16+ hour, 55+ min ago   (445+ words) BRUSSELS, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney wants a closer relationship with the European Union and is exploring whether his country could become an "associate member" of the bloc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The EU, which…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (1406+ words) If the DA wants to win a majority in Johannesburg, it’ll need to improve in Soweto. The party has pockets of support, but it faces an uphill battle. “I love the DA,” said Protea South resident Seela Phineas Malesa (67), a…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (849+ words) Rising inequality is, at its core, a political and policy choice. This is the central message of the Global Justice Report authored by experts based at the World Inequality Lab, led by economists Thomas Piketty and Lucas Chancel. As economists…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1623+ words) Deon Snyman is a political theologian who has worked in community development for the past 35 years and currently serves as Managing Director of the Goedgedacht Trust. Thirty years ago, at the end of 1996, I came back to Nongoma after spending…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (957+ words) A body that decides who builds what across Cape Town – worth billions of rand a year – has quietly written itself free of term limits, withheld a legal opinion ratepayers paid for, and left a forged official document unexplained. Over three…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (240+ words) WELLINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - New Zealand will let wealthy visa applicants count investments in approved funds backing build-to-rent housing from December, the government said on Tuesday, tapping foreign capital to help fund new long-term rental homes. The centre-right National Party-led government…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (260+ words) The Madlanga Commission has shifted the discourse on South African grand corruption by framing it as organised crime rather than political State Capture. However, recognising corruption as inherent criminality is important for sweeping institutional reform. The Madlanga Commission is shifting…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1032+ words) Before getting into the actual farming of grain and grapes in the Western Cape, plant ecologist Eugene Moll walks me through what the land actually is that farms replaced. This is the second in a six-part series. Read Part One…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (969+ words) Minutes reveal former apartheid president FW De Klerk told his final Cabinet meeting that an agreement with Nelson Mandela and the ANC on indemnity for apartheid crimes was reached 48 hours before the 1994 election – igniting accountability questions. Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (557+ words) Africa’s richest share listing goes to market next week and the global energy market may never be the same again. Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery on Monday, 7 September 2026, signed offering documents with advisers and other parties involved in its initial public…...