The Competition Commission’s findings regarding search engines and social media platforms is positive, but the media’s salvation lies with its readers
Opposition to hiked VAT is a profound concern of what it would mean for the average South African
People living with HIV and related ailments have been handed a practical death sentence because Trump is annoyed about the Expropriation Act and South Africa’s support for Palestine
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