Autocracies that look like democracies are a threat across the globe
Feb 10, 2019 10:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Russias successful interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election may inspire other countries to do the same. These other countries dont look threatening. They look like democracies. But theyre not. Theyre a...
South Africans are finally set to know who funds their political parties
Feb 10, 2019 10:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
South African President Ramaphosa has finally signed into law a new bill aimed at regulating the funding of political parties. It was approved by Parliament in June 2018. The Political Party Funding Bill, when it...
A democracy or a kleptocracy? How South Africa stacks up
Feb 10, 2019 10:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
South Africans have been held spellbound by the torrent of evidence of corruption emerging from two parallel commissions of inquiry into state capture, and the fitness to hold office of two senior officials of the...
If needed, this man can and will cut rates during the election campaign
Feb 08, 2019 11:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
It was a great story. Philip Lowe had taken over as Reserve Bank governor after 25 years of uninterrupted economic growth. The Australian economy was transitioning nicely away from the countrys biggest-ever mining boom....
Routine blackouts in Haiti symbolize a loss of political power for its citizens
Feb 08, 2019 11:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Haitis public utility company just announced its reducing output again. The move comes after a series of blackouts throughout the country, some lasting weeks. The power outages are the result of a weeks-long fuel shortage...
Feb 07, 2019 10:08 am UTC| Politics
Vladimir Putin has the support of witches as dozens of them recently held a ritual to cast spells on the Russian president so he will gain more strength and defeat the nations that will go against him and their country....
Donald Trump Announces Plans to Meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Again via Summit in Vietnam
Feb 07, 2019 10:08 am UTC| Politics
Donald Trump revealed that he will be meeting North Koreas Kim Jong Un again and this will take place in Vietnam. The announcement was made on Tuesday, Feb. 5 via the American presidents second State of the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight