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DRC crisis: Can Africans stand up to Western nations’ perpetuation of the tragic status quo?

DRC crisis: Can Africans stand up to Western nations’ perpetuation of the tragic status quo?

When Congo’s President, Felix Tshisekedi, squeezes his corpulent bulk into designer clothing, accessorised with expensive watches that would feed thousands of his immiserated citizens for years and climbs into a flying palace to shuttle around the world to weep crocodile tears and move the powerful to pity his long-suffering people, it is a diversionary dance in step with his Western audience

Water is the question, DA is not the answer

Water is the question, DA is not the answer

Two weeks ago after 23 days, Melville residents laced their tekkies and toyi-toyi’d against Joburg Water. The next day, many of the residents reported that they had water again and its been flowing freely since. In Northgate, a friend is not renewing her lease because of intermittent water supply. I was with her when she […]

Budget 2026: Between reform and reality

Budget 2026: Between reform and reality

South Africa has been given a narrow window to turn the ship around. Whether this Budget becomes a footnote or a foundation depends on what happens next — in Cabinet, in the SOEs, in municipalities and in the daily grind of governance