After a year of US funding cuts across global public health, including South Africa’s hard-hit HIV programmes, new realities are settling in
The emphasis on might and control risks further weakening America’s position as a dependable global partner in diplomatic settings
The Trump administration’s exclusion of South Africa from G20 meetings comes after its recent successful hosting of the bloc’s annual leaders’ summit despite Washington’s boycott
Other countries have taken the US to the World Trade Organisation, but South Africa has chosen to try to negotiate a better deal with America
The least the Trump administration could have done was provide ample warning that it was going to cut aid
Using a cultural synthesis of the best aspects of various cultures and traditions we can build a harmonious and sustainable future
The quick about-turns expose the internal contradictions – and lack of comprehensive planning – in US trade policy and its broader global economic implications.
Universities in Africa need to secure funding for students and build new research collaborations while not excluding our US partners
Political analysts should pay more attention to the G20 Johannesburg Summit given Donald Trump’s bid to restore meritocracy and dilute diversity
Until recently, the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief funded nonprofits in South Africa to help provincial health departments test people for HIV and put them on treatment
The move is part of what the president-elect has said is a ‘Save America’ initiative
