South Africa’s young people can no longer stand by and watch as the older generation fails to take action on climate change
Despite a number of laws being in place to ensure education is equal and accessible not all children enjoy this right
While constitutionally protected, the LGBTQIA+ community is being failed by the state
High court action targeting the municipal manager or other leaders will send a message that mismanagement is not acceptable
It’s right to be angry about a white student peeing on a black student’s books, but what about poor people who have to live close to urine and faeces
The South African informal economy accounts for 17% of employment. Street trading is the largest, and sells a vast range of products.
There’s a tendency to blame the Constitution for not rectifying the nasty twins of poverty and inequality, but it and the courts cannot build houses, schools and a strong economy
The ongoing Afrophobic behaviour in our country is misdirected anger and frustration at the fact that black South Africans still have to make do with welfare crumbs
The government, civil society organisations and public and private institutions need to take the initiative
In legal history male terminology shifted after centuries to include females, but now we need to use nonbinary pronouns to include sexual identity
Political culture, and not the Constitution, is an impediment to a better life for all South Africans
LGBTQIA+ organisations have accused Stats SA of being discriminatory for excluding transgender, non-binary and intersex categories in a question relating to sex
The president promised that the state will act on the findings of the Zondo commission and vowed to cut red tape to facilitate job creation
‘We will engage in a rugged struggle to ensure that all those who are implicated in the State Capture report are brought to book’
The proposed change will make it impossible for civil society, or their lawyers, to appeal environmental authorisations without using the services of a costly environmental assessment practitioner
Legislation and political will are needed to set land targets that consider the needs of women
To survive our many problems we require creative thinking, with integrity; not vulgar populism as a blunt tool to capture power and glory
Diversity is especially meant to be celebrated on India’s Republic Day, 26 January. But another legacy haunts the Indian republic — the colonial policy of divide and rule, of ethnonationalism, and religious polarisation
Basic education is an immediately realisable right in the Constitution, but we must define the terms
The judiciary is under attack from populists – again – and needs a leader who can balance tensions between rights in the Constitution brilliantly and bravely.
Not only is the department dysfunctional and its officials hostile, but it does not act on its legislative and constitutional obligations
In a public showdown with the president, the minister promptly distanced herself from his statement that said she apologised for her attacks on the judiciary
The supreme court of appeal says an animal rights activist had the right to ‘out’ a farmer on Facebook.
The M&G has a responsibility to deplatform dehumanising views, to advocate for free speech but not allow hate speech
Two M&G articles defending trans-exclusionary views draw on the insidious anti-trans rhetoric flourishing in the UK, but ignore our country’s constitutional protections
The president said slurs against the judiciary, sabotage against institutions and the findings of the Zondo commission showed the need to protect democracy
Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the minister of tourism and a member of the party’s national executive committee was expressing her personal views when she attacked the integrity of the judiciary and the Constitution.
Why do religious leaders feel no compunction to harm their followers, when they could ‘pray for the destruction of a satanic vaccine’ instead?
How much more time does the ANC have before losing the country? It’s the question of the next decade, or for the next two years, as the 2024 general election looms.
Despite our dalliances with the “end of the world” narratives, we are still here.
As a man with a great sense of occasion, it is an apt coincidence that Selfe retired during the week that we celebrate the 25th anniversary of our democracy’s founding document.