Implications of Trump’s election on SA and global trade

Mushtak Parker|Published

SA’s foreign policy and trade relations with US may evolve under his administration.

How global summits are reshaping world order

Mushtak Parker|Published

The monumental challenge is capacity building, resource mobilisation, arm’s-length independent oversight, common red lines, a minimum of functional unity, and implementation ...

Challenges and opportunities in SA’s infrastructure development plan

Mushtak Parker|Published

Whether it is the ANC or the DA pushing the infrastructure initiative in the GNU is immaterial.

SA woos UK, Ireland for foreign investment

Mushtak Parker|Published

South Africa is the second largest destination for British FDI in Africa.

Act now, next pandemic will not wait for world

Mushtak Parker|Published

Millions of people still lack access to life-saving health services, highlighting the link between health and sustainable development.

SA leaders can learn a lot from Boks’ breathtaking success

Mushtak Parker|Published

The true history of South African rugby reflects a mesmerising montage of the prodigious and sustained Black, Coloured and Cape Malay contribution to the development ...

SA still faces serious macroeconomic challenges

Mushtak Parker|Published

A lot is pinned on faster reform implementation supported by the GNU.

Clarion call for men to change attitudes towards women

Mushtak Parker|Published

Race and colour so ingrained in SA psyche that they never fail to raise their heads.

Focac 9 focus on Africa set to quench global economic thirst

Mushtak Parker|Published

As beguiling as the attention might seem, it is steeped in the realpolitik of self-interest.

Mpox spread in SA a cause for concern

Mushtak Parker|Published

DISEASE outbreak and pandemic unpreparedness is the bane of creaking global health systems irrespective of their economic status.

Lamola is no Pandor in steering foreign policy

Mushtak Parker|Published

New minister exudes a freshness but also a naivety, probably due to inexperience.

ANC has two weeks to get its next move right

Mushtak Parker|Published

Whether the MKP would have fared even better without the baggage and influence of a discredited Zuma and with a new generation at the helm, only the electoral gods ...

South Africans, the ball is in your court

Mushtak Parker|Published

Voters will be confronted with stark choices of ‘continuity’, ‘confidence’ or ‘change’.

ANC’s rogue NHI version is an untested experiment

Mushtak Parker|Published

South Africans should be stone cold sober when deliberating the pros and cons.

A travesty that ANC is still defined by Mandela

Mushtak Parker|Published

The Madiba magic is receding, especially among a youth cohort in a hurry.

Gender equality is smart economics and right way to go

Mushtak Parker|Published

Gaps in implementation of laws on women’s rights show how much work still lies ahead.

Thaw in SA-US relations a relief for Ramaphosa

Mushtak Parker|Published

Bilateral relations have seen a flurry of positive diplomatic activity this year.

Mapisa-Nqakula’s case symbolises a disconcerting trend

Mushtak Parker|Published

Politicians across the globe are a breed unto themselves.

Africa lags in renewable energy race despite advantages

Mushtak Parker|Published

Eskom’s April 1 price hike no April Fool’s joke for cash-strapped South Africans.

Ending tuberculosis is an exercise in futility

Mushtak Parker|Published

Despite global efforts to combat the spread of the resilient mycobacterium that causes the disease, and affects over 10. 6 million people annually, including 5. ...

Gender gaps across spectrum unacceptable

Mushtak Parker|Published

The fact that we indulge in this perennial soul-searching playbook suggests that the gender equality ecosystem remains a work in progress, albeit patronisingly slow ...

Report lays bare shame of all that is dysfunctional at Eskom

Mushtak Parker|Published

A devastating indictment of a state-owned utility on the brink of implosion.

Budget did not serve the real economic hopes of majority

Mushtak Parker|Published

How can Godongwana talk about growth when his fiscal deficit grew by 1%?

ANC narrative avoids tough questions

Mushtak Parker|Published

South Africans may be bemused to see their country classified as one with a “moderate level of corruption”.

Budget must escape ANC cadres’ ideological straitjacket

Mushtak Parker|Published

Godongwana beholden to ANC’s competing and latterly self-serving and corrupt factions.