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Injustice: Despite the mining sector’s profitability, host communities see less than 1% of corporate profits. Photo: Chris Louw/Centre for Environmental Rights
ABRAHAM NUNBOGU

Minerals boom but benefits bypass communities

South Africa is positioning itself as a key player in the global race for critical minerals but new research and warnings suggest those closest to extraction might lose out,…

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
America first: US President Donald Trump’s administration’s broader engagement with the Middle East has been, to put it charitably, a study in contrasts, says the writer. Photo: The White House
CHINESE AMERICAN

Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as history

Donald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan

  • Busani Ngcaweni
10 min read
Late last week, the Social Policy Initiative released a statement revealing that it had called on Ramaphosa to urgently host an inclusive debate on South Africa’s macroeconomic priorities in the wake of recent media coverage. (Emmanuel DUNAND / POOL / AFP)
ANC

Ramaphosanomics cuts SA adrift

World leaders are closely associated with the economic policies they espouse, a fact that does not bode well for South Africa’s president

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
Tshilidzi Marwala.
4IR

Tshilidzi Marwala took University of Johannesburg to a new level

The vice-chancellor will be missed but his replacement is an accomplished and astute leader

  • Mike Teke
7 min read
Strong academic credentials: Professor Zodwa Dlamini. Photo: Mariki Uitenweerde
DEBRA MEYER

Race on to replace UJ vice-chancellor Tshilidzi Marwala

Some groups are putting their weight behind an African candidate and others favour a woman

  • Edwin Naidu
15 min read