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The war between Israel and Hamas could become one of the most intense and prolonged that has yet been fought in the Middle East in the modern era. With that, it carries enormous risks of becoming a wider and longer conflict.

The signs of accelerating state failure are pretty much everywhere: from the potholes, the urban decay, crimes that are not prosecuted, the lack of security, the implosion of state enterprises, to the power cuts and water supply interruptions.

In a world of commentary and critique, Steuart Pennington outlines the three distinct voices shaping South Africa's future.

There are three types of people in the World “Those that make things happen; those that watch things happen; and those who criticise everything that is happening” adapted from George Bernard Shaw, and appropriate to the spread of population psyche in most countries.

In SA, signs of state failure are becoming more evident, from crumbling infrastructure and unaddressed crime to unreliable public services.

A tragic incident involving the South African Navy has shed light on the country's deteriorating military capabilities.

Last week three South African Navy submariners were swept off their vessel’s hull to their deaths while taking on supplies from a helicopter.

Katzenellenbogen explores the implications and the broader context of the Tshwane strike and its potential impact on SA's future governance.

The National Treasury knows that South Africa is heading into an economic crisis, but it can’t do much about that.

Downtown Johannesburg is spiraling into chaos as criminal gangs seize control of buildings and disaster strikes.