Boston bombing: A nervous South African in a paranoid America

Nikiwe Bikitsha explains what it's like to lose your sense of security in the US since the two bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Politicians won't make a splash in Arizona

Arizona is a red state - red in rock and politics - and political red herrings are obscuring the issues in the desert state, writes Nikiwe Nikitsha.

Mnxim! Homesickness is when you can't speak your mother tongue

Nikiwe Bikitsha wonders what she will miss about South Africa as she prepares to embark on a 10-month fellowship in the United States.

ANC must get education right if it wants to mine richer seams

What has now been described interchangeably as a "crisis" or a "saga" should by now be escalated to "textbookgate", writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.

Beyonce is just not cricket, Mbaks

Fikile Mbalula's overzealousness might get him into trouble. He really needs to channel it into the appropriate avenues, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.

News anchors: When words that slip out are a slip up

In the fortnight of "The Spear" madness, did anyone spare a thought for the long-suffering news anchors who had the prickly task of telling the story?