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From transformation to sustained delivery

Perhaps the most tangible area of progress since SONA 2025 has been energy stabilisation. The marked reduction in the frequency and severity of load-shedding, including extended periods without outages, reflects the cumulative impact of the Energy Action Plan and improved maintenance discipline at Eskom

Hunger by design: colonialism’s legacy

Hunger by design: colonialism’s legacy

The Blue Book explicitly warned that the production of food by African people in excess of their own requirements was undesirable, ‘as it diminishes their incentive to labour’

Africa between Bandung and BRICS+

Africa between Bandung and BRICS+

The Bandung Spirit remains relevant as a flexible framework for navigating hierarchy, asserting agency and preserving autonomy

The case for a state-owned bank

The case for a state-owned bank

A state-owned bank is a necessary intervention to break the grip of private finance over the lives of the poor

Digging up ghosts of Cato Manor

Digging up ghosts of Cato Manor

Allegations of unlawful killings have never been tested in court — only procedural arguments have. If South Africa wants truth rather than narrative, the Cato Manor saga must be reopened

“Apolitical” Is Not Neutral: An Open Letter to Roedean School

“Apolitical” Is Not Neutral: An Open Letter to Roedean School

I am writing this letter because what has unsettled me most about the recent controversy involving Roedean School cancelling a fixture with King David School, Linksfield has become a window into something far bigger than sport. What troubles me is the deeper pattern it reveals about how elite institutions respond when young people express ethical […]