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A pack of African wild dogs in Zambia’s Kafue National Park.
Africa

Endangered wild dogs are quietly stitching Southern Africa's populations back together

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The Conversation
6 min read
GPS tracking shows dispersing packs crossing rivers, highways and cities to find mates, naturally reconnecting fragmented wild dog populations.
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 17: Aerial display at the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) 20th anniversary at Air Force Base Waterkloof on September 17, 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. AISI was established in 2006 as a strategic initiative of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition to strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability and growth of South Africa’s aerospace and defence industry. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
Rational Perspective

Chris Hattingh: Time for South Africa to get serious about sovereign defence

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Daily Friend
4 min read
Angie Motshekga talked up sovereign capability at AAD 2026, but Chris Hattingh says a 0.7% of GDP defence budget, the lowest since 1960, tells another story.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump exchange words during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between the two countries have been strained since Trump signed an executive order in February that claimed white South Africans are the victims of government land confiscation and race-based “genocide” while admitting some of those Afrikaners as refugees to the United States. Trump also halted all foreign aid to South Africa and expelled the country’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Rational Perspective

TCS Editors: America's case against SA is right, Pretoria should take note

By
The Common Sense
6 min read
US concerns expose tensions over investment, expropriation and South Africa’s foreign policy.
The Economist: Deep mutual distrust will scupper US-China co-operation on AI
Tech

The Economist: Deep mutual distrust will scupper US-China co-operation on AI

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The Economist
7 min read
Big progress at a summit of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is unlikely
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