The distance between the president and the scandal that is his home has again shrunk noticeably.
Pallo Jordan owes his supporters some explanation. Resigning is not coming clean.
The report on matric reform by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s task team presents her with a political headache.
Two white university students charged with racism and expelled from res for dressing up as domestic workers exposes racial fault lines on campus.
The point about secret information is: it is shared away from the glare of accountability. It doesn’t need to be true; it only needs to be believed.
Thuthukile Zuma shouldn’t be disadvantaged on the basis of her surname, but the converse should also apply: it should not be the only consideration.
Frustration leads some people to long for the death sentence, but capital punishment would do nothing against the causes of crime.
The legislature should not be fixated on clothes, and the EFF should stop their gimmicks. There is work to be done.
Israel’s right to guarantee the safety of its citizens cannot justify its grossly disproportionate response to Hamas rockets.
The past might be another country, but for more than 90 years Gordimer lived in South Africa – and wrote of it with piercing insight.