Banyana Banyana has grabbed our attention by force
From the Boy Scouts to the Catholic Church and just about every organisation in between, the abuse of children has continued largely unfettered
Voter turnout was the lowest in the country’s history
‘In practice, bond notes have rarely traded at 1:1 with the US dollar. On the black market, the rate can be as high as 4:1’
‘The ANC surely has sufficient experience of patriarchy, male domination and toxic masculinity to know it has to tackle sexual harassment’
‘The decision by the US to recognise opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela can only be viewed with suspicion’
‘When people are corrupt, other people die. This is not how politicians and companies like to talk’
These regulations will give preferential rights to pupils to attend the school closest to them, no matter whether they apply first or last
The task of securing South Africa for future generations is immense
‘That Gigaba’s fall from grace would be ascribed to his sex video is unfortunate, because his story is instructive of this period in ANC history’
‘Journalists will not go down without a fight, even as it becomes ever more difficult to do so’
‘We should fully expect that the IMF’s main focus would be our costly civil service and bloated, indebted and dysfunctional state-owned enterprises’
Trustworthy information is a vital part of a healthy democracy
‘But memory is a fickle thing. We succumbed to the phenomenon of treating Malema and Shivambu as if they were a product in our service’
‘The lesson for every journalist is consistently to introspect on how we deal with sources and manage our own political leanings’
The current public scrutiny on the levels of violence against children is welcome but we cannot mistake it for action
‘Fully legalising cannabis will create a new, lucrative industry —one with potential to create jobs’
The fate of the Chagos Islanders should only be determined by the Chagos Islanders themselves
‘The persecution of the weak and the vulnerable finds new iterations all the time’
Allowing infrastructure to break down, because of negligence or direct action, puts lives in danger
‘Today, women might be politically free like all other South Africans, but they remain enslaved in the shackles of a predatory patriarchy’
‘Rampahosa’s ability to say the right thing is unmatched. We hope he will also be pushed to do the right thing’
‘Of particular concern is the independence — or lack thereof — of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’
You see, Mandela was never Mandela but rather the embodiment of the best of all of us
‘The truth is that the likes of France continue to benefit from migration while still waging a war on migrants’
‘That familiar confluence of triumph and tragedy is what builds our ability to understand and share the feelings of each other’
‘How far can you fall in the three days that you stood in line, having been forced to borrow money to pay taxi fares to get to a collection point?’
‘As the M&G turns its focus to allegations of abuse of power in the NGO space, our work has been met with hostility. And it has left us perplexed’
‘Cue the now all-too-familiar pattern of patronage — houses, overseas trips, spa treatments’
In South Africa — which we see as ‘our land’ — we too are watching the borderisation of the state
‘The Ramaphoria train has its own problems. Its rural vote is declining rapidly, threatening its hard-won gains in KwaZulu-Natal’
‘The Fifa World Cup is an extravagant symbol of so much that is wrong with this world. But let’s not kid ourselves: we are going to watch it anyway’