By
Robert Duigan
Published
March 15, 2025
How does the DA’s chief strategist keep screwing things up? And why did he go into business with the guys from Bell Pottinger?
March 11, 2025
The City has been dumping raw sewage into the bay since 1895. Despite a century and a half of complaint, they continue to defend it
U.S. expels SA envoy Rasool over his attacks on President Trump and Elon Musk on a recent webinar
February 22, 2025
Why the Volkstaat movement needs to stop looking for recognition, and start building
February 11, 2025
How dedicated South Africans and American foreign policy can establish a new logic of power in the African subcontinent
February 8, 2025
While the Expropriation Act is receiving a lot of attention, there is something way worse coming down the pipe, which will abolish landowners' right to a fair trial.
But scientists criticise Cape Town's terrible waste management practices, which have caused the collapse of a previous desalination project in 2019
While the Western Cape excels, the Eastern Cape lags with 1 090 schools in "poor condition". Migration, low HDI, and racial voting strain SA’s budget and stability
While not native, elephant seals are known to stray into Cape waters, and have been visiting in increasing numbers in recent years, as they holiday here to moult.
Assuming the deal to be similar to the last one, it would cost roughly R5.6 billion to the City to repay. Feasibility assessments on the projects have not been conducted.
Fitch doubts South Africa's budget will stabilise debt at 76.2% of GDP by FY25, predicting 78.8%. Past failures and DA's weak coalition role add pressure.
Despite terrible weather conditions and the worst port management in the world, South Africa's table grape farmers and inland logistics have managed to beat last year's figures
In an effort to control inflation ahead of the new budget, the state will be avoiding a much-expected reduction in the interest rate
The left-leaning EU has aimed to bolster aid and development with South Africa after President Trump pulled out of aid to the racialist regime
Donald Brown
March 7, 2025
Donald Brown argues there is a unique opportunity for the US to convene talks for a new political settlement in South Africa
Guest Author
January 3, 2025
This past year has seen dramatic shifts in government across southern Africa, with voters turning on incumbents. This comes as a major blow to the liberation-party establishment
Hugo Kruger
November 18, 2024
In die 1920s wou die USSR Russies na Latyn omskakel om wêreldwye kommunisme te bevorder. Vandag kies voormalige USSR-lande weer Latyn skrif oor Cyrillies vir "dekolonialisering"
