic matters is eroded
The experience of Chile’s Salvador Allende illustrates how the private sphere and superpowers control investment and natural resource exploitation
Emerging markets unwinding? Not just yet
Chile and Brazil are leading the pack with their recent interest rate cuts but South Africa is on its own timeline
Warning labels are food for thought
The sugar industry says new regulations aimed at combating health problems will hurt profits and jobs, but a civil society coalition strongly disagrees
A new current of hope surges across Latin America
Seven right-wing governments have been defeated, while Brazil is set to join the wave of liberation next month
The most important elections in the Americas is in Brazil
Former president Lula is in the lead in the polls ahead of the first round of elections on 2 October. These elections will be transformative for Brazil and will ramifications…
Amazon may threaten SA retailers
Amazon plans to move into South Africa in 2023 and the world’s biggest online marketplace might give local companies a run for their money
Chile’s lithium a poisoned chalice
It provides profit to billionaires but exhausts the land and its people
Workers’ rights at the heart of Chile’s new constitutional convention
The larger class struggle in Chile is mirrored in the struggle for better working conditions for the workers who are rewriting the constitution
US politicians paper over the social problems caused by capitalism
Mainstream American politicians — establishment figures in both major parties — apply the denial and displacement mantra to many problems, especially inflation
Boric’s win paves the way for a bright, new world for women in Chile
The new movement in Chile has significant potential to continue its already ground-breaking march to a new world for all Chileans, and women in particular
Lessons from Turkey to SA: Economic independence is a battle
Without tighter capital controls, regulating the flow of money in and out of their economies, Turkey and South Africa are vulnerable to the whims of the financial markets