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The fallen: The Cenotaph and two statues in Cape Town are in remembrance of both World Wars, showing the Western Front, the East African Campaign and the Battle of Delville Woods. Photo: Jaco Marais/Getty Images

Poppy Day: When did we forget to remember?

The act of remembrance is the recognition of the futility of war and mourning the loss of men and women whose future ended too soon

King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort during the Garden Party at Buckingham Palace ahead of the coronation of the King Charles III and the Queen Consort at Buckingham Palace, on May 3, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Yui Mok – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

To carry the ivory spectre or not? Queen Camilla’s predicament

Animal rights activists and conservationists disagree over the significance of including the historical symbol during King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday

Pakistani people move to a safer place for a flooded water due to the flood situation in Tando Jam city of Sindh. (Photo by Jan Ali Laghari/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Pakistan floods show we must shift the global financing system in the age of climate change

More nuanced and constructive ways of measuring the vulnerabilities of nation states to climate crises are required

Well-wishers turn on their phone torches as they gather at a band-stand where a planned vigil in honour of alleged murder victim Sarah Everard was cancelled after police outlawed it due to Covid-19 restrictions, on Clapham Common, south London on March 13, 2021, – The police officer charged with murdering  young Londoner, Sarah Everard, who disappeared while walking home from a friend’s house, appeared in court on March 13, 2021, as organisers cancelled a vigil in her honour due to coronavirus restrictions. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

End violence against women and save $1.5-trillion a year

High economic cost of gender-based violence should further motivate governments to take action

A person holds their phone with a screensaver of Queen Elizabeth II who died this afternoon on September 8, 2022 in London, England. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London on 21 April 1926. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and acceded the throne of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 after the death of her Father, King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is survived by her four children, Charles, Prince of Wales, Anne, Princess Royal, Andrew, Duke Of York and Edward, Duke of Wessex. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Should South Africans really care that the Queen of England is dead?

With the passing of Elizabeth II, the monarchy is set to lose credibility, visibility and popular appeal, according to recent polls

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But when will we see the money?

Risk-versus-reward uncertainty hamstrings any Ramaphoric investment rush

High hopes: People use boards to make a portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa at Independence Day celebrations. Zanu-PF’s manifesto

What should we expect from the Zimbabwean elections?

A new dispensation does not necessarily equate to a free, fair and credible vote

Zimbabwe’s newly elected President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. (AFP)

EU to observe Zimbabwe polls for first time in 16 years

The elections will be the first since long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was removed from power last November following a brief military take over

Mnangagwa had vowed the elections would be free and fair and turn the page on Mugabe’s often repressive 37-year rule. (Aaron Ufumeli/EPA)

Zimbabwe’s bid to rejoin Commonwealth

​On Monday, the Commonwealth announced that Zimbabwe has applied to rejoin the group after quitting the organisation 15 years ago

The lack of blood in the streets does not mean the vote reflects the will of the Zimbabwean citizenry. (Reuters)

Can SADC safeguard Zimbabwe’s election?

Assessing whether or not the country’s ongoing election preparations comply with the SADC guidelines is not an easy task

Mnangagwa had vowed the elections would be free and fair and turn the page on Mugabe’s often repressive 37-year rule. (Aaron Ufumeli/EPA)

Mnangagwa’s Zimbabwe inches forward – but where is it headed?

Zimbabwe has high hopes for a post-Mugabe era, but it has some serious growing pains to deal with first

In her resignation letter

UK interior minister Amber Rudd resigns in blow to Prime Minister May

​Britain’s interior minister Amber Rudd resigned Sunday, admitting she "inadvertently misled" lawmakers about deportation targets

It troubled Judge Ramon Leon when he was unable to avoid imposing the compulsory death penalty

Tribute: A brave, ‘activist’  judge

In numerous civil and criminal cases, Ramon Leon gave exemplary judgments and was noted for his wisdom, fairness and justice

The declaration on a framework for future relations, meanwhile, sets out how the UK and EU will work together after Brexit on areas as trade and security. (Reuters)

Windrushers gain justice from British Parliament

​Britons born in Commonwealth countries without proper documentation have been granted some relief on the status of their citizenship

Mashadi Makwana of the Nedbank Foundation handing over a mobile library to a teacher and two pupils from Rammopodu Primary School.

LGBTI rights make gains despite hate

More than half of the countries that still have a total prohibition on same-sex relations are members of the Commonwealth

President Jacob Zuma.

Zuma returns from fractious Sri Lanka Commonwealth summit

President Jacob Zuma has returned from a summit dominated by allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka during the bloody climax of its 26-year civil war.

Gambia slams west for ‘concocting lies’ about its human rights abuses

The government said on Saturday that the US and Britain were behind a ‘shameless’ smear campaign after Gambia left the Commonwealth.

Thatcher’s death sparks mixed reaction in SA

There has been a mixed response locally to the news of the death of Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ and former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

Rwanda haunted by human rights abuses

Rwanda’s suitability for Commonwealth membership this year has been questioned because of its human rights record.

Push to end ethnic strife in Kenya

Diplomatic efforts accelerated on Wednesday to resolve the crisis in Kenya, where post-election violence has threatened to escalate into tribal war, with tens of thousands…