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Success demands effort, but specifically effort expended on the right ventures for the right reasons — this is worth remembering when times are hard, such as when I blew the whistle on my employer for withholding information relevant to the state capture enquiry

SA needs a speak-out culture and whistleblowers are recognised as patriots

With corruption and fraud endemic in South Africa, whistleblowers have played a pivotal role in bringing wrongdoing to light. Despite their invaluable role to society, in most…

Mali’s Tuareg rebels push for national military positions

Mali’s Tuareg rebels push for national military positions

Rebels in the north of Mali have been moving south to take up state military positions, while renegade soldiers demanded the president’s arrest.

A web of watchdogs and whistle-blowers

A web of watchdogs and whistle-blowers

Survey suggests that over half of South Africans have experienced corruption.

Equatorial Guinea steadies itself for Africa’s big stage

Turkish and Chinese workers put finishing touches on towering new buildings as delegations of dignitaries sweep up a flag-draped six-lane highway.

Côte d’Ivoire calm as voters go to polls

Ivorians went to the polls on Sunday for their first chance in a decade to choose a president and observers said the vote was proceeding peacefully.

US helps African navies with floating academy

The <i>USS Gunston Hall</i> is a floating academy, part of an effort by the US to train local navies to combat instability in the Gulf of Guinea.

West African cocaine use rises along smuggling routes

West Africans are consuming more of the drugs trafficked between South America and Europe, raising the spectre of rising crime and health problems.

Mali: rule of benevolence

At rallies across Mali, a vast desert nation perched on the edge of the Sahara, the blue and white clad supporters of incumbent President Amadou Toumani Touré chanted…

Why SA must track mergers

Some people argue that competition authorities in developing countries should not regulate mergers, as this diverts resources that will be better used to chase down cartels.…

Zapping colluders and bully-boys

The importance of curbing anti-competitive conduct cannot be overstated. The World Bank estimates the monopoly rent extracted from developing countries alone by a few…

Magna Carta of the markets

At the beginning of the 1990s a dozen national competition laws existed. A decade later there were more than 90. At the World Trade Organisation talks in Cancun, key players…