Taking South Africa’s temperature: Some sun, many clouds
It’s not all doom and gloom, as Vrye Weekblad’s Ali van Wyk found out when he canvassed prominent South Africans for their opinions on…
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Thirteen years later, the Gaddafi billions are still missing
In 2011, billions of dollars were flown into SA from Libya. To date, no-one knows what’s happened to them…
Joburg’s Teflon tannie
Helen Botes is said to be in the running to be municipal manager. Surely the city deserves someone without serious questions swirling around them?…
US envoy Brigety leaves South Africa with hope – and a warning
The US ambassador on South Africans ‘finding each other’, the price of being free, and constructive international relations. But no word on the Lady…
McKinsey’s rehabilitation tour bombs
McKinsey’s $122m US settlement for state capture in South Africa is drawing sharp criticism from critics, who say it’s pocket change for the consulting…
The SACP: Going the way of the dinosaurs
Once a vanguard, now a rearguard party, the SACP is likely to disappear with a whimper rather than a bang…
GNU blow as South Africa’s GDP shrinks
The economy’s shrinking, not growing. Can reforms at Eskom and Transnet turn the tide?…
South Africa and Iran: The love-in that Trump will be watching
Did the ANC receive a large amount of money from Iran to take the genocide case against Israel to the International Court of Justice? …
‘Ramaphosa must intervene in Mozambique crisis’
As the threat of violence hangs heavy over Maputo, rights group the Center for Democracy and Human Rights has hit out at President Cyril…
Trump redux = Trump unbound?
Odd thing, victory. During the US election campaign, president elect Donald Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine by Inauguration Day. Victory means…
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R1,000 for every South African baby? Sarupen thinks it could work
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