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Guard jealously: Africa must move at pace with other nations seeking to protect data as a strategic asset. Photo: Dragos Condrea

Africa’s data, the new sovereignty frontier

Data sovereignty refers to the principle that all data is subject to the laws and regulations of the nation state or jurisdiction in which it is collected. This concept gained…

The National Dialogue is intended to be a public process, driven and realised by the people. Graphic: John McCann/M&G

Truth and lies in the GNU faux pas

Here and worldwide people are feeling detached from society and lonely, so they grab onto populist political leaders and parties

EU announces 4.7 billion euro investment pact with South Africa

The deal was announced days after the United States withdrew support for the country’s just-energy transition

A portrait of Stefanos Kasselakis in Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece, on June 6, 2024, during a pre-election rally of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance, ahead of the European Elections, took place on June 9, 2024. (Photo by George Schinas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Lessons for the Left | The rise and fall of Syriza

The third instalment of Lessons for the Left considers what happens when a grassroots resistance movement takes on entrenched neoliberalism

(Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Divided Europe faces China’s electric vehicle surge amid growing tensions

For both economies, the path forward must focus on building stronger ties, not severing them

Transnet is falling well below its target of shifting 200 million to 220 million tonnes of freight a year, at which point — it is estimated — it will begin to make a meaningful contribution to the economy. Its current target is 170 million tonnes a year. Photo: (Karel Prinsloo/Bloomberg)

African Development Bank rescue of Transnet has national, regional and continental implications

This investment, used as a facilitator of local production, can also help develop regional value chains and access upstream global value chains

EU blacklists Cameroon over illegal fishing

The ban will stay in effect until Cameroon complies with the EU’s Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing regulation

Josep Borrel’s depiction of Europe as a garden that must protect itself from jungle invaders reveals deeply entrenched feelings of superiority. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

What we can learn from EU top diplomat’s racist metaphors

Josep Borrel’s depiction of Europe as a garden that must protect itself from jungle invaders reveals deeply entrenched feelings of superiority

Despite its status as the world’s largest humanitarian disaster, the international community has largely failed to respond in a meaningful way to the carnage. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Global energy crisis forces an ‘undignified transition’

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted some to make an about-turn on coal but their scramble has not sealed the fate of renewables

Motorists can expect relief at the fuel pumps in October, with the price of all grades of petrol and diesel set to decrease from Wednesday

Russia-Ukraine crisis sends oil prices soaring as South Africans face record fuel prices

The threat of a major war in Europe has kept global financial markets on tenterhooks

Pollutants and debris presents health risks to both people and marine life. (Getty)

SA engineers pave way for automated detection of ocean pollution

South Africa discharges up to 250 000 tonnes of rubbish into the oceans every year

Members of Gurukul congratulate Oxford university through painting at Lower Parel after COVID-19: Oxford vaccine successful in early human trials, on July 21, 2020 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

$500m for Covid test, treat, vaccine

France, Spain, the European Commission and Britain as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have pledged money for equity in the treatment of Covid-19

A worker wearing a protective suit disinfects a plane amid concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP)

‘Ghost’ flights are yet another example of our polluting ways

Due to covid-19, there are aeroplanes jetting about with few, if no passengers in them, which means those planes are releasing unnecessary greenhouse gases that will trap heat…

In July 2018, the EU fined Google 4.34-billion euros for antitrust violations with its Android operating system for smartphones. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

Google faces EU anti-trust probe for jobs search tool

The move is the latest in a string of EU probes of the US giant’s business practices, which have already led to billions of euros in fines

About 200 African content moderators are being laid off by Sama, Meta’s Kenyan subcontractor. This comes after Facebook’s parent company Meta declined to renew Sama’s contract, which expires at the end of March.  (Stephen Lam/Reuters)

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency faces EU antitrust scrutiny

Libra is reportedly being probed by the European Union’s competition authorities

End of an era as Germany’s last black coal mine closes

End of an era as Germany’s last black coal mine closes

For the remaining 1 500 workers the final shift promises to be an emotional one, culminating in a ceremony to be attended by the president

A truck loaded with logged trees is pictured at one of the last primeval forests in Europe

Poland illegally logged in ancient forest — EU

The country’s rightwing government broke the law by logging in one of Europe’s last primeval forests setting up a clash between Brussels and Warsaw.

Rampaging Lions: Lionel Mapoe leads the charge as the Golden Lions turned on the style to trample the Cheetahs at Ellis Park last weekend. Photo: Gallo Images

Macedonia: The decades-long quarrel over its name

The name chosen by the eastern European country of Macedonia at its independence 27 years ago has been steadfastly rejected by its neighbour Greece

The May 23 vote looms with Britain in a deep political crisis over its stalled departure from the European Union after nearly half a century of membership. (Toiga Ackerman/Reuters)

British PM gathers ministers ahead of Brexit speech

British Prime Minister Theresa May met with her ministers to address differences among the cabinet ahead of her Brexit speech

Tsipras braves Parliament over bailout as Greece outlook worsens

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras braved a revolt in his political party as Parliament in Athens began to debate a bailout of up to €86-billion.