Sadc needs to overcome flaws to benefit region

By Adekeye Adebajo –  MEDIA reports of last week’s summit of the 15-member Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in Victoria Falls appears to have...

Institution of Parliament ‘is damaged’

By Wyndham Hartley –  THE debacle in the National Assembly last Thursday, when Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs were ordered from the house and...

Another earthquake hits South Africa

By Staff Writer – A 4.6 magnitude earthquake hit Johannesburg in the early hours of Friday morning, the US Geological Survey said on its...

Ebola sparks alacrity in torpid states

By Charles Onyango-Obbo, Lee Mwiti –  The virus has forced otherwise lethargic African governments to act quickly and effectively. The current outbreak of Ebola...

Many benefits to decent pay — and no, it does not kill jobs

By Neil Coleman –  THE “model for us rich guys should be Henry Ford, who realised … if he raised (workers’) wages … they’d...

No limits in Nkandla inquiry

By Thabo Mokone –  President Jacob Zuma’s controversial Nkandla homestead will finally come under parliamentary scrutiny after the green light was given to establish...

Outrage at beheading

Outrage at beheading AFP, staff reporter – The apparent beheading by jihadists of a US journalist sparked worldwide revulsion yesterday and drew promises by...

Joburgers stripped of R57m

By ANNA COX –  Johannesburg – Joburg’s roads and pavements are being stripped on a daily basis, leaving ratepayers to foot a R57 million...

Consumer inflation slows to 6.3%

By Reuters –  Johannesburg – South Africa’s headline consumer inflation slowed to 6.3 percent year-on-year in July, below market expectations of 6.4 percent and...

Mugabe snipes at Zuma over SADC trade protocol

By Owen Gagare, Everson Mushava –  South African President Jacob Zuma and Namibian President Hifikepuye Pohamba declined to sign the Protocol on Trade in Services...

ANC accepts Tlakula court ruling

By SAPA –  Johannesburg – The ANC said on Tuesday it accepted the Constitutional Court’s dismissal of IEC chair Pansy Tlakula‘s bid to appeal...

Broadening Mozambique’s Governance Horizons

By Armando Emílio Guebuza – Good governance, accountability and inclusive development have been recurrent themes in contemporary international relations and development discourse. Nevertheless, scant...