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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Sunday night address to the nation was a clear attempt to show that the state is taking control of South Africa’s migration crisis. (GCIS)

The president has spoken but whether he can deliver hangs in the balance

Opposition parties are highlighting the massive gap between the government’s policy goals and its capacity to execute them as it tackles migration management

IEC chief executive, Sy Mamabolo. (IEC/X)

376 000 new voters register via online portal, says electoral commission

The IEC launched “Beats for My Peeps” election edutainment programme which will air on SABC1 on 3 June at 18:00 to encourage youth voter participation

Human dignity: As Africa reflects on unity and solidarity, migration continues to expose the continent’s unresolved struggles around governance,
opportunity, sovereignty and economic survival. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy Picture: Delwyn Verasamy

‘For South Africa, Africa Day carries an even deeper meaning’

SA citizens are not xenophobic for demanding lawful migration, secure borders and fair access to limited opportunities

Revolution: Three decades into democracy, South Africa remains trapped between constitutional freedom and the unresolved realities of land dispossession, inequality and economic exclusion.  Photo: JMK

It is time for the Second Republic

Our private and political lives are always punctuated by upheavals and storms. These moments signal the direction we should take. The unfolding political and economic crisis in…

The Presidents’ men – and women: The ANC has always used its parliamentary majority to close ranks behind its president and party interest, rather than adhering to the Constitution and making decisions in the interest of South Africa. Photo: Supplied

Ramaphosa’s Constitutional Court dilemma

Ramaphosa’s decision to pursue a judicial review and the Constitutional Court’s call for Parliament to start an impeachment inquiry, will create tensions in the GNU

President Cyril Ramaphosa

‘I will not resign’, Ramaphosa says

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will not resign despite a Constitutional Court ruling that reopened the door to a parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal

The lived reality for women in South Africa is they get turned away at our police stations. They are told that domestic violence is a family matter. They are sent from one office to another. If they do actually get someone willing to open their case, the case files disappear into delay

South Africa’s safety net for women and children has holes

The lived reality for women in South Africa is they get turned away at our police stations. They are told that domestic violence is a family matter. They are sent from one office…

Shaky ground: the social foundation of industrial experience has been undermined by systemic inequality,
inadequate investment in vocational education and poor alignment between education, skills development
and industry demands. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

A focus on one faltering building block

The country presents a clear illustration of how a weak social foundation constrains industrial development and reinforces structural inefficiencies but we can change that

On Wednesday, South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho launched the Senqu Bridge, an 825-metre extradosed structure spanning a deep gorge in the Mokhotlong District. (Facebook)

A community reckoning on the Senqu Bridge launch on 22 April 2026

What the communities in Mokhotlong gave – and what the celebration will not say

Energy source: Moments from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s working visit to Kusile Power Station in the Nkangala District Municipality, Mpumalanga. Photo: Presidency

Eskom still backbone of economic recovery 

Reliable and affordable energy, with predictable tariffs, is indispensable. Even so, it is significant that Eskom’s leadership recognises the central role it plays: without this…

The IDC should establish an independent forum to address employee relations issues.
 Photo: -File

IDC deal must be scrutinised

Ramaphosa must now turn to the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), which faces allegations of corporate governance failures similar to the PIC case. The latest concerns are…

President Cyril Ramaphosa with twenty new Heads of Mission-designate. Photo: Marion Smith

A moment of diplomacy and global connection

The presentation of credentials is a cornerstone of diplomatic protocol, symbolising mutual recognition and the formal commencement of an ambassador’s duties

South Africa’s investment drive is rebuilding the economy

In an era when cynicism too often dominates public discourse and doubt easily overshadows progress, the facts speak volumes. South Africa is attracting capital, rebuilding…

Professor Sakhela Buhlungu. Photo: UFH Facebook

Is state capture metamorphosing into higher education capture?

For all we know, the higher education sector might even have some senior managers who aid and abet institutional capture, just like the Madlanga Commission has outed some…

New breed: Police Sergeant Fannie Nkosi represents a class of leeches who prey on the lucrative gap between the State and criminal cartels, a class the writer laments. Photo: Supplied

The hidden hoaxer class outed

Political entrepreneurs, while integrated and integral to both sides, are in the unique position in which they are neither. accountable to an electoral constituency nor the…

Social development appoints acting DG after Ramaphosa’s scathing rebuke

Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe was forced to retract a DG vacancy post she defended after President Cyril Ramaphosa clarified that the power to appoint someone in…

President Cyril Ramaphosa  delivering the keynote address at the 2026 National Commemoration of #HumanRightsDay held at Ar Abass Stadium, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province. Photo The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa

Do not narrate Sobukwe out of history

Some analyses suggest South Africa’s human rights framework is “normatively robust but substantively fragile”, marked by a growing gap between constitutional ideals and social…

For decades, well-located land has remained underutilised or locked up, while low-income households have been pushed to the urban periphery, far from jobs, schools and essential services.
Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Releasing land, restoring trust: The real work after Sona 2026

South Africa’s housing crisis is not simply about the number of units delivered. It is about where housing is located, who it serves and how it connects people to opportunity.…

City of lights: More than 30 000 LED lights lit the streets of London in celebration of Ramadan. Photo: Aziz Foundation

Eid Mubarak in a world on fire, at war

This year’s Eid is not naïve. It does not pretend the world is at peace. It does not ignore the children buried under rubble, the families displaced, the cities reduced to ash

Global village: The Middle East crisis is no longer just a remote conflagration, South Africa is also affected by this distant geopolitical drama. Photo:
fair.org

Middle East conflict reaches SA’s doorstep

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans in Israel to cross the land border into Jordan — one of the few remaining safe exit routes