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SA: Kings, Queens Drawn Into Last-Ditch Push to Defuse Migration Powder Keg

SA: Kings, Queens Drawn Into Last-Ditch Push to Defuse Migration Powder Keg

WITH days standing between South Africa and a self-declared “national shutdown” over illegal immigration, President Cyril Ramaphosa turned on Saturday to an institution older than the republic itself: the country’s traditional monarchs. At a clos...
The danger of US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out

The danger of US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out

THE latest U.S. military conflict with Iran appears to be over. Washington declared success. Tehran claimed victory. Israel insisted it remains free to strike Hezbollah. Some sticking points remain. For example, Iranian officials insist de-esc...
Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs

Mashatile in Beijing: South Africa seeks value‑chain deals, mineral beneficiation and regional hubs

SOUTH Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile used the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on 22 June 2026 to launch a concentrated bid for South Africa to move from commodity supplier to industrial partner - pitching the country as a ...
Eustáquio’s stoppage-time heist mugs Bafana – But leave World Cup with heads held high

Eustáquio’s stoppage-time heist mugs Bafana – But leave World Cup with heads held high

FOR 91 minutes and 59 seconds, Bafana Bafana did the unthinkable and made it look almost ordinary. Then Stephen Eustáquio remembered he was Portuguese-trained, Canadian-capped, and entirely without mercy, and ruined everybody's evening with one perf...
Nigeria’s US$1 billion AfCFTA credit push tests if Africa’s trade finance gap can be eased

Nigeria’s US$1 billion AfCFTA credit push tests if Africa’s trade finance gap can be eased

NIGERIA is shifting its AfCFTA strategy from trade participation to trade financing, unveiling a US$1 billion credit facility aimed at expanding the capacity of firms to produce and export across African markets. The move reflects a broader attem...
Nasty C, Skwatta Kamp and DJ Tira set Constitution Hill alight as Basha Uhuru turns 50 years of freedom into one giant street party

Nasty C, Skwatta Kamp and DJ Tira set Constitution Hill alight as Basha Uhuru turns 50 years of freedom into one giant street party

THERE are festivals, and then there is Basha Uhuru - the one day a year when Constitution Hill, the very fortress that once locked up the country’s freedom fighters, throws open its gates and lets the youth of South Africa turn its courtyards into a...
The Final Severance. Burkina Faso, France and the end of an era in the Sahel

The Final Severance. Burkina Faso, France and the end of an era in the Sahel

The Announcement It came on state television, read out in the flat cadence of a formal communiqué. Burkina Faso's military government informed “the national and international community” that it had decided to sever diplomatic relations with Franc...

Features

A force forged in the crucible of African development

A force forged in the crucible of African development

IN the corridors of the , system, where ambition is plentiful but transformative action rare, Daphine Hazvibvi Muzawazi has become something of an in...
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