There have been very many reports of the demise and likely collapse of the Tripartite Alliance of the ANC, SACP and Cosatu over several years. These reports draw on factual evidence of electoral ...

Master thriller writer Frederick Forsyth died last week. Many readers of a certain age will remember him for stories like The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File. He wrote many other stories of ...

In a “slash and burn” rampage, multi-billionaire and Donald Trump appointee Elon Musk is spearheading job cuts and closures across United States government departments. According to a New York Times ...

As South Africa battles to keep a good name on the global stage after a barrage of attacks from US President Donald Trump and 'shadow president' Elon Musk, a new theory has emerged about the Tesla ...

1967 — Wicketkeeper Denis Lindsay scores an unbeaten 111 as South Africa reach stumps on the second day of the fourth Test against Australia at the Wanderers on 266/7, a first-innings lead of 123. He ...

An unrepentant Janusz Walus said the motive behind Chris Hani's murder was to stop negotiations to bring an end to apartheid, and trigger a reaction from security forces in South Africa at the time ...

Political scientist Vipin Narang’s new book, “Seeking the Bomb,” makes sense of the complex history of nuclear weapons programs. In 1993, South Africa announced to a largely surprised world that it ...

In 1986, I overheard a heated row in a parliamentary corridor between the relatively liberal South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, and fellow cabinet minister, who was also the leader of the most ...

Roelof “Pik” Botha, South African foreign minister, said Wednesday Europe should quit telling his nation what to do and turn its attention “to what is happening in other African countries.”“We do not ...

South Africa’s long-serving foreign minister, Pik Botha, announced Wednesday he will quit politics at the end of June when his National Party leaves South Africa’s government of national unity, in ...