Editorial: A thirsty future beckons
EditorialWater scarcity is here and we need to act now, as this is more difficult to solve than the electricity crisis.
Editorial: Bring back our courage
EditorialWe saw that African lives were less important than those of Europeans. Yet what have we done as Africans for the world to see that we value our own?
Editorial: Eskom refuses to let go of power
EditorialSince 2008 when wet coal led to the country's mines being shut down, it has been clear that the country has been in an energy crisis.
Editorial: Matric 2014 a blaze of confusion
EditorialThe decline in the matric pass rate is not nearly enough as the first matric students graduate under the "Caps" curriculum.
Editorial: Let us all be Charlie
EditorialAs we continue to reel from the horrific massacre in Paris, let us all be Charlie – a new byword for global solidarity against the tyranny of fear.
Sober up, SA
EditorialEntering 2015, it feels as though we should be a nation on tranquillisers. But, at the same time, there are encouraging signs for South Africa.
Editorial: Yet another state body under threat
EditorialPolitical interference with Sars is a serious attack on the independence of the institution.
Editorial: ANC adds injury to media 'insults'
EditorialIn February 1994 Nelson Mandela, the then ANC president, said: "A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy."
Editorial: Make the rainbow real
EditorialWe need to work out how to make the knowledge gained over the past 20 years work for us.
Editorial: The good news on death stats
EditorialSouth Africa has one of the fastest-growing diabetes epidemics in the world. But HIV and Aids are reported more truthfully nowadays.
Editorial: State cases that insult the public
EditorialThe courts have ruled in disapproval of secrecy and unduly delay, and rightfully so.
Editorial: Democracy's next challenge
EditorialBoth party funding and political debate are obscured by non-disclosure of financial sources. Parliament must change this urgently.
Editorial: Eskom hand-out gets red card
EditorialParastatals are not primarily seen as development drivers or even as providers of services answerable to citizens, but as a source of patronage.
Editorial: Mbeki betrayed democracy
EditorialThe Khampepe report shows just how easy it is for leaders to reject the rights of citizens. South Africa may well be on the same slippery slope.
Editorial: A marriage of inconvenience
EditorialIf the tripartite parties' interests have diverged, then the parties should diverge. Rather give the voters a democratic contestation of issues.
Editorial: Civil groups can socialise state into action
EditorialCivil society is important to the functioning of our democracy: sometimes the state has to be pushed hard to do its constitutional duty.
Editorial: Redraw the thin blue line
EditorialThe recommendations of the Farlam commission's evidence leaders are very clear and SAPS would do well to start implementing them right away.
Editorial: Police damage SA's reputation
EditorialIf the police can jump to attention when Senzo Meyiwa gets killed and put its top people on the case, why can't it do that for other crimes?
Editorial: Clean case for judges
EditorialTheir personal independence guarantees the institutional independence of the judiciary so it is worrying when judges breach their own code of conduct.
Editorial: Zuma holds state hostage to his rule
Two decades of struggle to move away from a South Africa in which the executive and minority interests reign supreme may have been in vain.
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