NAVAL-GAZING Motshekga orders inquiry into why Ramaphosa’s orders to withdraw Iranian warships from exercise weren’t obeyed 6 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
US-SA RELATIONS ANALYSIS Why South Africa shouldn’t reject US Ambassador-designate Bozell’s credentials 6 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
THE READINESS REPORT The Donroe Times: Redi Tlhabi and Tony Karon on America’s return to gunboat diplomacy 1 min 0 By Redi Tlhabi
FOREIGN POLICY SA political parties divided on US military action in Venezuela 9 min 4 By Victoria O'Regan
Ziyad Motala When farce meets applause — the Venezuela spectacle and authoritarian longing in SA politics 5 min 6 6 January 2026
GUNSHIP DIPLOMACY Trump escalates threats to take Greenland after mixed global response to Venezuela 8 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Donald Trump kidnaps the start of the working week 4 min 3 By Stephen Grootes
FOREIGN POLICY TIGHTROPE OP-ED South Africa’s Maduro dilemma — when principles meet pragmatism 5 min 2 By Lyal White
'SHARED DEVELOPMENT' Venezuela’s interim president offers US cooperation after Trump says further strike possible 3 min 1 By Reuters
WORLD ANALYSIS Reading the tea leaves for 2026 shows a world on the edge of disruption 9 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
WAR IN EUROPE US and Ukraine ‘a lot closer’ on peace deal but Donbas remains unresolved, says Trump 4 min 0 By Reuters
Redi Tlhabi The quiet violence of acquiescence and why journalism cannot afford detachment 3 min 5 28 December 2025
GROUP OF 20 SA formally asks fellow G20 members to object to its exclusion by the US 2 min 6 By Peter Fabricius
TRADE TENSIONS US House committee to take up Africa trade bill, but South Africa risks exclusion 2 min 0 By Reuters
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Trump’s National Security Strategy insults Europe and largely neglects Africa 8 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
Natale Labia Why this time really might be different for emerging markets and SA 5 min 0 9 December 2025
Terence McNamee What is to be done? It’s time for SA to ditch its failed approach to Washington 6 min 7 4 December 2025
GEOPOLITICS OP-ED The world moves on — what SA’s G20 presidency revealed about US’s shrinking gravitational pull 5 min 0 By Daryl Swanepoel
GROUP OF 20 SA looks beyond US G20 presidency as Trump moves to block participation 5 min 1 By Victoria O'Regan and Peter Fabricius
