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Imbalance: The call for the United Nations Security Council reform is not just as an adjustment of seats and vetoes. Photo: United Nations
AFRICA

The case for the reform of the UN

The two proposals reveal that reform debates are marked by a deeper theoretical divergence over whether global legitimacy hinges on balancing power or modernising institutions.

  • Seifudein Adem
7 min read
AFRICA

Age of cruelty

The rise of darkness indeed splits the world … It divides us into those who believe in humanity and those who feel entitled to do whatever they want

  • Olexander Scherba
5 min read
A fire at the Enref oil refinery, operated by Engen, in Durban, resulted in its closure in December 2020. It had produced about 17% of South Africa’s fuel. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images
ASTRON ENERGY

South Africa will always feel fuel shocks

As motorists reel amid higher petrol prices, only two of the country’s oil refineries are operational

  • Anathi Madubela
6 min read
The spacecraft looked set for launch atop a Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle Mk III — India’s most powerful rocket, but countdown was halted 56 minutes and 24 seconds before the planned liftoff. (Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)
ARUN SANKAR

India scrubs Moon mission launch one hour before liftoff

The Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — mission is part of India’s ambitious space programme

  • Arun Sankar
3 min read
MOODY S

Russian firm: Nuclear programme could mean ‘big gains’ for South Africa

SA could pay up to R1-trillion to implement a nuclear programme, but a Russian state company says it may create thousands of jobs in the process.

  • Lynley Donnelly
3 min read
RUSSIAN

Watch: Siberian airline passengers push frozen plane

A remarkable video on YouTube shows Siberian airline passengers pushing a plane whose chassis froze due to the weather.

  • Sthembiso Sithole
1 min read