This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 10th November 1444 – Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King

Many South Africans have been waiting, says incoming IRR CEO John Endres, for ‘a single mighty lion to bring down the old buffalo that is

For the first time ever, the ANC’s share of the vote has sunk below 50 percent. With this last week’s local government election is the

Writing in the Financial Times last week, Cyril Ramaphosa argued that “(humanity) faces an unprecedented climate crisis, with the welfare of our planet and its

Sitting with me on a plane to Cape Town last week, the new IRR CEO, John Endres, came up with the story about the buffalo

One of the go-to alternatives for people who for some absurd reason are hesitant about Covid-19 vaccinations is the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, the evidence in

The hurrah is done, the dust has begun to settle. The local government elections of South Africa – along with the July riots of 2021

Three weeks ago this column suggested that rich countries would do a ‘decarbonisation’ deal with South Africa and then pull that deal like a rabbit

The people have spoken – or, to be more accurate, 12 million of the 40 million or so South Africans eligible to vote have spoken.

A senior UN environmental official warned that ‘governments have a 10-year window of opportunity to solve the greenhouse effect before it goes beyond human control’.