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latest news & developmentsLack of principled African leadership, action in Sudan
What began in April 2023 as a power struggle between the leaders of the SAF and RSF has evolved into widespread abuses, generating the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with…
Surge of imports and lack of EV readiness disrupts the automotive industry
As Europe tightens emissions rules and imports gain market share, carmakers say South Africa must urgently align industrial policy with the global shift to new-energy vehicles
Aid cuts, including by UK, undermine progress on fight against superbugs
Antimicrobial resistance threatens global health and economic stability. Urgent investment in surveillance, innovation and stewardship is critical to containment
Sisters in sustainability: The inspiring journey of Mo’s Crib
The siblings turned a passion for eco-friendly design into decor company Mo’s Crib
Malema: ‘We’ll work with West if it suits us but will look East’
The EFF leader said it was nonsensical to argue that the nationalisation and expropriation of land would repel investors
Cold War 2.0 | Where can South Africa stand other than on its non-aligned perch?
As a country, our struggling economy is hitched to both the prospects of the East and the West. Being frozen out by any of them, would be punishing for all
Facing up to the damaging and disruptive economic realities of 2022
Economic war rages on as global power dynamics shift.
UK set for ruling on plan to deport migrants to Rwanda
Four people died last week after a small boat packed with migrants capsized in the Channel in freezing weather conditions
Dutch expected to apologise for 250 years of slavery
Prime minister expected to give speech on ‘meaningful moment’
COP27: SA receives an extra $10-bn to shift from fossil fuels
But the funding will come at a price, given that the $8.5-bn pledged last year, was mostly in the form of loans
South Africa’s ANC, like the Tories, rides the ‘tiger’ of populism
Drunk on hubris, the UK’s Tory party has followed a populist path to instability. The ANC and its opposition peers follow a similar path
Liz Truss: New UK prime minister’s links to right-wing think tanks
MP says Truss could be a ‘puppet’ for ‘dark money’ groups that have already generated a dozen of her policies
UK: Sunak leads first round of voting to replace Johnson
Six candidates, including former finance minister Rishi Sunak, are now in the running to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader. Voting will continue next week until…
Offshore detention survivors condemn UK’s Rwanda asylum seekers scheme
Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘offer’ migrants a ‘choice’ between returning to their war-torn countries and Rwanda mimics Australia’s ‘Pacific Solution’ where people were dumped for…
OPINION| Global nuclear disarmament is long overdue
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a step in the right direction, but the world will remain unbalanced while nine states still hold these dangerous weapons