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Busani Ngcaweni

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Shaky ground: the social foundation of industrial experience has been undermined by systemic inequality,
inadequate investment in vocational education and poor alignment between education, skills development
and industry demands. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

A focus on one faltering building block

The country presents a clear illustration of how a weak social foundation constrains industrial development and reinforces structural inefficiencies but we can change that

On Wednesday, South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho launched the Senqu Bridge, an 825-metre extradosed structure spanning a deep gorge in the Mokhotlong District. (Facebook)

SANRAL: Building bridges of organisational turnaround and economic connectivity

Although SANRAL is not directly responsible for the Senqu Bridge, the project remains instructive. It demonstrates that large-scale infrastructure is less about individual assets…

America first: US President Donald Trump’s administration’s broader engagement with the Middle East has been, to put it charitably, a study in contrasts, says the writer. Photo: The White House

Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as history

Donald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the state of the nation address. File Photo

The state of the nation address: Connecting democratic authority to administrative action

Sona thus serves as both a mirror and a map: it reflects where the government has been whilst charting its intended course

The G20 leaders summit was held in South Africa last week. (GCIS)

Of flags, flowers, fashion and flashlights

Johannesburg not only hosted a successful G20 Leaders’ Summit, the first to take place on African soil, but also delivered an impressive and memorable global event.

The witness told the Madlanga commission inquiry into political interference in policing on Monday that an investigation into the murder of Armand Swart, an engineer believed to be a whistleblower on overpriced tender irregularities at state-owned entity Transnet, had uncovered a wider network of corruption at the police station.

A Corruption Truth and Reconciliation Commission is needed for a national reset

In South Africa’s struggle with graft, various interventions have failed, highlighting the need for a Corruption TRC

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane

Eskom, a case study in reform

Stable governance, executive unity and some operational freedom allowed the state-owned entity to succeed, show SOEs need not decline

Naledi is our spirit, not simply old bones

Is evolutionary science racist? Should we reject the idea that we evolved from ape-like species?

Saving face: Axed Wits student leader Mcebo Dlamini should rather have been ‘rehabilitated’.

Wits: Difficult issues should not be stifled

Free speech, however unpalatable the subject, is fundamental to a university.

The government has instituted measures to stabilise the pupil-teacher ratio

Yes, things are getting better in SA

Progress in healthcare and education indicates that South Africans’ lives have improved, writes Busani Ngcaweni from the deputy president’s office.

China has offered models of development that we can choose to follow.

Governance: State mandarins must take the lead

As a generation, will we discover or betray our revolutionary mission of uplifting the wellbeing of all South Africans?