The left must eschew xenophobiaBy Imraan BuccusXenophobia offers a simple but misleading explanation for a complex crisis. It reframes mass unemployment, failing public services and weak governance as a question of belonging
Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it wasThe resolution also reaffirms that crimes against humanity are not subject to statutes of limitation. This principle, echoed across legal and moral traditions, reflects a simple truth: grave injustices do not expire. They impose ongoing duties to tell the truth, educate future generations honestly and ensure non-repetition By Anthony Ohemeng-BoamahHow the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherenceThe DA’s growing tendency to publicly frame the successes of the Government of National Unity (GNU) as primarily its own achievement undermines the basic principles, protocol and discipline of government communication By Cornelius MonamaCity Lodge bows out of NewtownOnce seen as part of Newtown’s revival, City Lodge’s closure points to deeper concerns about Johannesburg CBD’s viability for investors, visitors and hotel operators By Ash MüllerPartner ContentWater security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing futureBy Louis van Wyk, Technical Director, Nestlé East and Southern Africa Region Due process in exile ignoredBy Anneke MeerkotterIn spite of a US court judgment, individuals are removed on short notice, without clarity about their destination. Once abroad, they are detained without access to counsel Tourism must be SA’s defining storyBy Jerry MabenaAlthough global instability may temporarily redirect travel flows, the real opportunity lies not in benefiting from conflict elsewhere but in ensuring that South Africa becomes a destination the world actively chooses, whether there is conflict in other regions or not Order at the border: Illegal migration and the state’s responsibilityBy Busaphi MachiA responsible approach to the migration question must recognise the dignity of migrants and the state’s governance responsibilities NHI is bugbear of the upper crustBy Cornelius MonamaIt is the political and economic fightback of those who have long enjoyed the luxury of world-class care where wealth buys life, dignity and speed, while the poor are forced to queue, wait and too often die in silence US/Israel war against International LawBy Dan SteinbockThe assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns Our royals must rise to occasionBy Vuyo ZungulaThe culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherenceThe DA’s growing tendency to publicly frame the successes of the Government of National Unity (GNU) as primarily its own achievement undermines the basic principles, protocol and discipline of government communication By Cornelius MonamaCity Lodge bows out of NewtownOnce seen as part of Newtown’s revival, City Lodge’s closure points to deeper concerns about Johannesburg CBD’s viability for investors, visitors and hotel operators By Ash MüllerPartner ContentWater security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing futureBy Louis van Wyk, Technical Director, Nestlé East and Southern Africa Region Due process in exile ignoredBy Anneke MeerkotterIn spite of a US court judgment, individuals are removed on short notice, without clarity about their destination. Once abroad, they are detained without access to counsel Tourism must be SA’s defining storyBy Jerry MabenaAlthough global instability may temporarily redirect travel flows, the real opportunity lies not in benefiting from conflict elsewhere but in ensuring that South Africa becomes a destination the world actively chooses, whether there is conflict in other regions or not Order at the border: Illegal migration and the state’s responsibilityBy Busaphi MachiA responsible approach to the migration question must recognise the dignity of migrants and the state’s governance responsibilities NHI is bugbear of the upper crustBy Cornelius MonamaIt is the political and economic fightback of those who have long enjoyed the luxury of world-class care where wealth buys life, dignity and speed, while the poor are forced to queue, wait and too often die in silence US/Israel war against International LawBy Dan SteinbockThe assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns Our royals must rise to occasionBy Vuyo ZungulaThe culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
City Lodge bows out of NewtownOnce seen as part of Newtown’s revival, City Lodge’s closure points to deeper concerns about Johannesburg CBD’s viability for investors, visitors and hotel operators By Ash MüllerPartner ContentWater security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing futureBy Louis van Wyk, Technical Director, Nestlé East and Southern Africa Region
Partner ContentWater security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing futureBy Louis van Wyk, Technical Director, Nestlé East and Southern Africa Region
Due process in exile ignoredBy Anneke MeerkotterIn spite of a US court judgment, individuals are removed on short notice, without clarity about their destination. Once abroad, they are detained without access to counsel Tourism must be SA’s defining storyBy Jerry MabenaAlthough global instability may temporarily redirect travel flows, the real opportunity lies not in benefiting from conflict elsewhere but in ensuring that South Africa becomes a destination the world actively chooses, whether there is conflict in other regions or not Order at the border: Illegal migration and the state’s responsibilityBy Busaphi MachiA responsible approach to the migration question must recognise the dignity of migrants and the state’s governance responsibilities NHI is bugbear of the upper crustBy Cornelius MonamaIt is the political and economic fightback of those who have long enjoyed the luxury of world-class care where wealth buys life, dignity and speed, while the poor are forced to queue, wait and too often die in silence US/Israel war against International LawBy Dan SteinbockThe assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns Our royals must rise to occasionBy Vuyo ZungulaThe culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Tourism must be SA’s defining storyBy Jerry MabenaAlthough global instability may temporarily redirect travel flows, the real opportunity lies not in benefiting from conflict elsewhere but in ensuring that South Africa becomes a destination the world actively chooses, whether there is conflict in other regions or not Order at the border: Illegal migration and the state’s responsibilityBy Busaphi MachiA responsible approach to the migration question must recognise the dignity of migrants and the state’s governance responsibilities NHI is bugbear of the upper crustBy Cornelius MonamaIt is the political and economic fightback of those who have long enjoyed the luxury of world-class care where wealth buys life, dignity and speed, while the poor are forced to queue, wait and too often die in silence US/Israel war against International LawBy Dan SteinbockThe assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns Our royals must rise to occasionBy Vuyo ZungulaThe culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Order at the border: Illegal migration and the state’s responsibilityBy Busaphi MachiA responsible approach to the migration question must recognise the dignity of migrants and the state’s governance responsibilities NHI is bugbear of the upper crustBy Cornelius MonamaIt is the political and economic fightback of those who have long enjoyed the luxury of world-class care where wealth buys life, dignity and speed, while the poor are forced to queue, wait and too often die in silence US/Israel war against International LawBy Dan SteinbockThe assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns Our royals must rise to occasionBy Vuyo ZungulaThe culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
NHI is bugbear of the upper crustBy Cornelius MonamaIt is the political and economic fightback of those who have long enjoyed the luxury of world-class care where wealth buys life, dignity and speed, while the poor are forced to queue, wait and too often die in silence US/Israel war against International LawBy Dan SteinbockThe assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns Our royals must rise to occasionBy Vuyo ZungulaThe culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
US/Israel war against International LawBy Dan SteinbockThe assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns Our royals must rise to occasionBy Vuyo ZungulaThe culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Our royals must rise to occasionBy Vuyo ZungulaThe culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Why brilliant ideas aren’t enoughBy Michael Brian LeeThe country has the talent. It has ideas. It has institutions. What it needs is the connective tissue to turn potential into performance — and the patience to accept that breakthrough innovation requires risk, failure and time The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
The ANC’s generational rupture: Change choices for new organisational designBy Ashley Nyiko MabasaSouth Africa is demographically young. Roughly 19 million of its population are under 35. The median voter is urban, digitally connected and economically insecure The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
The April fuel cliff: Why South Africa’s policy paralysis costs us more than the Middle East warBy Dumisani JantjiesThis breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
ANC internal crisis exposes drift from founding idealsBy Mpumezo RaloFactional battles in the ANC raise urgent questions about leadership, legitimacy and whether the party can renew itself Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
Hollywood keeps foretelling same script as historyBy Busani NgcaweniDonald Trump is not Harry Truman, 2026 is not 1945 and Iran is emphatically not Japan US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More Latest News Can talks save South Africa’s NHI from a courtroom war? Water security as a defining constraint to South Africa’s manufacturing future The left must eschew xenophobia Applause for UN decision to finally name slavery for what it was Top things to do in Johannesburg How the DA’s grand-standing may undermine GNU coherence CAF moves to restore trust after AFCON final controversy with sweeping reforms City Lodge bows out of Newtown Due process in exile ignored Login Register Remember me Forgot Password? Sign in Register Free Account Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email. Email Reset Link body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }
US role in Africa delivers fake democraciesBy Wellington MuzengezaThe lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies Load More