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SA Army Preparing for Underground Warfare
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (389+ words) – July 28, 2026 South Africa’s illegal miners, the zama zamas, have emerged as an intractable security issue in mining communities, and South Africa’s military is preparing to take it on. Sources familiar with the South African National Defence Force have said that…...
The Chinese Are Keeping Dogs – Posing a New Threat to Beijing
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (441+ words) – July 28, 2026 As China’s middle class has expanded, pet ownership has taken off. In 2025, people living in Chinese cities owned around 126 million pet cats and dogs – roughly 73 million cats and 53 million dogs. That market has expanded quickly. Perfect data are hard…...
Polls Show Race Relations Are Stronger Than Politicians Would
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (768+ words) – July 28, 2026 Polling shows that South Africans are far less preoccupied with race than the country's political debate suggests. Despite years of racial political rhetoric, polling consistently shows that most South Africans respect one another, value merit over race, and believe…...
US Economy Remains Resilient as Republicans Eye Midterm Risks
14+ hour, 49+ min ago (298+ words) – July 27, 2026 The firm expects growth to remain firm through the rest of the year, reaching near 2.2% in the third quarter as consumer spending receives a boost from the FIFA World Cup, before easing to around 2.0% in the fourth quarter as…...
The Impeachment Clock Stops, For Now
14+ hour, 39+ min ago (790+ words) – July 27, 2026 The impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa has been paused. A three-member bench granted the president an interim interdict suspending Parliament’s section 89 committee. The committee was established to investigate whether there is sufficient evidence for Ramaphosa to face an…...
What Another 30 Years of 1% Growth Looks Like
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (278+ words) – July 27, 2026 If South Africa does not pursue economic reform and instead continues along its current trajectory, the average person in the world will be more than four times richer than the average South African by 2056. In 1994, the per capita GDP…...
Ramaphosa’s Empty Victory
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (248+ words) – July 27, 2026 That is what he has now done, and he was fortunate in doing it to have the precedent of his predecessor to rely on – a precedent that has seen Zuma delay his arms deal reckoning for two decades. Ominously,…...
Does a Chinese Takeover of Taiwan Pose a Real Risk to the West's
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (919+ words) – July 27, 2026 Taiwan produces roughly eight out of every ten of the world's most advanced semiconductors, the chips that power everything from smartphones and fighter jets to the latest artificial intelligence (AI) models. A single company, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…...
Tribute to Bill Johnson (1943 – 2026)
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (756+ words) – July 26, 2026 RW Johnson, “Bill” to his many friends and relations, was educated at Natal University and thereafter, as a Rhodes Scholar, at Oxford University. He was a fellow in politics at Magdalen College, Oxford, for 26 years and remained an emeritus…...
How Rich European Activists Try Keep South Africa Poor
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (322+ words) – July 25, 2026 European non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are keeping South Africa poor by funding strategic litigation for activist movements that drive away foreign investment and prevent economic growth. Exactly one objection was lodged. It came from The Housing Assembly, together with Foxglove....