The youth of South Africa have innate value and potential that needs to be unlocked and nurtured
Unimaginable levels of poverty in far-flung rural villages in South Africa are not being addressed by local councillors who are supposed to help improve the lives of residents in their wards
Projects in North West and Limpopo grow hope of surviving climate change
The Climate Justice Charter Movement has critiqued the manifestos of the main parties contesting the local government elections and found them ‘shallow’
‘Squid Game’ is an explicit critique of the current mode of capitalism. But far too much popular discourse has overlooked or neglected its sociopolitical messages.
The Life Esidimeni tragedy is a stark illustration of how people’s socioeconomic standing affects the mental health services they are able to access
Empowering the poor should be what underlies every debate and policy adopted in South Africa
Some residents in areas affected by the July riots have lost their livelihoods, have to travel far to get to the jobs that remain and walk long distances to unaffected shopping centres
The way business is done in the global economy is driving society apart. Corporate social responsibility programmes will not rectify the exclusion and inequalities that exist
‘Red light’ as numbers getting vaccinated dips because most don’t people don’t have medical aid or are victims of misinformation — and health department needs to ‘improve user experience’
The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s QU Dongyu says food systems have to be transformed to make them more resilient and inclusive.
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally
The recent violence has been a cruel reminder for many South African Indians of the 1949 anti-Indian pogroms in KwaZulu-Natal
Rebuilding is crucial, but democracies cannot allow themselves to be held to ransom by the destruction of anarchists in dictating where public funds should be spent
Those of us living in relatively comfortable homes may have been rattled and shaken up but the real deep problem in this country is inequality
Don’t rebuild malls. They draw in a lot of energy and money, but give back little
The time has come for radical reforms that unleash the potential of all South Africans to create small businesses and jobs, and for the government to fix the education, health and other essential systems
Not thinking about your position critically is an affront to marginalised people the world over
The perpetrators of apartheid were treated with wisdom and forgiveness, but is the same true of how we are treating current leaders?
Sapref declares force majeure, shutting down 35% of SA’s fuel supply
This is not a protest, it is a ripple effect of poverty
Critics argue that South Africa’s latest submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a unilateral and fraught exercise
Diversity in terms of race, class, gender, sexuality and ability is critical to the field’s advancement.
By using a more transformative approach, research in communities can contribute to socioeconomic upliftment
But thousands of their success stories remain undocumented, their value unmeasured
Climate change not only affects the nutritional value of food crops, but also leaves the food supply system vulnerable to production shocks, study finds
Government must lead, but organised labour and business must play their part in tackling youth unemployment and upskilling the youth, so that the coronavirus crisis can be turned into an opportunity
The pandemic has forced a digital migration in education. We must capitalise on that opportunity
South Africa needs active citizens and real change starts in the home, with conversations about social justice
Experts offer their advice about what Finance Minister Tito Mboweni should focus on in next week’s budget speech
Education in South Africa is dismally unequal, and Covid-19 has exacerbated the crisis. Investment in infrastructure is crucial
As the fourth industrial revolution and Covid co-conspire to flip the world of work upside down, technology has the potential to address our inequalities, or deepen them