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Published in: openEconomyA fair COPThe author prepares to attend the UN Climate Change Summit, COP17, in Durban, and wonders if there is any solution...
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Published in: HomeUp from the Free State: Puleng Motsoeneng and NtataiseThis is the story of Pulen Motsoeneng a South African woman who not only managed to recover from the devastating...
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Published in: HomeSouth Africa’s future: the Malema factor
The rise of the controversial populist Julius Malema is shaking the ruling African National Congress, says Stephen Ellis.
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Published in: HomeMandela’s communism: why the details matter
The evidence of Nelson Mandela’s membership of the South African Communist Party in the early 1960s is clear. But...
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Published in: HomeSouth Africa: rights, accountability and maternal mortality
A study of the healthcare environment of expectant mothers in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa reveal severe...
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Published in: HomeCorruption and Dependence: South Africa’s road to ruin or salvation?The presence of corruption from the top to the bottom rungs of the ANC government has detrimental consequences for...
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Published in: HomeCo-existence between travellers. Damon Galgut's South African allegory
"In A Strange Room" is South African writer Damon Galgut's new collection of stories. The difficulty of coexistence...
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Published in: HomeSouth Africa’s media: the Zimbabwe precedent
South Africa’s liberation from apartheid promised, as one of democracy’s essential supports, a climate of media...
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Published in: HomeSouth Africa at the Rubicon - again?
South Africa's Information Bill and proposed Media Appeals Tribunal are a dangerously wrong reaction to real...
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Published in: HomeMedia freedoms and the constitution in South Africa
Professor Pierre de Vos, South African constitutional law expert, in conversation with Tony Curzon Price on the...
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Published in: HomeHow serious are the assaults on press freedom in South Africa?
The proposed Information BiIl and Media Tribunals are a serious assault on press freedom in South Africa. They...
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Published in: openSecurityTaliban propose joint committee to investigate civilian deaths
The Taliban propose a joint committee to investigate civilian deaths in Afghanistan. Pakistan has announced a...
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Published in: openSecuritySouth Africa poised to boost AU troops in Somalia
South African cabinet meet to discuss the possibility of sending peacekeeping troops to Somalia. North Korea...
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Published in: openSecurityNew fears of xenophobia send migrants fleeing in South Africa
New rumours of xenophobic reprisals after the World Cup send foreign migrants fleeing in South Africa. A new Amnesty...
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Published in: openSecurityPrivatising Africa's everyday security
Industrial action by guards at the World Cup highlights the growing prevalence of private firms in the provision of...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt and Sudan tussle with Nile basin countries over water rights
Egypt and Sudan state opposition to Ugandan-Rwandan-Kenyan-Ethiopian deal on Nile waterway management. South Korea...
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Published in: HomeJacob Zuma: a year of drift
The South African president’s achievement on his anniversary in power is to leave his country rudderless and his...
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Published in: openSecurityVenezuela obtains Chinese warplanes for ‘anti-drugs fight’
Chinese J-8 attack jets delivered in Venezuela. Sri Lankan general goes on military trial while supporters protest....
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Published in: openSecurityGlobal cities – global gangs
Global cities linking global economic circuits are also home to transnational criminals and global gangs. This essay...
