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Togo is heading for disaster
Togo’s long-time ruler Faure Gnassingbe, who has run the country with an iron-fist for 15 years, retained his grip on power, when he won...
AU’s leadership is in the hands of coup mastermind Sisi
Isn't it bizarre if not downright scandalous for the African continent which since the defeat of apartheid and its replacement with a democratic order...
Trump and the politics of selfishness
If there was one message directed straight at Trump at the G20 this year, it was “stop adopting policies to improve your economic position...
Propaganda will harm us all
The signature of South Africa’s current day journalism is a practiced calligraphy of prejudice and propaganda. While media is philosophically and ethically vested in...
False flag operations target Iran
It is astonishing that a number of attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and a rocket blasted in the Green Zone in...
The judicial process in perspective
"The new dawn that engulfed the country in 2018 did not miss Eskom Holdings SOC Limited (Eskom). It brought life to Eskom in that...
Graaff-Reinet: Persistence of white supremacy in the Eastern Cape
Racism - white supremacy - is still deeply entrenched and memorialised in most, if not all, the former settler colonial towns and cities of...
INNOVATION
South Africa gears up to enter a brave new world of...
President Cyril Ramaphosa is right when he says that to address the triple challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment South Africa will need to...
EDUCATION
Remembering Nelson Mandela when he said – No water no peace
The late Former First President of a Democratic South Africa, Nelson Mandela said water sector has made good progress in co-operation towards that objective. “We...
ECONOMICS
Why central banks need to take human rights more seriously
Many central banks are rethinking their approach to the environmental and social impact of their operations. This is because their decisions can affect access...
