‘As former president Jacob Zuma sat at the Zondo commission this week, many South Africans were left feeling distrustful ourselves’
‘We have our own problems in South Africa — not least a fashionable debate over the role and independence of the Reserve Bank’
‘There’s a palpable frustration that has for too long permeated South African society’
It is important to acknowledge that journalism does not happen in a vacuum, prejudices seep into the tone and focus of our work
The lives of many Alexandra residents have not been improved by successive governments in the province and in the city
We are quick to blame companies and the government for pollution, but we are also all culpable
The news media was a counterweight to a criminal enterprise that had captured the state
As much as he was an editor for that era, he was also a journalist for all ages
Violence at schools is not a new phenomenon
‘Policing keeps people safe. Without it, people in places like the Cape Flats are stuck in a state of chronic insecurity’