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Op-eds

Risks identified in Eskom’s 2026-30 system adequacy outlook require a critical balancing act

Op-eds

Risks identified in Eskom’s 2026-30 system adequacy outlook require a critical balancing act

By Chris Yelland

Inequality is driving pandemics, but it does not have to

Op-eds

Inequality is driving pandemics, but it does not have to

By Imraan Valodia, Winnie Byanyima and Matthew M Kavanagh

Italy's Mattei plan: A new chapter in Africa's development or a colonial echo?

Op-eds

Italy's Mattei plan: A new chapter in Africa's development or a colonial echo?

By Tadesse Simie Metekia and Saron Hirpa Abu

Trump’s outburst about a ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria is as dangerous as it is absurd

Africa, Op-eds, Politics

Trump’s outburst about a ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria is as dangerous as it is absurd

By Phillip van Niekerk

South Africa’s baboon crisis — how bureaucracy became a death sentence

Op-eds, Our Burning Planet

South Africa’s baboon crisis — how bureaucracy became a death sentence

By Adam Cruise

Mnangagwa's third term bid sparks violence and deepens political divisions in Zimbabwe

Africa, Op-eds

Mnangagwa's third term bid sparks violence and deepens political divisions in Zimbabwe

By Peter Fabricius

The township entrepreneurs who built a R1-trillion economy deserve accountable parity — now

Business Maverick, Op-eds

The township entrepreneurs who built a R1-trillion economy deserve accountable parity — now

By Maxwell Gomera and Miles Kubheka

How SA companies can fight corruption and transform integrity into competitive advantage

Op-eds

How SA companies can fight corruption and transform integrity into competitive advantage

By Colette Ashton and Erin Klazar

Dissecting Mandela’s concept of masculinity, and his gender politics and practices (Part 4)

Op-eds, South Africa

Dissecting Mandela’s concept of masculinity, and his gender politics and practices (Part 4)

By Raymond Suttner

SA shows signs of economic revival as growth surges amid diplomatic shift with Trump's US

Op-eds

SA shows signs of economic revival as growth surges amid diplomatic shift with Trump's US

By Anthony Carroll

South Africa’s provincial nature reserves are dying — and with them, our conservation legacy

Op-eds, Our Burning Planet

South Africa’s provincial nature reserves are dying — and with them, our conservation legacy

By Adam Cruise

Saving the pancake tortoise, a ‘living emblem’ of Kenya’s natural heritage

Op-eds

Saving the pancake tortoise, a ‘living emblem’ of Kenya’s natural heritage

By Halkano Wario and Noor Ali