Critical issues such as the government’s overreliance on taxes and the deterioration of basic services threaten social unrest ...

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

Armstrong Williams is optimistic about the future of South Africa as he returns to the country for the first time since ...

The impact of civil unrest, strikes, riots, and civil commotion (SRCC) activity also ranks as the top concern in countries such as Colombia, France, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United ...

A growing number of South African businesses are sounding the alarm over the risk of widespread social unrest as the country ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has identified Africa’s poorest countries in 2025 by GDP per capita (PPP), highlighting ...

If these problems are not addressed, Ramaphosa warned that South Africa will face a perfect storm that is already resulting in social unrest. “These factors make for what is called a perfect storm – ...

South African authorities said Wednesday they have rescued a 45-year-old American pastor who was kidnapped last week.

Imagine waking up to a video of President Cyril Ramaphosa announcing a national emergency that never happened.

One of the learnings from the unrest of July 2021 is that we need to rethink the role of the private security industry, particularly as this relates to support to the South African Police Service. We ...