Ronnie Apteker Letter from Kyiv: Exhausted but unbroken after four years of full-scale war 7 min 2 11 February 2026
Hector Elliott As its rivals self-destruct, China is quietly tightening its grip on the future 6 min 2 9 February 2026
Azu Ishiekwene Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have gone rogue – now Trump is rubbing salt in the subregion’s wound 4 min 0 7 February 2026
WILL FOR PEACE Iran pulls out of SA’s joint naval exercise amid political tensions 4 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
VENEZUELA ATTACK ANALYSIS Trump’s shredding of international law sets a dangerous precedent 8 min 9 By Peter Fabricius
Natale Labia Trump's seizure of Venezuela signals a shift from a rules-based order to open imperialism 4 min 0 6 January 2026
WORLD ANALYSIS Reading the tea leaves for 2026 shows a world on the edge of disruption 9 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
GEOPOLITICS SANDF confirms SA will host joint naval exercise with BRICS-Plus states next month 7 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE US and Ukraine ‘a lot closer’ on peace deal but Donbas remains unresolved, says Trump 4 min 0 By Reuters
FOREIGN AFFAIRS SA breaks ranks with BRICS to vote for UN resolution demanding Russia return abducted Ukrainian kids 5 min 9 By Peter Fabricius
FOREIGN AFFAIRS SA likely to support UN General Assembly resolution demanding Russia return abducted Ukrainian children 5 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
DOGS OF WAR SAfm presenter and four others in the dock over alleged Russia mercenaries recruitment plot 5 min 5 By Victoria O’Regan
EXPLAINER Can SA prosecute the 17 men who say they were duped into war in Ukraine? 6 min 3 By Victoria O'Regan
PEACE PLAN CONTROVERSY US peace plan for Ukraine ‘riddled with flaws’ — Norwegian PM 5 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
Richard Fontaine and Gibbs McKinley How the US and South Africa could use the G20 to plot a path forward 3 min 1 21 November 2025
G20 SUMMIT US makes clear it will oppose a G20 Johannesburg Leaders’ Declaration 4 min 11 By Peter Fabricius
GROUP OF 20 ANALYSIS As leaders pull out of the G20, who can capitalise on the opportunity? 5 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
IN PICTURES First Russian anthropomorphic robot ‘AIDOL’ presented in Moscow falls, and more from around the world 6 min 0 By Daily Maverick Photo Team
