Simon Barber

At the start of the Oscar Pistorius trial, celebrity US lawyer Alan Dershowitz suggested on CNN that Pistorius would not get justice as South Africa was a "failed state", and the trial "racial". Simon Barber, Brand South Africa's country manager for the US, wrote this open letter to Dershowitz in response.

By offering to acquire Massmart for some $4.2-billion, Wal-Mart has joined the parade of global companies looking to South Africa as a springboard into what is increasingly seen as the world's last great investment frontier.
• Brewing up a global brand

All South Africans love it - including Nobel peace prize-winning Desmond Tutu - and its rich, smoky smell floats over the country every Sunday. Celebrate the braai with our great recipe for boerewors, traditional South African farmer's sausage.
• SA fired up for National Braai Day

South Africa’s post-apartheid transformation and new middle class are fuelling demand for affordable homes. For private equity fund International Housing Solutions, that means opportunity.
• New technologies for social housing

The forgiving philosophy of "ubuntu" helps explain how South Africa managed to transcend its turbulent apartheid past and create a unified democracy, writes Simon Barber.
• My normal, crazy, mixed-up country

South Africa, which builds BMWs and Mercedes Benzes for the US market, is in the thick of the race to deliver a truly practical – and stylish – electric car. Meet the Joule.
• SA market hungry for the Joule

It will probe the edges of our universe. It will be a virtual time machine, helping scientists explore the origins of galaxies. It's the Square Kilometre Array, and South Africans are at the heart of its development.
• African eyes on the universe

Since 1990, South Africa has been a noisy place. After decades of apartheid censorship, the lifting of restrictions on the media led to a cacophony of debate. For the first time in centuries, everyone could be heard, and it was sometimes deafening, writes Anton Harber.
• Tutu speaks out for press freedom