Opinion

Phala Phala can’t be wished away

Phala Phala can’t be wished away

Even the court’s own critics and annual reports acknowledge that prolonged delays erode public confidence, yet this matter now stands at more than four times the prescribed period

Water crisis exposes whose lives matter

Gqeberha’s crisis is not simply about water scarcity. It is about whose lives matter, whose voices are heard and whether South Africa is willing to confront the unfinished business of apartheid in its most basic public services

Who eats well, who doesn’t?

Who eats well, who doesn’t?

This is why hunger cannot be addressed
through food parcels, feeding schemes or emergency relief alone

Blind to the facts on global issues

Blind to the facts on global issues

The uncritical cheerleaders for the West cannot be taken seriously until they acknowledge that the West supports and collaborates with authoritarian regimes such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt

KwaZulu without Natal a misnomer

KwaZulu without Natal a misnomer

History does not belong to kings, politicians or even historians alone. It belongs to the evidence. And the evidence, in this case, does not support the proposed renaming