The union federation may have a solid history but the Marikana crisis shows it is struggling to remain legitimate and attract younger members.
He’s pushing for the sort of change that transformed Brazil, but analysts reckon only one leader can take South Africa there: Zwelinzima Vavi himself.
Jacob Zuma has made big statements to Cosatu delegates, pronouncing on Marikana and the textbooks crisis, and boasting of the ANC’s service delivery.
There’s fickle, and then there’s Julius Malema. Verashni Pillay tracks his dramatic changes in tune on everything from Helen Zille to soldiers.
Julius Malema’s address to disgruntled soldiers didn’t deliver on coup concerns, instead it pointed out where government had fallen foul of the law.
The latest storm in the social media tea cup is over claims that Woolworths won’t hire white staff. We round up the best jokes from the saga.
Malema is feeding off the violent chaos at our mines, much as the Joker from Batman would. But he’s not the one to blame, writes Verashni Pillay.
This week brings to a close the worst Women’s Month ever and it will help us to forget the humiliations that characterised it, writes Verashni Pillay.
Verashni Pillay will chat to Anele Mdoda, Khaya Dlanga and others tonight at the M&G Literary Festival, in a session about being young in SA in 2012.
The DA has complained to the Gender Equality Commission about Jacob Zuma’s recent remarks on women, while the Women’s League comes to his defence.
From Khanyi Mbau to Zuma’s take on single women, to a pastor who blamed Marikana on feminists. Verashni Pillay summarises the worst Women’s Month yet.
Jacob Zuma’s comments that it’s "not right" for women to be single, and that having children is "extra training for a woman" have caused dismay.
Ahead of Robin Van Persie’s Manchester debut, we take stock of the tweets that made us laugh out loud following his surprise move from Arsenal.
Our most famous athletes are far from perfect, yet transcend the labels thrown at them to represent something more meaningful, says Verashni Pillay.
We’ve failed South Africa’s women, and the bluster of Women’s Month won’t change that, writes a disgusted Verashni Pillay.
Are our politicians finally learning how to disagree like adults? Verashni Pillay desperately hopes so, despite the ANC’s troubling politics.
The M&G Online’s Verashni Pillay, Craig McKune and Demelza Bush have won the CNN Multichoice Africa Journalism Award for digital journalism.
Verashni Pillay reflects on quota systems, interrogating the dearth of white people in SA’s civil service – and whether we need them there at all.
Would any true communist take the ANC acolytes known as the SACP seriously? Verashni Pillay wonders what it will take for the party to see red.
Apparently one can only get pregnant if you have a boyfriend. And that’s just one of many things wrong with Miss SA, writes Verashni Pillay.
SA’s burgeoning online radio industry has taken a hard knock amid the storm over listenership figures. But bad attitudes have only made things worse.
A local publisher hopes to reach a broader audience by getting celebrities to write books aimed at the youth market.
Showing a little more emotion would not hurt the Democratic Alliance, writes Verashni Pillay after an interview with the party’s leader.
Verashni Pillay takes issue with large sectors of evangelical Christianity that have historically supported Israel’s right to expand.
Forget Helen Zille’s Twitter foibles. A once obscure baby-faced model has rocketed to notoriety after throwing THAT K-word around in a tweet.
The controversial DJ Avicii cartoon points to deeper cracks in our society, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
Women abuse AND the secrecy Bill? DJ Fresh’s hasty comments spell trouble, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
Find another way to promote your Avicii event that doesn’t involve portraying women being punched in the face.
Did Mogoeng’s gaffe really threaten the separation of church and state, asks <b>Verashni Pillay</b>
Malusi Gigaba’s sudden ascent has left Julius Malema and co in his dust. <b>Verashni Pillay</b> profiles the public enterprises minister.
We’ve criticised Kony 2012 but haven’t stopped to consider its genius, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>
Julius Malema has officially been voted off the island, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>. Now what?