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Solly Moeng: BOTH Cyril AND Mashatile are too ill to run the country
Interviews

Solly Moeng: BOTH Cyril AND Mashatile are too ill to run the country

By
Chris Steyn
11 min read
South Africa’s leadership, election, policing and social crises come under scrutiny.
Crude oil storage tanks stand at the oil refinery operated by Saudi Aramco in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Saudi Aramco aims to become a global refiner and chemical maker, seeking to profit from parts of the oil industry where demand is growing the fastest while also underpinning the kingdoms economic diversification. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Rational Perspective

SA has just 13 days of fuel reserves as Gulf oil supply risks rise: Anthea Jeffery

By
Daily Friend
9 min read
South Africa’s plan to rebuild strategic fuel reserves faces serious questions over state capacity, corruption, infrastructure and cost.
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – AUGUST 17: Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry at Brigette Mabandla Judicial College on August 17, 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa established the commission to investigate and report on the veracity, scope, and extent of the allegations made on 6 July 2025 by KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that South Africa’s criminal justice system was compromised. ( Photo by Gallo Images/Frennie Shivambu)
Leadership

Scrap the Public Protector? A retired brigadier makes the case for a permanent Madlanga

By
Editor BizNews
8 min read
Could South Africa replace the Public Protector with a permanent institution targeting systemic corruption and criminal infiltration?
Olympiad Man has displaced Davos Man.
Leadership

Forget Davos — The new global elite won Gold at 17, and SA keeps exporting its own

By
The Economist
5 min read
A new elite of mathematical prodigies is reshaping AI, finance and global capitalism.
SA joins Colombia, South Sudan on short list hit by this US visa tool. Meservey unpacks why
Interviews

SA joins Colombia, South Sudan on short list hit by this US visa tool. Meservey unpacks why

By
Alec Hogg
1 min read
Joshua Meservey on the new US visa sanctions against South African officials, AGOA's fate, and why he says more measures may follow.
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