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Industry accounts for only 13 percent of SADC's regional GDP, a figure the bloc's own secretariat put on the record on the same day it opened an event named, without irony, Industrialisation Week. The eighth edition convened at the Novotel Hotel and Spa in...
A Kingdom Built on Algorithms and Egos Once upon a time in the jungle of America’s digital kingdom, two mighty rulers reigned supreme: King Julien of MAGAstan, and his tiny, techie admirer Mort from Teslaland. Their alliance? Unholy, unlikely, and undeniably viral....
For many African entrepreneurs, sourcing materials, packaging, or equipment from South Africa is a smart move - until they try doing it from afar. What begins with ambition quickly turns into inbox clutter, language gaps, and a chain of middlemen who never quite...
In June 2025 Botswana cut its 2025 growth forecast to near zero. A prolonged diamond downturn did not just dent revenue; it exposed how much the budget still rests on one stone.
In June 2025, permanent secretary Tshokologo Alex Kganetsano warned the economy could register almost no growth this year as diamond revenue plunged and the deficit widened.
A Caffeinated Couple on the Tarmac They had landed. The wheels were down. The engines had cooled. But just as French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte descended the stairs in Hanoi, Asia got its first double shot of French drama - and it came...
Diplomacy often comes dressed in ceremony, fluffed up with photo ops, padded talking points, and carefully brewed optimism. During the recent state visit between South Africa and the United States, Washington brought its usual latte diplomacy to the table - warm,...
In the theatre of geopolitics, some leaders sip power gently - and some gulp it down. Donald Trump, now back in the Oval Office and still a perennial disruptor, prefers to gulp. His diplomatic style, if it could be called that, is more deal table than tea table, more...
In a world obsessed with force, there is something revolutionary about restraint. Burkina Faso - a country often overlooked in global headlines - is rewriting its own story not through borrowed policies or imported ideologies, but through bold leadership and strategic...