The low voter turnout in the local polls is something our leading parties must take to heart as they look to rebuild their relationship with the electorate.
Burning a city and asking its residents to vote for you appears to have been a bit of a stretch for Durban’s electorate
Eliminating inequalities, including in access to water and sanitation, is a foundational requirement for effective climate action
Unlike the US, it is not foreigners that are subjected to torture and cruel treatment, but South Africans
More and more, supporters are treated as an afterthought in a game that is nothing without them. It’s a state of affairs that could seriously hurt the growth of the sport
If we don’t engender an all-of-society approach, we run the risk of exposing our country, our cities and our people, often the most vulnerable among us, to the climate crisis
Michelle Bachelet insisted on the need to bring perpetrators of a vast array of rights abuses to justice
The youth of South Africa have innate value and potential that needs to be unlocked and nurtured
The Investigating Directorate said the former MP failed to disclose earnings of R28-million, some of it paid in apparent exchange for using his political influence to secure planning authorisation for a golf estate
Northern Cape leads in the vote counting with 89% of its results already completed
ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba says he is ready to negotiate for a coalition in good faith
Local climate activists say transparency and accountability are crucial as they await further details on the deal
Eskom has announced that stage two load-shedding will be implemented from 4pm on Tuesday afternoon until 5am on Wednesday morning.
The DA leader apportioned some of the blame for the DA’s decline on his predecessor Mmusi Maimane “walking off the job”
Afrophobia is an imported anti-African sentiment that internalises colonialism because current state borders never existed in African societies
With hundreds of parties and close to 1 000 independent candidates contesting in municipalities, the 2021 local government election results will be nothing but surprising. Follow the live results here.
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
Youth unemployment is not often discussed in all its complexities. Like a game of snakes and ladders, this crisis is the result of compounding roadblocks and U-turns that young South Africans face. Solving it requires coordinated action
Creating an investor sales pitch for Mossel Bay is not a difficult task
Flirting with the ridiculous
The Jazz Expressions concert in level one lockdown was a reaquaintance with friends, music and jazz photography
But Paddy Harper is afraid that pre-polling ‘superspreader’ meetings could lead to a rise in infections
When Sudan’s military removed leader Omar al-Bashir in 2019, it started receiving aid that is now under threat
Their collection capacity is constrained and they have to deliver bulk services. Solutions would be to create a single local government revenue collection agency and some form of business tax
Unless urgent action is taken, South Africa will suffer enormous socioeconomic and ecological harm from climate change in the next 50 years
There are strong reasons to doubt that competitive capitalism will fix social media networks
The hatch has always forged its own path. But is that enough to buy one?
South African youths are as disengaged politically as their international siblings. To change this, youth need to be represented as party candidates and employed in local municipalities
Africa’s last monarch has shut schools to stop student protests against his rule — but he should heed previous events that toppled other despots
The great powers such as US and China will compete to be first with climate targets, but climate crises will spur their populations to demand change too
Garrith Jamieson and his paramedic colleagues were on high alert days before a scorching heatwave struck Durban earlier this month. With the mercury expected to soar to 40°C and above, they knew the signs of heat stress to look out for in their patients: fatigue, fainting, headaches, heat cramps and heatstroke, among others. “It was […]
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