Africa’s $65 billion pharmaceutical dependency: a crisis of sovereignty
Africa deserves better. African lives demand better. And the solutions exist—if we finally choose to implement them, writes Jovial Rantao. Every year, Africa spends more than $65 billion importing medical…
The silent storm: South Africa’s survival gamble in a fractured green world
South Africa’s credibility in the green transition hinges not only on technical readiness but on institutional integrity, writes Lionel Jean Michel There are no sirens, no mushroom clouds, no overt…
African political leadership in the 1920s
Leadership is delighted to publish an excerpt from Dr Thulani Mkhize’s new book, Nontsizi Mgqwetho: The Poet of the People In the Xhosa political context, the imbongi is endowed with the task…
Making waves in the renewable energy sector
What makes the woman behind Dsolar tick? Ido Lekota found out… Dsolar—a 100 percent black female-owned ernergy efficient company—is making significant waves in the renewable enegy sector. This happens under…
Engineering unity: how Ipeleng Mabusela is rewiring South Africa’s motor industry
“If we work together, we don’t just fix cars. We fix economies. We fix futures. And in the process, we fix ourselves,” says Ipeleng Mabusela, Chief Executive Officer of the…
Mpintshi Yum: driving culinary wellness
Ido Lekota sat down with the founders of Mpintshi Yum–Leigh and Lerato Walters-Miane–to find out how they are changing the nutrition game in South Africa South Africa faces a “nutrition…
Sharon Moatshe–lift them as you rise
A profile of leadership, resilience, and purpose Scrolling through TikTok, Leadership Editor Prof Onkgopotse JJ Tabane found a gem he never thought he would come across on the social media…
Should provincial legislatures be dissolved?
Is the continued existence of provincial legislatures—which are a drain to the fiscus—still justified in a country like South Africa, where there are numerous urgent pressing priorities like runaway unemployment,…
Why the DA’s “Economic Inclusion for All” bill targets equity, not compliance fraud
Good governance is not code for neutralising redress. It is making redress work—with public proof, enforceable penalties, and relentless public scrutiny, writes Andile Nomlala For many of us, B-BEE wasn’t…
The future of health financing in Africa
Health in Africa–not African health–isin deep crisis, writes Dr Jean Kaseya Health in Africa needs multiple and varied sources of funding. Some health institutions are in decay. Patients need diagnostics,…