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SHAWN HAGEDORN | Embrace outrage or create jobs
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (427+ words) While it’s broadly presumed we must fix our politics to fix the economy, that path will remain perilous if we don’t upgrade the fidelity of our national dialogue. Only then can we overcome our divisive politics to tackle widespread poverty…...
ZWELI MKHIZE | Punish officials, not homes without water
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (769+ words) With South Africans due to elect new municipal councils on November 4, the debate over the National Treasury’s temporary withholding of equitable share funding has become about more than a one-off fiscal intervention. This decision has exposed a deeper question — whether…...
EDITORIAL | How to end the drama around higher education funding
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (564+ words) To say last week was a bad week for Buti Manamela, the higher education & training minister, would be a gross understatement. First, his appearance before the portfolio committee on higher education was disastrous. He seemed woefully unprepared, out of depth…...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (817+ words) Ismail Lagardien is right to scrutinise the use and abuse of US power (“Trump isn’t the problem — American power is”, August 12). America’s record includes serious failures, including the long wars in Vietnam and Iran and, in 1953, the Iraq invasion. My…...
Ramaphosa calls for Sadc unity as migration protests expose regional rifts
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (584+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday moved to paper over the cracks resulting from the recent wave of anti-immigration protest actions in South Africa, calling for more cross-border trade and investment. More than 100,000 African immigrants fled or were deported from South…...
Russian bank fires economist who warned Moscow is losing ‘war of attrition’ with West
17+ hour, 2+ min ago (499+ words) Russian state development bank VEB has fired its chief economist over remarks in which he said the country was falling behind the West and China and suffering mounting economic damage from the war in Ukraine, two sources familiar with the…...
US to tell allies they must pick sides in AI race with China
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (477+ words) Washington in 2025 launched the Pax Silica initiative, aimed at securing supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals amid a fierce technology rivalry with Beijing. About two dozen countries have joined, including Kazakhstan, a key potential source of critical…...
Australia gun buyback to start in November, PM Albanese says
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (283+ words) Australia’s New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, part of the national response to a shooting spree that killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney, the state capital....
CARTOON | Deportation bill adds insult to injury
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (103+ words) Business Day CARTOON | Deportation bill adds insult to injury Today’s cartoon by Brandan Reynolds Would you like to comment on this article? Please read our Comment Policy before commenting. KERUSHUN PILLAY | SA media’s existential crisis TAYLA PINTO | MPs cannot meet…...
MPs split over extent of findings in police graft probe
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (508+ words) Parliament’s inquiry into allegations of police corruption and political interference is entering a critical phase, with MPs divided over how far the committee can go in making findings against people implicated by the evidence. The ad hoc committee investigating allegations…...