The latest edition of the peer-reviewed Science Advances journal, published last month, features an article revealing insights that will humble those who assumed sophistication arrived quite late... 

If anything, it is a bit early – 694 days early, in fact. In the week that I celebrate 9 135 days since my column first appeared, I sat down to write the ‘celebratory column’ and contemplated what... 

It’s extremely bad for the South African economy that it’s taking so long to get going on the mining exploration front. As is being pointed out around the resources world, mining success depends on... 

In his prime, it was typical for fans of those teams in which French international footballer N'Golo Kanté played, including Chelsea, to quip that “70% of the Earth is covered by water, the rest by... 

Africa has a crowded electoral calendar this year, with citizens in more than ten countries poised to cast their ballots. Elections have already taken place in Benin and Uganda, with the rest of... 

Reflecting on 2026 and what is likely to be one of the most momentous years in geopolitics for close to a century, it is hard to grasp all the implications for the world and for Africa.  The first... 

British American Tobacco South Africa, commonly known simply as BAT, announced on January 15 that it will cease local cigarette manufacturing and close its historic Heidelberg facility in Gauteng... 

Eskom belongs to the people and it must not be allowed to exclude itself from having to compete fairly. The national electricity utility’s errant past has wrecked our economy and any last minute... 

The revised Eskom unbundling strategy announced is emerging as something of a touchstone for government’s commitment – or otherwise – to reforming the structure of an electricity industry that has... 

Last week, Rosita Salvador Mubiango breathed her last in a rural southern Mozambican hospital where she had been admitted for weeks, her young life cruelly snuffed out by a blood disorder she had... 

One must be guided by several precepts when considering community-based development. The first is that if you do not know something, do something. It is only by doing that one really sees what is... 

If you are of a certain age, you might be familiar with the South African English expression used to signify approval or agreement: “Safe, my mate!” The British English equivalent is “Jolly good... 

Africa must collaborate to get the best out of the continent for the benefit of the people of the continent. When it comes to economic opportunity, all differences must be put aside. Everything... 

“We live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time,”...