Behind the bitter press conferences, buried beneath the combative media headlines, realpolitik was at work
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla finally appeared in court four years after the riots in KwaZulu-Natal
The judge president has damaged his reputation and by extension that of the wider judiciary
The digital media industry is besieged by standards that encourage the dumbing down of its work – consider what’s happening to the Washington Post
We cannot expect politicians to take responsibility for carnage on the roads or gender-based violence
The water crisis is severe, but it is not unfixable. The blueprint is there — what is required is the political will to make it work.
The SACP is asking important questions of itself but, like the other parties busy with political activities this week — and those threatening to walk out of the government of national unity — it should also be asking itself what material benefit its decisions will bring to those it will be asking to vote for the party come the 2026 local government elections
Ramaphosa must, through public demand or GNU nudging, be pressured into severing the tether that still connects him to agenda-based decision-making
The stakes are high in the Economic Freedom Fighter’s (EFF’s) bid to compel the National Assembly to impeach President Cyril Ramaphosa on charges flowing from the theft of foreign currency concealed at his farm.
South Africa condemns using hunger as a weapon of war in Gaza but back home the police are allowed to starve zama zamas