Leadership

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 07: BRICS leaders pose for a family photo during the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 07, 2025. (Photo by Murat Gok /Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The Financial Times
11 min read
As regional conflicts rage and revisionist powers challenge the established order, warnings of a new global conflagration are growing louder
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 26: Helen Zille speaks at the unveiling of a new Johannesburg campaign billboard on August 26, 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 2026 South African municipal elections will be held on 4 November 2026 across South Africa, to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)
By
Daily Friend
6 min read
Zille’s Johannesburg turnaround depends on restoring confidence.
“I was in the room when the rot started”: ex-councillor on how SA’s municipalities stopped facing consequences
By
The Common Sense
9 min read
How impunity, political patronage and financial mismanagement cripple South Africa’s municipalities
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a bilateral meeting in conjunction with the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City. World leaders have gathered in New York for the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, with this year's global issues ranging from the threat of artificial intelligence to the continued wars in Ukraine and Gaza. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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The Financial Times
4 min read
No matter how much America’s allies urge the president to back Ukraine, he cannot forgive its leader for showing up his dealmaking impotence
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – SEPTEMBER 01: The state of infrastructure at Hillcrest public swimming pool on September 01, 2025 in Pretoria, South Africa. It is reported that public swimming pools in the Tshwane metro remain closed due to delays in the delivery of chlorine. (Photo by Gallo Images/Beeld/Deaan Vivier)
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Editor BizNews
5 min read
Swimming SA faces scrutiny over governance failures and public funds as Minister’s powers come under question.
Chuck stephens: Will BRICS become CICSA?
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Editor BizNews
6 min read
Could Bolsonaro’s rise weaken BRICS and reshape the global balance of power?
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