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Power of partnership in HIV fight

South Africa has launched lenacapavir, a groundbreaking HIV prevention medicine, marking a significant moment in the country's fight against the…

South Africa is failing the generation it claims to celebrate

While South Africa commemorates the youth of 1976 every June, millions of young people today face a stark reality of unemployment and economic e…

Fietas and the enduring question of home

David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased

Peace, heritage and partnership

Over the past weeks, South Africa has hosted diplomatic and cultural events that brought together leaders, ambassadors and communities to celebr…

?We must stop treating survival as a privilege” Interview with Monica Geingos

For Monica Geingos, this line explains the core argument of the new inequality–pandemic report she co-authored. COVID-19, like AIDS before it, p…

Failed economies and systemic decay: Gen Z defy the elites for political change

The youth describe their movements as leaderless and digital, as they defy the old elites who have led to frustration due to failed economies an…

Côte d’Ivoire vote relevant for region

Côte d’Ivoire’s experience in handling electoral disputes through legal channels demonstrates the rule of law in action

Ambassadors in South Africa celebrate Women’s Month

Women heads of mission in South Africa are playing their part in ensuring gender equality

?Under the Volcano’ film screened

The film tells the story of a family from Ukraine on holiday in Spain who cannot return home because of Russia’s invasion of their country

Slow walk to deliver green hydrogen talk in Namibia

Taking stock of progress on Namibia’s ambitious green hydrogen programme

Mining flourishing depends on strengthening democracy

Deliberations on democracy were not a big part of the mining talks in Joburg but players in the sector need to recognise their responsibilities

2022/2023 NSTF-South32 Awards

This year’s NSTF champions span academia, business and civil society

Use artificial intelligence to combat climate change

AI can improve weather predictions, improve carbon capture solutions, make transportation more efficient and less detrimental to the environment

Facebook needs a facelift

Steven Hill thinks “digital operating permits” could be the key to reining in tech giants and protecting their users.

These climate activists want you to give up hope

​The Extinction Rebellion is rooted in the conviction that humanity has dug its own grave and has one foot dangling over the edge

Ramaphosa: Laws, policies must open South Africa up to investors

Germany has more than 600 companies operating in South Africa, providing more than 100 000 jobs

Jailed Myanmar Reuters reporters file appeal

Lawyers for two Myanmar Reuters journalists have filed an appeal against their seven-year jail sentence

Khashoggi’s death rattles the world

It spells danger in the Middle East and will affect relations with the West (if trade doesn’t hold sway)