South Africa cannot allow Cape Town’s postcard image to hide its political underbelly
When Benin national Kémi Séba appeared in a South African court earlier this week, it may have seemed like an isolated legal moment, another controversial activist facing scrutiny far from home. But that reading misses the bigger picture. His presence here is not accidental; it is a reflection of a deeper, more consequential struggle unfolding […]
From policy U-turns and elite impunity to poverty, violence and the silencing of whistleblowers, South Africa’s democratic dividend is being squandered
The relationship between Russia and South Africa elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in March 2013, solidifying a long-term cooperative framework
On 27 April we should remember not only the dancing, but the funerals, the compromises and the unfinished work of liberation
On Freedom Day, South Africa should reckon with the man who documented what unfreedom looked like — and what it cost
Remington House, a once-notorious hijacked building in Johannesburg, has been transformed into fully let student housing, illustrating what is possible when intervention is followed through
To realise systemic change, we must insist on accountability at the highest levels of leadership, while also enabling those in positions of power to rise to the demands of this moment
On this World Book and Copyright Day, we are reminded that publishing and copyright are not peripheral concerns. They are deeply intertwined with questions of justice, equity, and power
Discriminatory procurement practices keep black law firms small, while many black advocates are forced to leave the Bar. LPC statistics for 2024 show that the largest majority white-owned law firm has 396 partners, compared with 18 in the largest black-owned firm
We will tell our fallen heroes that when they ran to the world in anguish seeking help against the racist Nationalist regime, at present, the world looks to us for help
Across West Asia, they have sanctioned military campaigns, infusing ethnocide and genocide with an ideology that dehumanises the “Other” as an existential threat, unleashing Armageddon on Iran and Palestine
Freedom is not just about liberation from oppression. It is about the work of restoration. Of dignity. Of truth. It is about ensuring that no one remains missing, not in body, not in memory, not in the story of our nation
Closure of Strait of Hormuz can be used as a strategic opportunity to enhance regional cooperation in Africa without further complicating its already strained relationship with the US
What began in April 2023 as a power struggle between the leaders of the SAF and RSF has evolved into widespread abuses, generating the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with more than 14 million people displaced and famine spreading
As multilateralism ends, the post-Cold War rules and international organisations such as the United Nations fracture, the world will increasingly see hybrid wars – such as mini regional wars, trade and resource wars. In this new fast-changing world, where old received ideologies, past-based alliances and ways of seeing are now irrelevant, South Africa should focus […]
This incident has brought to the fore the culture of violence and anger, which manifests itself in road rage incidents and a rise in domestic violence among South African families
Errol Musk has dragged a racist myth to Russia’s door. Russia should close that door politely, firmly and publicly
A presidential order banning doctors from private practice has ignited a constitutional showdown, exposing the dangerous gap between anti-corruption politics and the hard economics of a health system that is already running on empty
A country cannot simultaneously invoke the Genocide Convention in the Hague and be the fuel supplier of the genocide it is holding to account. Alas, we found ourselves in this very contradiction
What the communities in Mokhotlong gave – and what the celebration will not say
Eswatini is a small, resilient, and culturally rich nation. Its people have endured extraordinary pressure. But on governance, the record is one of systemic failure: captured wealth, underfunded education, a collapsing health system and a democracy denied
Almost immediately after the vote, critics in Ghana and beyond have argued that Africans, having participated in the slave trade, cannot frame it as the gravest crime against humanity and seek reparations without first confronting their own complicity
In August of 2019, at the age of 35 years old – JD Vance got baptised in Ohio, and became a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The largest christian organization on the planet with over 1.4 billion membership. Just after roughly 6 years, as a member of the church, Vice President Vance thinks that […]
United States President Donald Trump has turned Iran-US negotiations into a test of Brics power after threatening to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants unless Tehran accepts Washington’s terms and reopens the Strait of Hormuz. The warning places China and Russia before a defining question. Can the multipolar order protect one of its strategic members […]
Schools will always be a critical part of South Africa’s sporting machinery. But they should not be the system
Although SANRAL is not directly responsible for the Senqu Bridge, the project remains instructive. It demonstrates that large-scale infrastructure is less about individual assets than about the institutional systems that enable them
We buried a young black man with heavy hearts. The two collected prizes drenched in the blood of a black man. That is what stands out in our minds when we see them. Justice for our brother is still outstanding. As we say in isiXhosa, ityala aliboli!
The West does not have a moral claim over African security. African states retain the right to choose partners according to their own historical interests. A multipolar world means nothing if African states must still ask Western permission before selecting allies, building armies, nationalising resources, regulating NGOs or rejecting political models that serve foreign capital more than African people
21 April marks World Creativity and Innovation Day — a day recognised by the UN to celebrate creation. In light of this, Sara Grobbelaar highlights a recurring pattern in the healthcare system. South Africa spends billions on imported health technology while broken equipment sits idle in public wards. The cycle is not inevitable but breaking it will take more than good intentions
At the launch of the Reading and Literacy Strategy 2026–30, reading was framed as fundamental to the entire schooling experience. The notion that reading is the air that we breathe captures this succinctly.
Our leaders are not furniture. Furniture does not loot diamonds, mismanage treasuries or unleash militias. Furniture does not cling to power with brazen arrogance. But in Zimbabwe, officials behave as if they were carved into the mahogany of government itself