Editorial

Editorial: The SACP should talk people, not power

The SACP is asking important questions of itself but, like the other parties busy with political activities this week — and those threatening to walk out of the government of national unity — it should also be asking itself what material benefit its decisions will bring to those it will be asking to vote for the party come the 2026 local government elections

Phala Phala: The power and the peril of judicial review

Phala Phala: The power and the peril of judicial review

The stakes are high in the Economic Freedom Fighter’s (EFF’s) bid to compel the National Assembly to impeach President Cyril Ramaphosa on charges flowing from the theft of foreign currency concealed at his farm.

Let’s shed our mining myopia

Let’s shed our mining myopia

South Africa condemns using hunger as a weapon of war in Gaza but back home the police are allowed to starve zama zamas

Water widens the class divide

Water widens the class divide

We’re driven by the hope that one day the rural areas we visit will have running taps like our own Joburg offices

Africa stakes its place

Africa stakes its place

Cyril Ramaphosa’s trip abroad this week included arguing for Africa to be given a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council

Good teachers are undone by bad politics

Good teachers are undone by bad politics

While political parties bicker over who is to blame, the reality is that millions of pupils in public schools will find themselves crammed into even larger classes, vying for the attention of ill-equipped teachers