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
Does a God of love really torment people’s souls for all eternity in a place of flames?
We should question the politics using the Hindu religion and
we must reject it if it is wrong
Tehran is the archetype of a place that is governed by the divine but defined by mortals
The shift to clean energy must consider poorest of the poor and the natural environment
But the full range of words linked to religion and godly figures have vastly improved our ability to express surprise, anger, shock and even hatred
Egypt has a history of food insecurity leading to revolution, as its leaders know all too well
When Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip on 7 October, I was nine months pregnant … what if I had been there?
The department of higher education on Friday announced that it would deregister Damelin, CityVarsity, Intec and Lyceum College
The nation is in a far better place than it was when apartheid ended. But what is also true is multiple spheres of government struggle to deal with societal problems and service delivery
As digital banking gains popularity, criminals have adjusted their online and social engineering tactics
Accumulated gross debt is expected to stabilise at R6.2 trillion or 74% of GDP by 2026. The annual cost of servicing this deb in that year will be R440 billion
The inclusion of women in anti-corruption efforts is more than achieving gender quotas, it is an important tool that could help to mitigate women’s experiences of corruption
Movies like this encourage us to challenge and change gender constructs and inequality
Amid Israel’s increasingly unhinged siege of the enclave, Drew Forrest probes the country’s claim that it is fighting a war against terror