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Dear President Donald Trump Thank you for announcing your intention to divorce South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa). Some of us...

For some, the conversation that might have changed their vote came a day too late. After the government elections, some social media users described...

I remember a confrontational road-safety campaign poster that proclaimed: “If you drink and drive, you are a killer.” The message was deliberately uncomfortable. It challenged...

With the Electoral Commission of South Africa set to declare results of the local government elections today, coalition governments face a test beyond surviving...

I knew it was going to be brutal, but I didn’t expect such a poor showing. The ANC, as I predicted, lost all the...

Two elections, held a day apart on opposite sides of the Atlantic, have delivered the same blunt message. Voters are neither as forgetful nor...

At the age of six, Marcus Gericke walked into the kitchen where his father, a chef and lecturer, was working. The awestruck boy has since...

Chrispin Phiri, who worked with International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola, has been assigned to the South African Embassy in Washington, US, as...

Disbarred advocate Malesela Teffo loves trouble; or perhaps trouble loves him. He’s back on the Moegoe throne this week, after a video showing him and...

Standard Bank chief economist Goolam Ballim has urged young leaders to invest in Africa’s development, saying the continent is best placed to advance global...