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Reflections on power: Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has raised legitimate concerns.

Cracks showing in economic crust

Reading the International Monetary Fund’s half-yearly global financial stability review feels similar to watching smoking volcanoes.

Greece’s creditors are still digging their own graves

By lending Greece money, eurozone members bear some responsibility for the plight of the beleaguered country.

Stakes high as US plays oil card

A ploy to soften up Russia and Iran might inflict collateral damage on its own shale industry.

Belgium wins World Cup of poverty gaps

If financial equality determined the tournament outcome, then Latin America wouldn’t stand a chance.

Our next financial crisis – due in 2015

Financial crises come round every seven years or so – if history is a guide, the next crisis should come along some time soon.

Emerging markets have been pummelled in recent weeks on the back of fears that the US Federal Reserve could begin reining in its extremely loose monetary policy

IMF cuts growth forecasts as global economic expansion slows

Global economic growth rates will fall this year, with the International Monetary Fund revising down its forecasts for 2013 and 2014 accordingly.

Triple whammy will sink the euro

Unemployment has been up by 95 000 in April and, if the trend continues, an unenviable milestone will be reached by Christmas.

There is concern that capital outflows from emerging markets will accelerate as the US Federal Reserve reduced monetary stimulus. (AP)

Central banks go for bust

There have been only a handful of occasions when a decline has been seen equivalent to the May 22 sell-off in Tokyo.

IMF: World economy risks new phase of financial crisis

The IMF has warned that the repair job on the world’s financial system is partly completed and failure to finish it risks a new phase for the crisis.

US urges Europe to substitute growth for austerity

Portugal is heading towards its second international bailout.

Spanish anti-austerity protesters hold a banner with the words ‘inspiring confidence’ and photos of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

Time to ditch the euro

The dismal failure of Europe’s monetary union means it should be abandoned to save countries.

Real income growth for German workers has been weak.

The miracle economy is a misnomer

Germany is not just Europe’s biggest economy and the message from the eurozone’s paymaster is simple: if we can do it, so can you.

Martin Sandbu

Euro dither aggravates UK recovery

Investment remains on hold as the outlook for the global economy worsens and national debt rises, writes Phillip Inman and Larry Elliott.

Figures from the advocacy group One indicated that Europe had failed to meet pledges made at the Gleneagles G8 summit in 2005.

Aid to Africa dwindles as euro crisis rages on

Figures from the advocacy group One indicated that Europe had failed to meet pledges made at the Gleneagles G8 summit in 2005.

Europe’s leaders urged to opt for growth

Europe’s leaders met on Wednesday for crisis talks to rescue the euro amid a warning from the West’s leading economic think-tank.

US economy key to re-election for Obama

US economy key to re-election for Obama

The worst of the recession is over, unemployment is on the right path, decisive action has been taken on a foreign field but Obama is still lost.

Divided they fall as storm gets worse

Divided they fall as storm gets worse

One of the biggest risks for the eurozone has to be the lack of a cohesive vision in the financial institutions’ various proposals.

Bailout just prolongs Greek agony

Bailout just prolongs Greek agony

The deal hammered out by eurozone ministers is by no means the end of the tragedy as Greece’s future still looks dismal.

One in three workers live in poverty

World needs to create almost 600-million jobs in order to tackle unemployment caused by recession.

Are we really heading for a second Great Depression?

Are we really heading for a second Great Depression?

The IMF’s Christine Lagarde is right to worry about potential economic doomsday scenarios but the Europe of 2011 is different to that of the 1930s.