The US president could pay dearly at the polls, as the global economy counts the costs of fracturing
World leaders are closely associated with the economic policies they espouse, a fact that does not bode well for South Africa’s president
The investment drive has been a defining feature of Ramaphosa’s presidency, but its touted benefits remain elusive
As a country, our struggling economy is hitched to both the prospects of the East and the West. Being frozen out by any of them, would be punishing for all
The death of apartheid’s last leader means some questions now remain forever unanswered
The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries
A month on from Zelensky’s election win, details of what he will actually do in power, or who will make up his core team, are hazy
FBI Director Christopher Wray spoke out against Trump’s wishes about releasing the memo after he failed to convince the White House to block it
A new kind of intellectual needs to join the ranks of those fighting for economic emancipation, writes Louise Ferreira.
President Barack Obama is returning to the threat to US security that he calls the gravest of all: terrorists getting material for a nuclear bomb.
The way we remember the past often illuminates what we choose to forget.
Singer Youssou N’Dour has announced his presidential bid, and joins a long list of celebrities with lofty political ambitions.
Sarah Palin said on Friday an explosion of government spending and debt under President Barack Obama had put the US on "the road to ruin".
Ronald Reagan, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s five years after leaving office, showed signs of the condition while still in the White House.
Cardinal Pio Laghi, a long-time Vatican diplomat who forged enduring ties with key White House officials, particularly the Bush family, died recently.
The true impact of this plan lies in the limitations it will place on other areas of public spending, writes Bill Emmott.
Milton Friedman’s fans plan to set up an institute in his name. Not everyone approves, writes Kurt Jacobsen.
Lawmakers on Tuesday debated legislation to remove former South African president Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress (ANC) from an apartheid-era United States…
If there was ever a period that so ably demonstrated the febrile nature of politics it has been the past week or two. As Jacob Zuma strode into Downing Street after having met…
T Boone Pickens is famous for thinking big. He founded his Texan oil company, Mesa Petroleum, in 1956 with just 500 in the bank. After a string of audacious takeovers he turned…
