The majority of previously dispossessed people choose money over property, while land reform has become the preserve of the affluent. Is there another way to think about land reform?
The Standard Bank’s Wealth Report for Africa for 2020 shows that the continent’s wealthiest individuals worry about what impact volatile political environments will have on their wealth
The pandemic taught us a new normal. It’s time to apply some of the learnings to our electoral system, which is overdue for an overhaul
The water department says even water tankers are not immune to the selfish acts of Covidpreneurs
Reopening of schools seems to be less about the teachers, parents and students and more about desperate attempts to rescue our failing and unsustainable capitalist economy
The latest, unscientific decision to close schools again won’t help poor students. Strategies must be identified to help learners stay in school
Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused ‘dark forces’ of destabilising the country
To stave off a multi-generational malnutrition crisis, the food industry must work with government to provide highly nutritious foods at cost during the pandemic
We must celebrate women’s achievements this month while agitating for structural change, argues Luke Waltham
The country is among the G20 countries who have invested in electricity produced from coal, oil and gas at the cost of addressing climate change
Telemedicine in Africa is currently limited by the availability of basic infrastructure, but, considering the lack of doctors in rural areas, it is a vital component in addressing the continent’s healthcare needs
Gogo Dlamini, Themba Dlamini’s mother, died of Covid-19, but Mzanzi has a chance to rid the country of fraud and exploitation and instead serve ‘Gogo Dlamini’, the people of South Africa
Amid the headwinds created by the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s time the Aloe ferox, which survives in dry, harsh conditions, is nurtured — but the options are limited
The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk
‘The choice we are faced with is to submit or fight’
Alan Winde admits he is in a vulnerable group when it comes to contracting the virus, considering he is 55 years old, and a diabetic
The conflation of human rights violations and a pandemic leave the most vulnerable marginalised. Equitable and democratic societies are needed to fight against this
The historical record shows that Malawi’s difficulties under Hastings Banda were evident at the very moment of the country’s founding
Responses to terrible inequality, climate change and the Covid-19 economic crisis will decide this
Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken
Hyphenated identities: Why can’t I be just ‘South African’; why do I need to be ‘South- African Chinese’?
Controlling Covid-19 may worsen Africa’s HIV epidemic by stopping state and civil society health services built up over 35 years
The pastors must be happy. They can peddle their ‘cures’ again to congregating potential Covid-19 cases. Spare us, Dlamini-Zuma
Despite its liberal and secular Constitution, South Africa is a religious country. It is a country built on the foundations of African belief systems, the Calvinism of the first European settlers — Dutch and French — and the Protestantism of 1820 British settlers. The Cape Malay slaves brought Islam. Indentured labourers from India docked in […]
COMMENT The world is going through unprecedented challenges caused by a novel, rapidly transmitted coronavirus. Experts predict difficult times ahead with shrinking economies, loss of life and livelihoods and some structural changes — a new normal. Change is afoot in Africa as governments work tirelessly to identify their most vulnerable citizens for emergency disbursements. Banks, […]
International crimes must be prosecuted and domestic jurisdictions are well placed to do this. Domestic prosecutions based on universal jurisdiction are on the rise
Later this month, the UN Security Council will vote on whether to lift the arms embargo on South Sudan. Doing so would be a terrible mistake
University to open residences for students who struggle to study remotely, and those who need labs on campus to finish their 2020 studies
With a world-class gauntlet laid out in front of them, could South Africa make an expectant nation proud?
The state of politics and geopolitics has been exacerbated, rather than stabilised, by the coronavirus crisis
In the first part of our new series, we take a look at the goal that has played on loop in our heads and on TV channels for the last decade
Many African governments have paid little more than lip service to their citizens stranded all over the world