South Africa’s high-stakes diplomatic gamble: can a delegation to the US defuse tensions?

Mines minister Gwede Mantashe has done his bit to worsen SA-US relations in a rambling off-the-cuff address at this week’s mining indaba

The new law is no panacea for the state’s glacial pace on land reform

Ramaphosa’s politics of performance risks disappointing the ANC’s supporters when its legislative innovations don’t result in the promised changes