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Is South Africa’s agricultural trade surplus beginning to flower?
South Africa’s agricultural sector had a rough start to the year regarding production and exports. The excessive rains brought challenges that delayed the summer crop planting activity by roughly a...
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Media needs solidarity and sense as Moti Group’s spin war continues
Despite a high court loss, the conglomerate has threatened further litigation against amaBhungane and suggested it can out-money the media group This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the...
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When crisis hits, follow the money
As a journalist in a pretty threadbare newsroom, I’m sometimes asked to weigh in on other matters that have a bearing on our economy. Last week it was the renewable energy quagmire, a subject that...
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Kissinger in China: Hope for positivity in Sino-US relations
For obvious reasons, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger’s recent visit to China has grabbed global media attention. The visit, which coincided with high-profile engagements between the two...
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In the battle for economic primacy, where does Agoa fit?
As the US considers the future of the trade agreement, South Africa has pointed to its critical position as a gateway to a future economic powerhouse This content is restricted to subscribers only....
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Will Karpowership get the nod – and do we want that?
Karpowership SA is toiling to get environmental authorisation to moor a ship-mounted power station at Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape. The Turkish-based company has had more than one appeal rejected...
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Declining new vehicle sales reflect overburdened middle class
South Africa’s sharp decline in domestic new passenger vehicle sales shows that middle income households are battening down the hatches as they feel the ripple effect of higher interest rates and...
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A World Cup that Africa could actually win
Twelve years ago, Namibian fullback Chrysander Botha stoically stared down the rampaging Tendai Mtawarira – a player at least 40 kilograms heavier. Botha was trampled. But he clung on to bring “The...
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Is there life for the IFP after Buthelezi?
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi leaves behind a party that he built in his own image and ran with an iron fist since its formation in 1975 until he stood aside as president in...
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SAPS bungle farm murder cases as much as other investigations
South Africa’s low arrest and prosecution rate for farm murders and attacks, which has resulted in 95% of cases remaining unsolved over the past four years, is a microcosm of the police’s failure to...
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Countdown for Mozambique mega gas project quickens
Mozambique’s $80 billion energy transition strategy will harness its offshore natural gas reserves in a diverse energy mix that will also exploit its abundant hydroelectric, wind and solar resources,...
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Battle for South Africa: will this be the year of the opposition?
The biggest opposition parties are intent on usurping the ANC’s power by forming alliances with smaller left and right wing parties This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G...
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A fresh value system will save South Africa
South Africa needs a new society-wide consensus replacing the one forged after 1994 following the end of formal apartheid, which every political party, group and community, whatever their ideology,...
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South Africa gives leadership on the international stage
The support by Western governments for the genocidal attack on Gaza by the Israeli state is rapidly accelerating the ongoing breakdown in Western hegemony over the Global South. The shift in the...
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ICJ genocide case provides important lessons in both law and journalism
The South African case of genocide brought against the state of Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is one that stands to set precedence way beyond international humanitarian law...
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Combating deliberately wrong information that intends to mislead and...
As electioneering ramps up ahead of the national election later this year, we can expect a marked increase in the proliferation of disinformation, misinformation and fake news, aided by evolving...
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Abiy’s port in a storm
In the last week of 2023, Somaliland’s president Muse Bihi took a short flight to neighbouring Djibouti. After a long and difficult year, he needed a win. He did not get one there. Bihi leads one of...
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The NPA’s Kelly Khumalo problem
According to a legal expert, the singer should have been charged alongside the five accused This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G Community Our commitment at the Mail &...
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Economy braces for Trump 2.0
The American presidential hopeful’s world policies make him a bull in a china shop This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G Community Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian...
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How the SANDF has declined over 30 years
The South African National Defence Force marks 30 years this year, having been established on 27 April 1994. It is as old as the country’s constitutional democracy, the result of a negotiated...
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