Gabriele Steinhauser is The Wall Street Journal’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. Before that, she covered sub-Saharan Africa ...

In a surprising development that signals a thaw in diplomatic tensions, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump held direct talks on April 24, agreeing to work together ...

The Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) has welcomed the decision to reverse the VAT hike, which it says is a regressive tax ...

There’s a global trend of democratic institutions and constitutional checks on power being undermined and fundamentally called into question that South Africa is not immune to.

Galamsey, the local term for illegal small-scale mining in Ghana, continues to pose a serious threat to the nation's ...

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party ("MK Party") strongly denounces the ANC Government's attempt to spin its humiliating backtrack on the proposed VAT increase as some kind of noble act. This was never about ...

An advocate for justice and equality, a unifier and an exemplary man of faith are just some of the words that are used to describe the late Pope Francis. The Vatican confirmed the Pope’s death at the ...

Reversal of VAT increases a hard-won victory for the working class, a call against austerity ...

While the government's decision to scrap a VAT increase seems compassionate, experts warn it merely obscures the deeper ...

Water is revolutionizing fundraising by allowing donors to virtually walk in the shoes of the women and girls for whom water ...

Kenya’s President William Ruto was among the African political leaders who paid tribute to the late Pope as an outstanding moral voice and advocate for peace and human dignity. He said Francis ...

The finance minister has warned that spending cuts or a rise in other taxes could follow.