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US President Donald Trump. (File photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The seven manifestations of Trumpism

To counter its destructiveness, we must apply an ethics of shared vulnerability that fosters a new and fairer global order

KALAHARI DESERT, NAMIBIA, TSUNKWE, NAMIBIA – 2015/11/14: Group of women from the San tribe playing a game in which they dance in circles with their legs banded together in a remote village from the Kalahari desert. (Photo by Jorge Fernández/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Reimagining an empowered Africa

Retrieving indigenous knowledge through storytelling and exploring transdisciplinary visioning in Africa will enable new way of thinking about sustainable futures

(John McCann/M&G)

A new Cold War is coming. Africa should not pick sides

COMMENT: As the US and China battle for global domination, Africa must stand firm, charting its own course

Torchbearers: Demonstrators in Argentina earlier this year. The country has been gripped by an economic crisis and has imposed capital controls to mitigate declines in its currency. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

The ills of financial globalisation

The influx of foreign capital into emerging markets can create a boom-bust cycle

Mosiuoa Lekota was remembered as a towering figure of South Africa’s liberation struggle

Long live globalisation

Though belief in globalism may be dead, globalisation is alive and well

It is now widely acknowledged that taxing multinational firms based on “where value is created” encourages massive — and legal — tax avoidance. (Dale de la Rey/AFP)

China on charm offensive at World Economic Forum

Beijing’s deficit of ‘soft power’ – foreign policy and political values – limits its rise to global power

(Gemma Ritchie/M&G)

Gordhan: Globalisation widens income gap, policy must counter inequality

The former finance minister said new forms of social safety nets are needed to reduce the socioeconomic divides in countries such as South Africa.

A family talks to relatives through the US-Mexico border fence in Playas de Tijuana

​Bigots like Donald Trump and Herman Mashaba fuel hatred

Immigrants, illegal of not, will continue to traverse the globe in search of a better life

Billionaire tycoon Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal

​Globalisation is ticking along and it’s best not to mess with it

"Information flows (internet traffic and phone calls, mainly) have exploded but trade and capital flows are still below their prerecession peaks."

The G20 leaders could learn a thing or two from the rapidly rising marijuana movement

Burning global issues need to be tackled slowly and methodically, one joint at a time

Connected? The hooked-on-social-media-world inhibits spontaneous conversation

Recalling anti-racism

Can the anti-racist struggle keep up with racism’s capacity to reinvent itself again and again? Yes – we can "recall" anti-racism and adjust it.

Creole: The original language

Françoise Lionnet, an authority on languages and literature in the Indian Ocean islands, about her work on creolisation, globalisation and culture.

Managing expatriates

South African companies are still new to internationalisation.

Improving systems of innovation

Measuring innovation in developing countries has always been a challenge.

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Globalisation exacerbates plight of poor, research finds

The wellbeing of many poor people has deteriorated in the past 15 years.

Balancing the forces of commerce

Balancing the forces of commerce

Too many economists have failed to factor in the ethical issues at stake in international trade, such as slave labour and harsh working conditions.

Inequalities and imbalances put globalisation at risk

The World Economic Forum has warned anger with inequality — evident from the Occupy movement to the Arab Spring — risks setting back globalisation.

Europe’s century

While mending transatlantic divides is commendable, the EU-American summit presents an opportunity to rectify misperceptions about the US’s agenda.