POWER

An Afro-Boondocks Analysis of Southern Africa’s Favourite Siblings Act I: Welcome to Southernwood Somewhere on the southern block of the African cul-de-sac live two notorious brothers. They share the same revolutionary bloodline. They grew up in the same Cold War...

Two women. Born same year. Same country. But different worlds. In the theatre of modern South African life, there’s a tale not often told with clarity - a tale of method. Not morality. A tale of how one arrives at power, not just that one possesses it. And in this...

A Kingdom Built on Algorithms and Egos Once upon a time in the jungle of America’s digital kingdom, two mighty rulers reigned supreme: King Julien of MAGAstan, and his tiny, techie admirer Mort from Teslaland. Their alliance? Unholy, unlikely, and undeniably viral....

A Caffeinated Couple on the Tarmac They had landed. The wheels were down. The engines had cooled. But just as French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte descended the stairs in Hanoi, Asia got its first double shot of French drama - and it came...

Diplomacy often comes dressed in ceremony, fluffed up with photo ops, padded talking points, and carefully brewed optimism. During the recent state visit between South Africa and the United States, Washington brought its usual latte diplomacy to the table - warm,...

In the theatre of geopolitics, some leaders sip power gently - and some gulp it down. Donald Trump, now back in the Oval Office and still a perennial disruptor, prefers to gulp. His diplomatic style, if it could be called that, is more deal table than tea table, more...

In a world obsessed with force, there is something revolutionary about restraint. Burkina Faso - a country often overlooked in global headlines - is rewriting its own story not through borrowed policies or imported ideologies, but through bold leadership and strategic...

The world has changed, but the institutions guiding it still wear yesterday’s suits. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the United Nations - a structure built in the aftermath of war, functioning in the shadow of power, and reacting to global crises with the urgency...