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
		
	 
	
		
		The proliferation of illegal weapons and failure to keep violent criminals locked up will draw more tragic massacres
		
	 
	
		
		Reputational damage mounts while Ramaphosa worries about the power balance in his coalition cabinet 
		
	 
	
		
		Cyril Ramaphosa’s trip abroad this week included arguing for Africa to be given a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council
		
	 
	
		
		Pravin Gordhan’s earliest role as an organiser of civil resistance still carries relevance
		
	 
	
		
		While political parties bicker over who is to blame, the reality is that millions of pupils in public schools will find themselves crammed into even larger classes, vying for the attention of ill-equipped teachers
		
	 
	
		
		South Africa’s seventh parliament has just started its work, and it appears to be doing so with a far more collaborative spirit — and significantly less playing to the gallery — than it did during any of the previous three terms.
		
	 
	
		
		Tsakani Maluleke is begging on our behalf, but no one is listening