Jonathan Katzenellenbogen

Humanitarian crises threatened to break out at South Africa’s busiest land border posts over the festive season.  A flood of Zimbabweans and Mozambicans overwhelmed the

From Friday last week, the beginning of 2021, African governments were under a formal agreement to establish tariff-free trade among themselves and reduce trade barriers. 

Over the next few weeks, the Daily Friend will be republishing a selection of the most popular posts of 2020. This piece was first published

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government faces big decisions next year, but the big ones are the same issues it faced this year and the year before,

Foreigners are once again in the sights of mobs and politicians who are building support on anti-immigrant sentiments. Popular frustration at the deep economic slump

Last week was a terrible one for South Africa. Officials spun President Cyril Ramaphosa’s annual investment conference last week as a success that would result

Global economic sentiment is showing signs of improving in the aftermath of the US election and the positive clinical trial results of two Covid-19 vaccines.

President-elect Joe Biden has promised big changes, and to set the United States (US) on a new course. The US will be far more involved

The world is in for the long haul in living with the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccines, when they are approved, will face delays in manufacture and

The world is in for the long haul in living with the Covid-19 pandemic. Vaccines, when they are approved, will face delays in manufacture and