There is a truth in politics: this crisis will pass, and people will be distracted by the next one. Just survive this moment, and you will escape accountability
“Until the law itself makes it nigh impossible for tragedies like Tatane, Marikana and Khosa to occur without real consequence, our fractured relationship with authority will persist.”
South Africa was the first to welcome the World Cup to our beautiful continent. In these troubled Covid-19 times it’s worth reminding ourselves of that achievement.
Politically, it would also help this country if our president were able to act more decisively against ministers who show little regard for the law
The best chance for Democrats to beat Trump is by taking an opposite approach to his insular and isolated one
Promises of hope and a better tomorrow await South Africa. Yet they continue to come to naught
Once again, political expediency has trumped principled action
State Security Agency still cannot produce the security clearance certificate required for the incumbent, Baptiste Dungu, to occupy the top post at the Onderstepoort Biological Products
"We believe that M&G readers and staff have a right to know who owns this newspaper and how it is funded"
"The ANC’s long history and continued survival is something to marvel at. But celebrating the mere fact of survival is really not enough"
Social mores and prejudices forged in Lagos are echoed in the intimate spaces of people all over the continent
The main judgment of acting judge Rammaka Mathopo starkly exposes the irrationality, rooted in patriarchy
Why are we dithering when independent power producers hold the answer? Ideology, it seems
Cricket South Africa’s lack of transparency is its biggest problem
Geoff Makhubo is clearly not only tarnished, but also divisive, which raises serious questions about why the ANC leadership wants him to run the city
Capitulation to pure thuggery and extortion by employees is an example of how political considerations trump financial wellbeing
The Mail & Guardian should have just run a paper of specials
Workers at the factory were found to be toiling under appalling conditions for only R65 a day.
As protestors pointed out earlier this year in countrywide demonstrations, GBV is an epidemic that needs to be addressed with great haste
We know now that before embracing new technology, we need to ask the difficult questions
Administrators, from club to national level, would do well to take the example set this month as a reminder that the people is their primary mandate
Make no mistake: this is a deal with the devil, and the real cost will be recorded not on any balance sheet, but on the nation’s soul
Of course a game of rugby has not changed the country. But it is also just a game, a game that has given us something to cheer about.
Rather than wading into the economic rucks and mauls, we’ve been kicking for touch: buying time, instead of making game-winning yards
Software that allows governments access to the electronic communications of its citizens is a gross violation of the right to privacy
The sheer volume of protests across the world suggests that there may be common themes that run through them.
The party was meant to challenge the ANC, not fall apart
Iqbal Survé has been able to construct a business empire in the name of transformation
In the wake of Black Wednesday, South African media continued to fight for the right to do their job
"Duduzane, like Zuma the elder, appeared to believe that he was actually above the commission"
Not grappling with things that undermine electoral integrity created a culture of impunity
It ought not to have made any sense. And yet, it somehow did. The DA had spent much of the year before at war with itself