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Road to success: South Africa needs to drive a long-term shift from land transfer to land activation. Photo Delwyn Verasamy

Measure land reform the right way

The debate around land reform in South Africa often focuses on statistics, but the true measure of success lies in whether land is restored with dignity, activated productively,…

Missed opportunity: African countries rich in minerals, agricultural land, energy resources and human capital have struggled to convert the assets into prosperity. Photo: Dominik Vanyi

Africa's great untapped wealth

South Africa's debate on undocumented migration often focuses on border control and job competition. This article argues that migration is a symptom of deeper issues,…

ActionSA, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the uMkhonto weSizwe party (MKP) joined the group March on March in a march through central Durban on 26 March 2026. Photo: Action SA

South Africa’s migration crisis: hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

For decades, Black South Africans and African foreign nationals have built communities together, a historical reality that challenges narratives of inherent xenophobia. However,…

Icon: Nelson Mandela was no saint

South Africa's debt to Africa

South Africa's freedom was never a purely South African achievement. The country liberated by African solidarity should not allow anger over migration to become an alibi for…

Compromised: Nelson Mandela did his time on the streets, in armed struggle and in prison... he did the best he could. He did not sell out. Photo: NMF

Nelson Mandela did not sell out

It was about two years ago that I discovered the name of one Gibson Makanda, apparently a historical figure of profound consequence the majority of South Africans do not know…

Control: A nation must know who enters its borders, who resides in them and under what law. Without order, social instability becomes inevitable. Photo: Department of Home Affairs

Resolve the crisis without Afrophobia

Businessman and ANC activist George Dingizulu Moyo, rooted in Alexandra's struggle and with Zimbabwean heritage, reflects on South Africa's immigration crisis. He advocates for…

Malawian nationals are gathered to board bases home.

South Africa’s crisis of state authority and when citizens begin deporting people

South Africa is grappling with a crisis that extends beyond immigration, questioning the very essence of governance. Anti-immigration groups like Operation Dudula and March and…

As renewable investment scales across the continent, conventional risk tools will need to be complemented by market-responsive strategies that reflect the institutional and financial realities of each context.

The risk problem with investors treating African energy as one market

The 2024 El Niño drought severely impacted Southern Africa's energy infrastructure, notably Lake Kariba, exposing the diverse and complex risks investors face across the…

Epicentre of the crisis: About 10 000 Malawian nationals facing xenophobia elected to be repatriated and gathered at a migration transit camp in Sherwood, Durban since last Sunday. Photos: Lyse Comins

South Africa cannot deport its way out of regional crisis

South Africa is hurtling towards a precipice pushed by a toxic mix of economic despair, populist political posturing and systemic state failure that threatens to ignite…

External demand: Minerals must do more than leave the continent as raw materials. They must also support industrialisation, technology transfer, skills development, energy access and economic transformation.
 Photo: Open Society

The problem is not China; it’s Africa

A Zimbabwean expert argues that Africa's approach to China regarding critical minerals is outdated, rooted in Cold War politics and anti-colonial solidarity. The article contends…