Mandela factor of light is dissipating
Government and Justice When do we imagine the pain of injustice South Africans will end, from apartheid to democracy – and then in the intervening period of... Read more.
Remnants of apartheid live on our roads daily
For many years until close to the end of apartheid in the 1990s, people of African descent throughout South Africa were chased and hounded by the apartheid police,... Read more.
Daveyton residents join hands to remember fallen Amabutho heroes
Daveyton residents yesterday came in their numbers to pay tribute to members of the slain self-defence unit – Amabutho – who 32 years ago were mowed down by... Read more.
Nehawu is harming innocent patients
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) protesters have justified the mayhem and violence at public hospitals, in which several black patients... Read more.
Sobukwe’s leadership style needed
Why have the country’s communities lost trust in the ANC-led government, a phenomenon that was foreign and unthinkable in the early 1990s when Nelson Mandela was... Read more.
‘Slogans won’t win ANC votes’-Motlanthe
Former ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has warned the ANC to get its act together and be more in touch with communities it serves if it hopes to win the national... Read more.
Where to turn to when hope is gone
The words “black man you are on your own” have their own significant ring because they are attributable to one of the country’s foremost lights – Steve... Read more.
Voters must kick ANC to the curb in 2024, activist says
The ANC must be driven out of the corridors of power if only because of the organisations’s failing policies and corruption. This view was expressed by one of... Read more.
Dark cloud threatens to sully church’s stature
If you were asked to comment, and make a judgment on the new book authored by academic Dr Tau Motsepe, one would be hard-pressed not to conclude that the Anglican... Read more.
Our leaders need to pull us out of the rut
Duma Gqubule, an economist and one of the foremost social, political commentators in the country, recently posted on Facebook, describing, and implying, that the... Read more.