Opinion

Goodbye my lover: Ode to Agoa

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...

When voters start asking questions after the ballot

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

If you fail to vote or fail to vote responsibly, are...

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...

The vote is done and now a new test for coalition...

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

What is to be done with my beloved ANC?

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...

ANC and Trump learn the same harsh lesson as angry voters...

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

Charmza of the Week: Chrispin Phiri entrusted with South Africa’s voice...

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

Moegoe of the week: Teffo dances his way into more trouble...

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...

Maarten van Doesburgh | Agoa exit demands a focus on fixing...

Washington has notified South Africa of its intention to withdraw the country’s preferential trade access under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) from...

Dennis Munene | China’s zero-tariff offer trumps Washington’s trade blow to...

The recent announcement by President Donald Trump’s administration that it intends to terminate South Africa’s benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa),...