The holidaze of our lives

Consumers responded to load-shedding by installing solar energy. In response, Eskom chose higher tariffs instead of encouraging the move to clean energy

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, leaves a legacy of reform, compassion, and advocacy for the poor, reshaping the Catholic Church’s global mission

We runners, like good churchgoers, are a community, we follow rituals, we try to convert everyone and, best of all, we finally enter the zone

Drew Forrest uses one of South Africa’s most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions inherent in the religious doctrine of ‘ensoulment’

Is reconciliation through food hard to swallow? Perhaps we should emulate John Lennon and give peas a chance

The asceticism of the elite presents inequality as virtue, while the poor endure real deprivation

Nichiren Buddhism can awaken our highest nature, foster compassion and change suffering into strength

Online culture makes it increasingly difficult to believe in coincidence or divine intervention because of the feedback loop of curated social media algorithms

Religious organisations, political leaders and citizens all have a role to play in defending the principle of secularism

Eva Haahjem-Gill reflects on the evolving role of religion in Johannesburg’s public schools

During the Easter Triduum, we reflect on Christ’s resurrection, finding in it a timeless call to justice, hope, and shared humanity beyond the grave

It’s a valid question often asked by those questioning the existence of the Divine