Wole Soyinka needs no introduction in Africa – or shouldn’t. The legendary writer, poet and activist became the continent’s first Nobel Prize in Literature laureate back in 1986, and generations of... 

German Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch once noted that while the idea of utopia is something we must dream about, we need to pepper it with realism. He meant that utopia provides us with a compass... 

The National Treasury released a ‘Consultation Paper: Developing the South African Carbon Credit Market’ on October 29, inviting stakeholders to submit comments through a 30-question online... 

The head of an Australia-funded South African mining project last week highlighted just how advantageous it is to be able to pick up the phone and have local South African mining product suppliers... 

Given the many moving parts in play currently within the electricity industry, there is a real risk of becoming distracted from what is truly important. Developments over the past few months alone... 

Africa is not short of autocrats, but what rarely makes the headlines is that some glossy corporations from the Global North act as their enablers, padding their own bank accounts while propping up... 

If you have a passion for analysing and assessing the dynamics of global trade policy, then you are truly living in the golden age. On October 24, another analytical tool was added to the Tariff... 

South Africa is taking steps to build infrastructure projects that have the potential to grow our economy, provided their implementation is accompanied by integrity, accountability, and strategy.... 

The latest edition of the Integrated Resource Plan for electricity, dubbed IRP 2025, has been Gazetted and its contents have not really come as any surprise. But that does not suggest it does not... 

October has been an event-packed month. We’ve witnessed the passing of Raila Odinga – the President Kenya never had – the electoral defeat of an incumbent head of State, Seychelles’ Wavel... 

Morocco’s GenZ212 demonstrators on October 18 relaunched rolling nationwide protests, expected to intermittently disrupt the country’s principal business cities – Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech,... 

Will there be, or won’t there be? That’s the question. Will there be a sequel to a sequel – a third instalment? Will there be a Part III of Agoa, which was introduced on May 18, 2000, when it was... 

Demand upcycles don’t last forever and opening the way for investment during economic upturns benefits everyone. But despite this, certain keen private-sector investors are having to mark time... 

The relatively new African phenomenon of the one-term Presidency – the subject of a recent instalment of this column – is not letting up, with the continent’s latest failed wannabe two-term head of...