SAVANNAH, GA:  Until Union victory in the Civil War, the southern ports of Savannah in Georgia and Charleston in South Carolina were infamously linked to

South Africa’s slow vaccination rate risks permanently damaging one of the country’s few thriving economic sectors – the tourism industry.  Emerging and developing markets across

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have once again clashed with the broader media in South Africa. Julius Malema, the self-styled ‘Commander-in-Chief’ of South Africa’s third

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Some years back, I had a conversation with a senior executive in one of the country’s business organisations. This was just after President Jacob Zuma

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 12th March 1938 – Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria When

Both of the parliamentary committees dealing with expropriation without compensation (EWC) bills have breached their constitutional obligations to ‘facilitate public participation’ in the legislative process.

Denel, the state-owned defence company, is in a spiral of terminal decline. Yet there is no urgency or apparent strategy from the government to deal

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