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Collateral Damage: How bank actions deepen SA’s unemployment woes

The dire unemployment situation has led to desperation among young South Africans, who had once hoped for a brighter future in the post-apartheid era

Support for Ukraine war is waning, giving peace a chance

According to a new Reuters-Ipsos survey released this week, a rapidly growing number of Americans across the political divide are opposed to the US supplying additional military aid to Ukraine

Democracy Under Threat: The urgent battle to save independent media in SA

Globally, democracy and press freedom are under siege in various forms and the situation in South Africa is not an isolated one … the independence and survival of media outlets face severe challenges

BRICS games offer much more than ample chance for closer co-operation

The BRICS nations recently captured the imagination of the international community when they held the 15th BRICS Summit in South Africa’s financial hub, Sandton

We must embrace our heritage for it makes us who we are

South Africa is a hub of multiculturalism, with a dozen official languages among a population of over 60 million citizens … in fact, South Africa is hailed for its multiculturalism, ranking as the ninth most diverse country in the world

The UN’s archaic system must be overhauled sooner than later

A quick perusal of the world’s contemporary history shows a litany of wars and a growing decline of multilateralism – characterised by self-styled wealthy nations of the global north who tolerates the world order strictly through their prism only

Steve Biko lives, he will never die – long live Biko!

Biko’s philosophy came about as a retort to the inferiority complex that had plagued the mind-sets of widespread black populations, as a result of the repressive power structures of the apartheid government

Cosy ties between Putin and Kim crated by hostility of the West

President Kim’s first notable stop in Russia was Vostochny Cosmodrone, an advanced space launch facility in the country’s Amur region

Dodgy data leads to bank account closures

Banks relying on third-party data to determine whether you’re worth the risk for a bank account or not, but has the veracity of that data been tested?

The echoes of guns, violence and open wounds in Zululand during the 1990s

Today, many will remember their loved ones who died under the black-on-black violence that was sponsored by the National Party and the irrationality of the IFP participation

Is the government handing its job over to business?

With the government outsourcing much of its responsibilities and citizens and corporate SA instituting private measures to things like security, policing, health, vital infrastructure et al, who’s wagging whose tail these days, is there any impartiality/objectivity left in our country?

SA banks accused of systemic discrimination – the ongoing battle for justice