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Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh. (Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)

Yes, victims can bring Gambia’s dictator to justice

Gambian President Adama Barrow has said that he will await the report of the country’s truth commission before pursuing Jammeh’s possible extradition

(The Times/Esa Alexander)

Failure to govern geoengineering could destabilise peace and security

Failure to govern new technologies to combat global warming could aggravate existing threats to international peace and security

‘Despite spending 17% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health, 30-million Americans are without health insurance, and many more are underinsured and don’t use the services they need because of high copayments,’ writes Ban Ki-Moon

Public finance is key to delivering the human right to health

Across all countries and societies, access to health and healthcare services ought to be top priority

Punitive measures simply drive drug use underground. A more effective way is to adopt harm reduction interventions.
(Reuters/Finbarr O’Reilly)

West Africa’s failed ‘war on drugs’

It is clear that West Africa’s drug laws are doing more harm than good, writes former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo

A member of the EFF party with a copy of the Constitution. (Kim Ludbrook/EPA)

Explainer: What’s involved in changing the Constitution

South Africa’s constitution has been amended 17 times already. But, the procedure for doing so is onerous

It would be unprecedented for a sitting president to face criminal charges and be prosecuted. (Graphic: John McCann)

President Zuma loses bid to dodge 783 charges. But will he have the last laugh?

No sitting president has ever been charged with a criminal offence in South Africa.

Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor breaks down the latest budget for the department.

Science, technology and innovation transforming South Africa

The minister of science and technology introduced the department’s budget this week

Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor at the launch of two national surveys on R&D and IP last week.

Business R&D spending in South Africa shows signs of recovery

A new survey looks at the contribution of South Africa’s research institutions

Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor says she supports South Africa’s transition to renewable energy.

Guiding nation’s optimum adoption of bioenergy

The web-based bioenergy atlas will assist government by making available information on potential energy resources

Court torture ruling shows up Mogoeng’s true colours

Social grants crisis tests the powers of Constitutional Court

The judiciary stands to gain more legitimacy if it manages to confront the impunity of Sassa and Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini.

Paul Langa selling newspapers in Soweto. 19 Oct 2011. Oupa Nkosi, M&G

The role of the black press in the struggle is largely a myth

Most editors and journalists were subjected to the financial strictures of white capitalism.

Black capitalists behave like, if not worse than, their white counterparts – Gigaba

The full address by minister of home affairs Malusi Gigaba on the occasion of the Alice Amsden Memorial Lecture in Johannesburg on September 2016.

EFF must buddy up with the ANC if it is to make strides towards policy change

National policy issues can now take centre stage, but sacrfices will have to be made in order to achieve them

​The ANC has a lot to learn from the EFF and the DA, which are the future

Coalitions should mean that the skills and expertise of a broad spectrum of people, regardless of political affiliation, will be called upon.

Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor

Sustainable science for women, by women – an inspiration to researchers of both sexes

Women scientists and researchers are essential, and the South African Women in Science Awards recognise and reward their achievements

​The EFF must shun the DA and hop into bed with the ANC to press for policy change

‘The result shows that the main opposition parties were put in the pound seats by the ANC voters who didn’t show up on election day.’

Athol Trollip. (Paul Botes/M&G)

What happens after the votes are counted: this is how coalitions work in South Africa

Now that all the ballots are counted, what happens next? Constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos looks into some of the procedures’ technicalities.

Mkhwebane: I must indicate

The answer to two of Africa’s biggest problems lies in its soil

The ties that bind Africans to their land need markets, credit and exposure to new practices so that young people can stay on their farms.

The courts have continued to order, legally, mass evictions, in effect undermining the validity of ‘land expropriation without compensation’ and ultimately disconnecting the land reform programme from the housing crisis. (David Harrison/M&G)

Land restitution just the beginning for BLF movement

The Black Agenda, the BLF’s policy document, is a list of systems and structures that need to be abolished in South Africa, writes Andile Mngxitama.

‘Politicians will continue cashing in on the desperation of the victims of the impersonal forces of neoliberalism and the markets.’

Politicians and pastors preach a false gospel

Pastors and politicians will continue to feed off the desperation of the poor, until their material and spiritual needs are met, and oppression ends.