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Charles Belk is an American expat living in Johannesburg.

If Biden can step aside, then Americans abroad can certainly step up! 

Ensure that you vote early if you’ re a US citizen not living in the United States

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Manufacturing a presidential candidate: The case of Kamala Harris

The US vice-president needs to come up with a message that resonates with the white middle and working class to win them over in this election

File: US President Joe Biden shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on September 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. The two leaders reaffirmed the importance of enduring partnership, and discussed their work together to address regional and global challenges. (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)

In the battle for economic primacy, where does Agoa fit?

As the US considers the future of the trade agreement, South Africa has pointed to its critical position as a gateway to a future economic powerhouse

Outside view: Even though Joe Biden won the US elections, nagging questions remain about why it was so
close and why 70-million Americans still voted for Donald Trump.  (Ariana Drehsler/AFP)

Will Biden and Harris help us breathe again?

The United States’ newly elected leaders, Joe Biden and Kamala Devi Harris, must help recalibrate a global politics of hope and empathy

With great power comes great responsibility: Tsakani Maluleke has received the go-ahead from parliament to become the new auditor general.

Khaya Sithole: Tsakani Maluleke’s example – and challenge

Shattering the glass ceiling is not enough, the new auditor general must make ‘live’ audits the norm here in SA

Eusebius McKaiser: Two important lessons to learn about racists

The racially intolerant act to keep black people in “their place”, some even while claiming they’re allies

There’s Joe Biden, former president Barrack Obama’s vice-president for eight years. At the onset of the primary season that status alone catapulted him to the top of every poll as the presumptive nominee.(Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters)

US presidential campaign 2020: The Democratic conundrum

As Super Tuesday looms, there are five candidates left in the Democratic race. But the party must ensure it selects someone who will be able to defeat incumbent Donald Trump

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Southwark Crown Court after being sentenced in London. (Reuters/Henry Nicholls)

Assange in UK court over US extradition request

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said on Wednesday that all efforts would now be focused on preventing Assange’s extradition to the US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a thumbs-up sign after police sensationally dragged him out of the Ecuadoran embassy in London in April 2019. (Reuters/Hannah McKay)

Assange faces jail for UK bail breach

The Australian whistle-blower, who was arrested on April 11 after Ecuador gave him up, could face a 12-month prison sentence

The scrupulously tight-lipped Mueller will appear at back-to-back hearings on July 17 of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Mueller report tops Amazon bestseller charts

Paperback versions of the Mueller report figure in the number one, two and five spots on Amazon US’s list of bestsellers

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

Trump says Congress ‘can’t impeach’ him

Asked by reporters at a White House Easter event for children whether the prospect of impeachment worries him, Trump replied: "Not even a little bit."

The former New York mayor heaped special scorn on Senator Mitt Romney, a former Republican presidential candidate who said Friday he was “sickened” by the report’s findings. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Trump lawyer attacks Mueller report as ‘calumny, lies and distortion’

Rudy Giuliani mounted a combative defence of Trump in Sunday talk show appearances, taking aim at Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators

“ISMO will function independently to electricity generation businesses to ensure fairness between generators, encouraging competition and innovation,” Maimane said. (David Harrison/M&G)

The rise and fall of Mmusi Maimane

The Democratic Alliance is ‘rudderless’ and its inexperienced leader is unable to navigate the pitfalls of the political landscape

President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticised the Mueller probe as a “witch hunt” and views it as an attempt to besmirch the legitimacy of his presidency. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump blasts FBI counterintel probe into whether he worked for Russia

The New York Times reported that the FBI launched a counterintelligence investigation to determine whether Trump posed a national security threat

Aung San Suu Kyi has been accused of “election fraud and lawless actions” during the polls, state-run newspaper Global New Light of Myanmar reported. (Franck Robichon/Reuters)

Amnesty strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour

The London-based global human rights organisation said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009

Former first lady Michelle Obama begins her book tour with a stop at the Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters)

Michelle Obama slams Trump in new book

Obama also says she was surprised that so many American women voted for the ‘misogynist’ Trump over Hillary Clinton

(John McCann/M&G)

Elitism remains the enemy of democracy

Ramaphosa’s inability to imagine an emancipatory path takes us back to an unsustainable elitism

At the core of Trump’s message to his raucous, adoring supporters is the now near daily warning that America is literally under attack from an “invasion” of illegal immigrants. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

The midterms show Trump might not get re-elected in 2020

Contrary to what President Donald Trump has claimed, this was a bad election for him

Republicans are keenly aware that losing their majority will hamstring Donald Trump’s political agenda over the next two years. (Reuters/Leah Millis)

Americans start voting in midterm verdict on Trump rule

At stake are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 35 seats in the 100-member Senate, 36 governor’s posts and seats across the US

“When it comes to situations like this, we athletes sometimes get to be scared of the challenge, because we think about what we’ve got to lose. Then we forget there’s a future,” said Caster Semenya. (AFP)

IAAF gender rules ‘killing’ next generation – Semenya

Semenya, with the backing of the South African Athletics federation, has turned to the Lausanne-based CAS in her challenge of IAAF rules