By Annisa Essack 14:04:2021 September 26th, 2001, saw the arrival of the first American troops in Afghanistan when a...
Political (opinion) Articles
Only Russian Software for Devices in the Region
Naseerah Nanabhai 07-04-2021 Russia now requires that all devices in the country utilise Russian software only. This...
Impeachment, acquittal but is it over for Trump
By Annisa Essack Saturday, the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, voting...
Was South Africa’s Hard Lockdown Worth it?
By Naadiya Adams - @Miss_Naadiya In retrospect President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to force a hard lockdown was the right choice, but what him and his command council did after that is the problem. Ramaphosa had at his service, the best in the country, the top...
Michele Flournoy might be breaking a glass ceiling as Pentagon chief, but even feminists aren’t buying
President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for Pentagon chief would be the first woman in the role. But a glimpse at her past suggests she’s not only a sociopathic hawk but an ideal vector for a Biden reversal of Trump’s Afghan pullout. As Trump finally began to implement his...
On a Highway through Hell in Afghanistan
By Fazelminallah Qazizai 03:10:2020 Taliban and government forces are face to face in Helmand with the resumption of peace talk-stalled hostilities the blink of an eye away HELMAND – In a contested region of Afghanistan, the dividing line between the Taliban and...
Trump – The Ultimate Strategist
By Annisa Essack 04:10:2020 Strategy. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines strategy as “the science and art of employing the political, economic, psychological, and military forces of a nation or group of nations to afford the maximum support to adopted policies in...
Now Everyone is a Statistician. Here’s what armchair COVID exports are getting wrong
By Jacques Raubenheimer Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, University of Sydney 15:09:2020 If we don’t analyse statistics for a living, it’s easy to be taken in by misinformation about COVID-19 statistics on social media, especially if we don’t have the right...
Abraham Accord- A marriage of convenience or a stab in the back?
By Annisa Essack 24:08:2020 The Abraham Accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates promises to establish normal relations between the two countries which include business relations, tourism, direct flights, scientific cooperation, and, in due course, full...
Retrenchments on the Rise in SA
By Naseerah Nanabhai 20:08:2020 Among the extensive effects of lockdown regulations, job losses remain the most devastating. With findings suggesting a larger than the usual number of retrenchments during the months of May and June this year. A National Income...
SA could move to level two soon- what to expect
By Naseerah Nanabhai 15:08:2020 The Forum of South African Directors-General (FOSAD) has recommended to the National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) that South Africa be moved to level 2 of the nationwide lockdown. This comes after a decline in the number of...
Africa’s Forgotten Refugees
Catherine Constantinides and Vitalio Angula World Refugee Day falls each year on June 20th and is dedicated to refugees around the globe. World Refugee Day was held globally for the first time on June 20, 2001, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the...