From Cape Town’s cosseting hotels and the culinary pleasures of the Winelands to dramatic wildlife sightings at Sabi Sand, a ...

He has unrivalled credentials, based upon a special knowledge of South Africa, combined with comparative study of that sub-continent and South America, and with extensive travel in many other lands.

When the minister of finance takes the podium to deliver his budget speech today he will be addressing a nation of desperate people.