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
African nations are seeking $1.3 trillion in climate funds as fears grow over Trump’s potential impact on global climate finance commitments
We’re driven by the hope that one day the rural areas we visit will have running taps like our own Joburg offices
We owe it to every child, to every family, to do what we can to uphold the laws that protect them
South Africa is not drifting away from its non-aligned stance
Citizens don’t need language that flirts around the issue. We need clear concise communications regarding the water crisis