Migration outcomes are largely determined by the quality of the systems into which migrants enter. When any one of the systems underperforms, the pressures become amplified. When several fail simultaneously, migration become politically explosive
For millions of fans, a familiar cloud of anxiety looms — not over tactics or form but over something far more basic: whether players will be paid what they are owed by their football federations
The lack of clarity about which foreigners must go has translated into the victimisation of some who are not targets, including South Africans who look like those who are unwelcome
Opposition parties are highlighting the massive gap between the government’s policy goals and its capacity to execute them as it tackles migration management
Heat risk is about more than temperature. A new Oxford study of 205 cities found that poverty, limited infrastructure and lack of access to cooling are key factors driving urban heat vulnerability, with most of the highest-risk cities in South and Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s increasingly close relationship with France marks a departure from six decades of foreign policy aimed at reducing French influence in West Africa. An increasingly close relationship with a power that has long sought to undermine Nigerian influence in West Africa will benefit only politically connected business elites.
South Africa has no shortage of graduates. It does, however, have a shortage of technicians, artisans, engineers, coders and other skilled workers. That contradiction lies at the heart of what BMW South Africa chief executive Peter van Binsbergen sees as one of the country’s biggest economic challenges. “There is a need for technical skills In […]
‘People have created this monster that has a libido on steroids he cannot control … The emotional scars inflicted on me because of these unsubstantiated claims is unexplainable’