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Rubicon 2.0: South Africa must press the reset button
South Africa needs some brutally honest introspection if we are to emerge from the Trump firestorm in a better place…
Making America corrupt again
It’s open season for bribes and bad actors now that Donald Trump has decided to suspend the foreign corrupt practices act of 1977…
Why Trump hearts Elon
AI, tech and info wars shape US dominance as South Africa gets caught in the crossfire of Trump’s ambitions to Make America Great Again…
If Putin and Trump had a baby …
If Putin and Trump had a baby it might look like Rwanda’s Paul Kagame: a leader with imperialist ambitions and a tenuous relationship with…
Trump shows Ramaphosa the bird
Trump’s no-holds-barred attack on South Africa’s land expropriation law has Ramaphosa’s aides in a spin – but all is not lost…
Mr Hazenile puts his foot in
Mines minister Gwede Mantashe has done his bit to worsen SA-US relations in a rambling off-the-cuff address at this week’s mining indaba…
Hope is not a strategy in a new Trump world
Donald Trump is no joke. The unpredictability of his presidency is terrible for investment and policy planning – and SA is not immune…
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