Every so often, Africa unveils a corruption scandal so audacious that even the most seasoned investigators momentarily lose the plot: one official pays millions for goods that never existed,... 

The Santa Marta conference, held in Colombia from April 24 to 29 and dubbed the first fossil-fuel phase-out conference, must be seen as an important stepping stone and perhaps a necessary riposte... 

“Time, time, time; See what’s become of me; … Look around; Leaves are brown; And the sky is a hazy shade of winter …” – with all due acknowledgment to The Bangles’ cover of the Simon & Garfunkel... 

A country with sufficient energy can advance economically. A country with insufficient energy cannot. The private sector finds energy generation good business. The public sector is seeing that the... 

Global statistics continue to reaffirm the role of electricity as the future dominant energy carrier. More and more energy services are being electrified, including through electric vehicles, while... 

Donald Trump’s US is at it again. Just when I thought Washington had exhausted its list of African countries willing to receive migrants it doesn’t want, along comes another. This time, it’s the... 

The 147th and 148th sessions of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Council, the yearly in-person yearly gathering of its 187 member customs administrations, were held from June 25 to June 27 at... 

When we seek unity, we must not be looking for uniformity but divergent good. Collectively, we can give ourselves far more than anyone can take away. Let’s pick up our tools and build big and small... 

There was a time when one could buy an air ticket, renew a TV licence, file tax returns, pay a bill or book a doctor’s appointment without downloading anything. Today, almost every service begins... 

South Africa’s planned R1-trillion infrastructure programme is undoubtedly a chance to revive the struggling construction sector and to stimulate industrialisation. After more than a decade of weak... 

In the age of the Internet, with enhanced search engine AI functionality, one would expect to find an answer to nearly any question in seconds. We already know that the answer to the “ultimate... 

“If we look at how the economy is carbonised, an electron can only decarbonise between 60% to 70% of the economy.” This important point has been emphasised by SLR Consulting Power Sector Lead... 

South Africa is approaching the fifth anniversary of the deadly July 2021 riots and looting in an atmosphere that is again heavily laden with the threat of violence. It’s a fog made denser by the... 

Here is a little secret about this column: I pen it (boy, do I actually use a Bic!) ten days before it’s published. So, the creative juices that produced this piece flowed on June 22, and by then...