Sam Fender, Rosalía and Jacob Alon win Ivor Novello Awards
Lola Young helped to honour Elton John at Thursday’s event, which celebrates the craft of songwriting.
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DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS: No golf, but Roelf Meyer, SA’s new ambassador to US, will walk the course
The most pressing issue for South Africa is improving trade relations between Pretoria and Washington, says new SA ambassador to the US, Roelf Meyer.
A century of Kruger
Kruger National Park’s 100-year milestone reflects both South Africa’s conservation history and SANParks’ efforts to shift from exclusionary “fortress conservation” to community partnerships and local economic development
Bunting wins as Humphries avoids Littler semi-final
Stephen Bunting signs off his Premier League campaign in style as he overcomes Luke Humphries 6-3 in Sheffield to claim his second nightly win of the year.
Working on Fire sues over tender
Working on Fire seeks to halt the award of the national wildfire management contract to Tefla, while the department and Tefla oppose the urgent relief
Use BEE to resource civil society
The policy must be remodelled to become broad-based, helping make community organisations and social enterprises its core beneficiaries rather than political elites and their connections
Africa and our hollow unity
Budgets are rewritten in Washington and Brussels rather than in Harare, Accra or Nairobi
Africa must rise, for good
Our simple argument is that the Second Scramble for Africa shouldn’t happen on our watch when we have so much at our disposal to avert this age-old plunder. It is a shameful indictment on the collective leadership of the continent that Africa continues to bleed resources through such blatant thievery as illicit financial flows, which currently stands billions of US dollars
‘For South Africa, Africa Day carries an even deeper meaning’
SA citizens are not xenophobic for demanding lawful migration, secure borders and fair access to limited opportunities
Africa–Asia development divergence
What has prevented most African countries from performing as well as Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam in economic modernisation is connected with the continent’s ‘soft Westernisation’, focused mainly on appearance
Africa’s renaissance hinges on partnerships
Twenty-five years after Nepad, there is an urgency to act on what its founding fathers envisaged for the continent’s renewal
Paying more for less power
Citizens are paying far more for electricity despite using less of it, as rising tariffs, fixed monthly charges and municipal costs reshape household bills and intensify affordability pressures
Engineering underdevelopment
Nations that escaped colonial domination find themselves surrendering economic sovereignty to creditors, ratings agencies and technocrats miles away. This is remote-controlled neocolonialism without the geography
The Rachel Reeves “Fun” Tax Cuts
Cheaper amusement parks, theatre tickets and kid’s meals.
JUMBO PROBLEM: Bureaucratic delays could lead to ‘last-resort’ culling of SA elephants, Parliament is warned
As South Africa wrestles with elephant management, delays and a lack of accountability could push culling from a last resort to an all-too-possible outcome.
Thousands welcome home triumphant Villa as heroes
A sea of claret and blue floods Birmingham as fans celebrate the team’s Europa League win.
TRC ROULETTE: Secret tape protected ‘integrity of the state’, Mbeki’s spy boss tells TRC inquiry
General Ray Lalla, former national head of Crime Intelligence during President Thabo Mbeki’s tenure, secretly recorded a meeting with officials from the Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PLCU) ‘to protect the integrity of the state’, the Khampepe Commission was told.
MUNICIPAL FAILURES: SAHRC probe finds Gauteng’s water crisis is a man-made disaster
The SAHRC inquiry into Gauteng’s water crisis exposes municipal mismanagement and systemic failures, revealing the human rights violations faced by vulnerable residents.