The plan provides a chance to strengthen cooperation and competition in the Southern African Development Community
The vice president had great courage, with so much character that his politics was not only an inspiration at home, but echoed throughout East, Central and Southern Africa
The emerging economies, especially in the Brics alliance, are moving towards an alternative payment system that could result in a new geoeconomic landscape
Our public sphere is not well served by people flinging chunks of dogma around
DREW FORREST takes in a traditional Gaelic pastime at Ireland’s biggest sports arena
The article shows ignorance about liberalism, its supporters and what it has done for this country and the rest of the world
A reply to Paul Hoffman, showing that the law actually isn’t simple and what it – properly, purposefully and holistically considered – does tell us
We, the South African Jewish community, as represented by the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, know who we are and we will speak for ourselves
Eskom is a political entity and not a private company, which is why it has been unable to truly hold non-paying customers accountable
Here are four pillars that employers, workers and the public can play a role in upholding to ensure the sector is safer and more productive
The country needs to amend its laws and mandate the electoral commission to implement mechanisms to enable the diaspora to vote
The uMkhonto weSizwe party’s policies are on the extreme right while the confused Economic Freedom Fighters are best described as authoritarian populism
Tom Gardner offers a compelling analysis of how the Ethiopian prime minister ruthlessly exploited tensions between regions and ethnic groups to gain power
Competition organisers risk accusations of sportswashing when partnering with companies such as Toyota and TotalEnergies
South Africans tweeted 1.01 million times during the election but there were only 115 000 unique authors
How the numbers could play out with various parties when the ANC is 42 parliamentary seats short
The politicians are haggling over our future but we citizens created the situation and so we need to fix it
The Electoral Matters Amendment Act was created to enable independent candidates to contest the elections, but it has eroded the Political Party Funding Act
Limpopo consistently ranks as one of the provinces with the lowest reading outcomes in Sepedi
Exploring South Africa’s political landscape as contenders vie for attention amidst the spectre of a ‘Doomsday coalition’
As the world is ripped apart, the poems that sing the universal enable some respite
The flag is more than a piece of fabric fluttering in the wind. It represents a people’s triumph over oppression and an aspiration about a future in which all South Africans can stand as equals.
As 29 May approaches, we must find a way to separate the wheat from the chaff
Are the pollsters reflecting reality or is it a case of the tail trying to wag the dog?
The bill isn’t perfect but should be enacted without delay, given the reformative snowball it will set into motion
South Africa has a right to pursue its national interests anywhere in the world and not to simply follow the dictates of the West, the US in particular
The air and water pollution caused mainly by industry are compounded by crisis management
Jacob Zuma will be the first presidential candidate to be on the ballot paper and a charge sheet simultaneously
John Steenhuisen and Velenkosini Hlabisa cast a line in the water to exploit the ANC’s weaknesses
As austerity batters public universities, fly by night institutions leave students in the lurch
The trials of living a life around the capricious temperament of water scheduling
Few parties align with my beliefs as a follower of Islam and a South African, writes Ozayr Patel