Columns

Starmer’s lesson for South Africa, not having a plan, the GNU needs to get behind one, no sensible insurgents, naive businesspeople screwing up the politics, an arrogant elite, Western culture is superior, net zero is immoral, Musk is not a fascist, Britons and South Africans are really doing the same thing, but South Africa’s middle classes have better options.

Economics & Policy

The US Supreme Court reduces tariffs on South Africa, but that will be unlikely to shift the needle on economic growth.

Politics

Warwick Grey writes on the killing of DA ward candidate Sinovuyo Dyokwe — and the 25-year pattern that shows where South Africa's political violence concentrates, and why the run-up to the 4 November 2026 local elections carries the highest risk.

Global

Keir Starmer’s resignation on Monday is more than the fall of one prime minister – it is the latest evidence that Britain’s old political settlement is breaking apart under the weight of public impatience, economic stagnation, institutional exhaustion, and a growing belief among voters that Westminster no longer knows how to govern the country it claims to represent.

Columns

South Africa's whistleblower protection framework assumes that those who come forward survive long enough to use it. That assumption is becoming harder to sustain.