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Put an end to four centuries of corporate plundering of Africa
Thought Leader
/ 7 June 2025

Put an end to four centuries of corporate plundering of Africa

Companies must be held accountable for their depredations before the next scramble for the continent under the guise of a green transition

By Christopher Gevers
Open letter to Thabo Mbeki on the crisis in the DRC
Thought Leader
/ 6 June 2025

Open letter to Thabo Mbeki on the crisis in the DRC

With respect, your recent statements regarding the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carry the tone of pre-hostile rhetoric laced with accusatory language, ethnic insinuation and indirect justification of violence

By Roger B Bope
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as town crier of Africa
Thought Leader
/ 6 June 2025

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as town crier of Africa

The Kenyan writer challenged Western influence on African culture and history, highlighting heritage and resilience

By Ahmet Sait Akcay
Close the global healthcare gap: Solutions for a more equitable future
Thought Leader
/ 6 June 2025

Close the global healthcare gap: Solutions for a more equitable future

A comprehensive, multi-sector approach would help medical care in emerging countries catch up with those in more established nations

By Asgar Rangoonwala
Uganda’s parliament ignores rule of law
Thought Leader
/ 5 June 2025

Uganda’s parliament ignores rule of law

In defiance of a supreme court ruling, Uganda’s parliament under the National Resistance Movement’s President Yoweri Museveni has passed into law that civilians can be tried in military courts

By Robert Kigongo
There is no genocide in South Africa – but there is billionaire disinformation
Thought Leader
/ 5 June 2025

There is no genocide in South Africa – but there is billionaire disinformation

The scene in the Oval Office reflected the apartheid of the excessively wealthy, supported by Big Tech that peddles lies of white genocide, and the poor

By Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia
Born Free: Hunger is Political  – Podcast episode nine
Thought Leader
/ 5 June 2025

Born Free: Hunger is Political  – Podcast episode nine

Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth

By Misunderstood
In the face of Gaza’s open wound the EU’s fractured conscience is finally emerging
Thought Leader
/ 5 June 2025

In the face of Gaza’s open wound the EU’s fractured conscience is finally emerging

Until now, Europe has been the observer giving rhetorical support for Palestinian rights while arming and trading with Israel, which negates those rights

By Imran Khalid
Buy now, panic later: A legal deep dive into South Africa’s payment revolution
Thought Leader
/ 5 June 2025

Buy now, panic later: A legal deep dive into South Africa’s payment revolution

New legislation seeks to close regulatory gaps to protect consumers and promote a competitive digital finance system

By Lerato Lamola & Anél de Meyer
Beyond the bin: Rethinking bioplastic waste for a circular future
Thought Leader
/ 5 June 2025

Beyond the bin: Rethinking bioplastic waste for a circular future

Stellenbosch University has developed a process involving enzymes that can break down bioplastics

By Dominique Rocher & Wessel Myburgh
A future without broad-based BEE and affirmative action is not possible
Thought Leader
/ 5 June 2025

A future without broad-based BEE and affirmative action is not possible

‘The new economic dispensation should match the aspiration for economic freedom and the fulfilment of the highest ideals of our democracy.’

By Monde Ndlovu
Aliens, billionaires, swivel-eyed fake news cults and end times
Thought Leader
/ 4 June 2025

Aliens, billionaires, swivel-eyed fake news cults and end times

Epicurus, Greek classical philosopher, cosmologist, Karl Marx’s influencer and god sceptic, contemplated intelligent life on distant planets. About 2 300 years later the pondering has progressed

By Guy Oliver
Environmental injustice is becoming the new normal – we must resist it
Columns
/ 4 June 2025

Environmental injustice is becoming the new normal – we must resist it

On World Environment Day, we must challenge – in word and deed – the assumption that environmental issues are somehow separate from daily life

By Ferrial Adam
A prescription for Gauteng’s health: Generics, state pharma and the power of local
Thought Leader
/ 4 June 2025

A prescription for Gauteng’s health: Generics, state pharma and the power of local

Enabling the use of generics, supporting local businesses and setting up a state pharmaceutical company would boost healthcare

By Fentse Maseko
We need to change – not reject – black economic empowerment
Thought Leader
/ 4 June 2025

We need to change – not reject – black economic empowerment

South Africa’s history of dispossession and exclusion demands purposeful intervention to build a more just and inclusive economy

By Tara Roos
From Jan Smuts to Gareth Prince: The struggle for the liberation of cannabis continues
Thought Leader
/ 4 June 2025

From Jan Smuts to Gareth Prince: The struggle for the liberation of cannabis continues

The Rastafari community remains unrecognised, vulnerable and criminalised in the absence of clear regulations on the use and possession of cannabis

By Tshepo Madlingozi & Naleli Morojele
Profits before people: How the liquor industry undermines reforms
Thought Leader
/ 4 June 2025

Profits before people: How the liquor industry undermines reforms

The Liquor Amendment Bill needs to be revived to tackle the social problems created by alcohol

By Phindile Kunene
Sanitation crisis in Ramaphosa informal settlement dehumanises people
Thought Leader
/ 4 June 2025

Sanitation crisis in Ramaphosa informal settlement dehumanises people

Conditions in South Africa’s many informal settlements cause health and environmental problems too

By Kabelo Motswagae & Nokuthula Pheza
Why South Africans must stand with Palestine and why the world must act
Thought Leader
/ 3 June 2025

Why South Africans must stand with Palestine and why the world must act

South Africans know what it is like to be dehumanised, displaced and silenced and so it is important to support the Palestinians

By Sifiso Sonjica
Biosecurity is vital for SA’s successful agricultural growth and export strategy
Thought Leader
/ 3 June 2025

Biosecurity is vital for SA’s successful agricultural growth and export strategy

Frequent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza and African swine fever suggest weakness in biosecurity controls and the effect of climate change

By Wandile Sihlobo
Reform of parole policy in South Africa — fact or fiction?
Thought Leader
/ 3 June 2025

Reform of parole policy in South Africa — fact or fiction?

Finland, with its balance between integration and stigma, could be a model for South Africa to bring down its high rate of re-offending

By Casper Lӧtter
BEE is essential for economic growth
Thought Leader
/ 3 June 2025

BEE is essential for economic growth

There is no factual evidence that deindustrialisation, poverty, inequality and unemployment is caused by black economic empowerment, as argued by William Gumede

By Khwezi Mabasa
Apartheid, crimes against humanity: How the law remembers the past
Thought Leader
/ 2 June 2025

Apartheid, crimes against humanity: How the law remembers the past

The 80th anniversary of WWII is an opportune moment to reflect on the future of justice in South Africa

By Tebelelo Lentsoane & Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane
Amid all the talk about preventing gender-based violence, sex workers are ignored
Thought Leader
/ 2 June 2025

Amid all the talk about preventing gender-based violence, sex workers are ignored

Blurb online
What makes sex work dangerous are the laws, policies and attitudes that surround it

By Tian Johnson
African values under threat: African Commission must defend them
Thought Leader
/ 2 June 2025

African values under threat: African Commission must defend them

US anti-rights groups are working against inclusivity, non-racism and decolonisation

By Khanyo Farise
New law: Protecting South Africans from tobacco is no foreign agenda
Thought Leader
/ 31 May 2025

New law: Protecting South Africans from tobacco is no foreign agenda

Big tobacco companies are the foreign entities planting misinformation to keep South Africans addicted as they put profit over the health of the population

By Lekan Ayo-Yusuf
Big Tobacco’s profit addiction needs a quit plan
Thought Leader
/ 30 May 2025

Big Tobacco’s profit addiction needs a quit plan

New legislation seeks to stop tobacco companies from luring non-smoking teens into becoming addicted to their deadly produc

By Sam Filby & Corné van Walbeek
The journey to restore morality in South Africa
Thought Leader
/ 30 May 2025

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

By Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela
African Development Bank at 60: Time to reclaim the zeal of its visionary reformers
Thought Leader
/ 29 May 2025

African Development Bank at 60: Time to reclaim the zeal of its visionary reformers

The bank’s shareholders, African and non-African alike, must decide whether the mandate will expand to crowd in private finance, derisk green investment and underwriter regional public goods, or whether it will retreat to classical project lending

By Obi Ezekwesili, Kalidou Gadio & Agnes Kalibata
Elon Musk and the irony of calling black economic empowerment racist
Thought Leader
/ 29 May 2025

Elon Musk and the irony of calling black economic empowerment racist

Beneficiaries crying oppression are eating at the table apartheid set for them — and complaining when someone else is finally offered a chair

By Armand Bam
GNU cabinet: Too many chiefs, not enough service
Thought Leader
/ 29 May 2025

GNU cabinet: Too many chiefs, not enough service

South Africa needs to rethink its executive overload and trim the number of deputy ministers, saving R100 million a year

By Lesedi Senamele Matlala
Clean energy must extend beyond megawatts and minerals
Thought Leader
/ 28 May 2025

Clean energy must extend beyond megawatts and minerals

Renewable does not always mean responsible, which is why business and human rights needs to be at the heart of Africa’s energy future

By Pooja Dela & Dylan Cron
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