Social Cohesion
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Do not turn one bigot into a community
Following a racist incident in Norwood, SAJBD National Director Wendy Kahn argues that the hateful actions of an individual should not be used to assign collective guilt to South…
Beyond attire: Heritage must help build the South Africa we want
Heritage Month should go beyond food and traditional attire to prompt deeper reflections on history, social cohesion, and the future South Africans want to build together.
What we say when we think no one is listening
Three decades into democracy, South Africans still retreat into separate racial silences and stereotypes. Matuba Mahlatjie explores what we say when no one is listening.
Our greatest brand threat wears our colours
The latest Brand South Africa Global Reputation and Domestic Perception Study leaves me with mixed emotions. It is encouraging because it reminds us that the world still sees…
The university, lost in the spectre of anti-immigration mobilisation
Anti-immigration sentiment is increasingly impacting South Africa, extending its reach to universities and threatening academic freedom, knowledge exchange, and the country's…
Youth Month 2026: Building peace around migration through diplomacy and ubuntu
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, South Africa's Youth Month focuses on building peace around migration. The article highlights the importance of…
Ramaphosa: National Dialogue will launch ‘a million conversations’ about SA’s problems
President Cyril Ramaphosa put a brave face on Friday to legacy foundations and opposition parties boycotting a convention to kick off a National Dialogue on how to resolve South…
Rebuilding trust is key to social cohesion
We can learn how to build trust by looking at global trends and South Africa’s reality
The journey to restore morality in South Africa
The Moral Regeneration Movement chaired by Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa is focusing on action against violence, declining social cohesion and moral decay
Trends suggest social cohesion is on downward slide
In recent years, when social cohesion has been discussed in South Africa, it has been with an increasingly critical undertone
Can harsh fiscal trade-offs still improve agency and social cohesion for South Africans?
This year’s budget will be a balancing act, but the treasury needs to prioritise restoring South Africans economic agency
The effects of the recent looting on South Africa’s young democracy
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
SANDF example shows how we can rethink African peace and security architecture
Cyril Ramaphosa’s creative employment of the SANDF as part of Covid-19 relief efforts is an example of using the military to build social cohesion
The hidden evils of “social cohesion”
Bandied around as a panacea, “social cohesion” is actually a way for the elite to dominate citizens by forcing them to repress their differences
David Mabuza faces first questions as deputy president in the National Assembly
The deputy president will be asked about social cohesion, moral regeneration and radical economic transformation