America’s scale of its invented narratives are hard to match. Trump has normalised the idea that rhetorical bombast matters more than accuracy
Most cyberattacks succeed because they exploit human behaviour rather than technical weaknesses. Consumers are the frontline of defence against cybercrime
The message is unmistakable: allies must contribute to the US-Israeli campaign against Iran or face consequences for the partnership itself. Yet, as the conflict enters its fourth week, Trump appears increasingly comfortable with a go-it-alone strategy.
Israel has passed a law permitting the execution of Palestinian prisoners, codifying practices previously carried out extrajudicially. With conviction rates in military courts exceeding 95%, critics say the measure is a guarantee of death, not justice
A sober look at how South African art is recalibrating for the long term — smaller, slower and more precarious, yet still thinking its way forward
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola rejected Washington’s criticism of South Africa’s G20 presidency and its decision to exclude Pretoria from G20 meetings
In an era when the global economy staggers under the weight of inflation, trade wars, and geopolitical fractures, China’s Communist Party has just unveiled a roadmap that feels less like a policy document and more like a quiet revolution. The fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee, which wrapped up in Beijing on October […]
It criminalises dissent, targeting Kenya’s youth, but history shows suppression fuels defiance
Mzansi Unicorns is a podcast spotlighting exceptional South Africans making a global impact across culture, business, sport, and social change.
Mzansi Unicorns is a podcast spotlighting exceptional South Africans making a global impact across culture, business, sport, and social change.
Mzansi Unicorns is a podcast spotlighting exceptional South Africans making a global impact across culture, business, sport, and social change.
Mass education in historical thinking is needed to help people to detect and resist propaganda.
Should the peace prize committee embrace integrity, it would have few options to either confer the 2025 award on Yemen’s Houthi or admit defeat and cancel it.
Zionism blends Jewish trauma with settler-colonial power, creating a narcissistic identity that justifies supremacy and erases Palestinian existence.
With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years. While it is obvious that the world’s premier multilateral body must reform, it is equally obvious that we would all be worse off without it.
South Africa is not experiencing an episodic crisis, one that can be resolved through commissions and reports
President Andry Rajoelina remains Malagasy, and he assumed the Southern African Development Community chair legitimately, as elected by his peers
Extending the life of Koeberg, with its associated expense and waste-disposal problems, is not necessary — and nuclear energy is not clean or cost-effective
Events such as the Luxurious Marble Circus is backed by sponsorship that brings people together, creates jobs and is a driver for social and environmental change
The continent can fund its own research, set its own agendas and lead globally through locally rooted solutions, shifting from dependency to leadership
