If we can solve these problems here we can solve them just about anywhere … all eyes on Mzansi
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Results112Southern Africans have a special reason to thank Mikhail Gorbachev
Of all external factors that played a role in the dismantling of apartheid in 1994, the process leading to the end of the Soviet Union must count among the most important
A longer walk to freedom (if you are a woman)
Since 1956 South Africans have said ‘You strike a woman, you strike a rock’ … why are we stuck in the dark ages then
Seeing the light in dark times
It is always 10 times more fun to look on the bright side … and there is a competition to win an inverter
CT mayor’s 10-point plan to power up SA
As SA waits in the dark for President Ramaphosa to turn the lights back on Geordin Hill-Lewis gives him a detailed list of action points. Let’s hope we get some detailed answers
Patrice Lumumba’s remains repatriated at last
I think of him as Congo’s Nelson Mandela … imagine if our Madiba had suffered the same fate
Cape Town-based duo provide military cover for Ukrainian software engineers
Global start-up community keeps Ukrainian businesses running as staff head off to war
Russia/Ukraine conflict and South Africans’ investments
Investors around the world have been on high alert since Russia, the world’s third largest producer of oil and gas, invaded Ukraine, unsettling global markets. Investors are cautioned against reacting hastily and locking in in losses
The nation really is in a bad state
Cyril Ramaphosa can give a great speech, that is for sure
Africans still not really free (to travel or trade in Africa)
We are stuck in our small worlds, sometimes grouped together in little clusters of countries. Wouldn’t it be great if we could unite into a powerhouse of an African universe