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Imbalance: The call for the United Nations Security Council reform is not just as an adjustment of seats and vetoes. Photo: United Nations
AFRICA

The case for the reform of the UN

The two proposals reveal that reform debates are marked by a deeper theoretical divergence over whether global legitimacy hinges on balancing power or modernising institutions.

  • Seifudein Adem
7 min read
Lithium mines in Zimbabwe’s communal areas deprive people of their land rights, grazing land and water. Photo: Madelene Cronjé
BATTERIES

Mining of critical minerals tramples grazing and water rights in Zimbabwe

Laws exist to protect the environment and people, but these are not enforced regarding mining, in particular lithium

  • Hoitsimolimo Mutlokwa
4 min read
Bob van Dijk. Photo by Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images
ANCHOR CAPITAL

Naspers and Prosus in share swap Catch-22

Asset managers are concerned about the share exchange but others welcome it because Naspers has dominated the JSE

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
4 min read
A patient is transferred by an ambulance to the Infectious Disease Centre of Princess Margaret Hospital on January 22, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
CHINA

Will the coronavirus cause a major growth slowdown in China?

The panic generated by the new coronavirus, 2019-nCov, which originated in Wuhan, one of China’s largest cities and a major domestic transport hub, reminds many of the fear and…

  • Shang-Jin Wei
6 min read