2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (405+ words) Kenyan President William Ruto's decision to ban foreign nationals, mostly Africans, from operating small-scale businesses has put the Eastern African Community (EAC) in a difficult position. The region, one of the most integrated on the continent, sees free movement of…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1313+ words) The increasingly bitter trade war between the United States and Canada is raising new questions about the future of the two countries’ decades-long economic and political partnership. It is also forcing Ottawa to reconsider how it manages its dependence on…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1162+ words) The world is likely to breach the 1.5°C warming threshold but Unep says rapid action could limit the scale and duration of the overshoot and bring temperatures back below the target The world is likely to cross the 1.5°C long-term…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (358+ words) The United States is an overextended hegemon and its decline will continue slowly as other powers, like China, assume more international responsibilities. Against this backdrop, China’s efforts to lead the Global South are more about consolidating its power in the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1219+ words) Seventy years after more than 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings, women leaders from different generations reflected on how far South Africa has come and what still needs to change. Seventy years after more than 20 000 women marched to the Union…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (412+ words) Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema this week secured a second term with 60% of the vote and, in the process, overturned one of the key pre-election assumptions: that economic pain, particularly in the cities, would translate into a decisive rejection of his…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (412+ words) The British press should hang its collective head in shame for hounding a man to his early grave. Accused of plagiarism, a sin many of his white fellow academics have survived, Professor Jason Arday was driven to suicide on 14 August....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (594+ words) SA has perfected the celebration of women but failed to perfect their protection. Seventy years later, we honour the women of 1956 with flowers, speeches and political theatre, while failing women of 2026. She walked home slowly, glancing over her shoulder with…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (581+ words) Several institutional safeguards appear to have weakened, creating legitimate questions about whether the election provided procedural certainty and genuine uncertainty of outcome. The immediate cure is evidence. Zambia should commission an independent forensic audit of the results chain It is…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (472+ words) The region’s energy resources are naturally complementary. Botswana and Namibia have abundant sun; Zambia and Angola hydro; Mozambique gas; South Africa a broad generation mix Contrary to popular opinion, Southern Africa doesn’t have a power problem. It has a transmission…...