Economist Dawie Roodt argues that all governments fear capital markets, as investors can quickly drive up borrowing costs and push a state into a debt crisis to force a change in policy.

For many African public intellectuals such as Steve Biko, Leopold Senghor, Kenneth Kaunda, Julius Nyerere and Kwame Nkrumah, political independence represented more than the transfer of formal authority from colonial administrations to newly sovereign states

The University of Fort Hare faces a governance crisis after vice-chancellor Sakhela Buhlungu was placed on precautionary suspension. Councillors warn of contested authority, procedural strain and risks to institutional integrity in the Eastern Cape university

Jeremy Hansen received a call from the prime minister as Canada’s first astronaut to travel into deep space as part of the Artemis II mission.

The proposed new rule would end decades of mandatory self-registration for Selective Service in the US.

Carlo Tritta, now aged 19, encouraged the teenage girl to send sexually explicit images of herself.

The K-Pop band are battered by the elements as they launch their marathon world tour in Goyang.

The SAPS has asked residents of Alexandra in Johannesburg to have a say about the calibre of police officers they want in their community.

Be warned: the three-legged silver pot you use to cook potjiekos and other favourites is slowly poisoning you and potentially causing your kidneys to fail.

Victim’s family say wheels of justice turning too slow

Clubs at risk of relegation tend to hire pragmatic coaches – but Spurs have not done that by appointing Roberto de Zerbi.

New immigration reforms are set to make it easier for skilled professionals and their spouses to live and work in South Africa.

It is also clear to many people, following revelations at the Madlanga Commission and corruption scandals in the Department of Defence and Military Veterans, that both the SAPS and SANDF are deeply compromised institutions in need of wholesale reform if South Africans’ trust in them is to be restored

An “opportunistic” thief is jailed for stealing a handbag from a pub that happened to contain a £2.2m Fabergé egg.

Brazil’s Laura Cardoso becomes the first player ever to take nine wickets in a T20 international, recording figures of 9-4 against Lesotho.

The Chris Hani Commemoration that marks 33 years of honouring the legacy of a key anti-apartheid leader takes place on 10 April in Mpumalanga.