Columns
When a country lacks specialists, it cannot afford to lack imagination
The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) on February 16, issued a stark statement: the country’s ability to train medical specialists is under...
Mosioua Lekota: The audacity of an activist who would not be...
Mosioua Gerard Patrick “Terror” Lekota, in all that he did and was, would not be confined to being silent. Indeed, he made his presence...
The late Mosiuoa Patrick Lekota: A South African patriot
The 3rd Students’ General Council was held at the St Peter’s Catholic Seminary in Hammanskraal in July 1972. That turned out to be a...
Business, civil society endorse governemnt’s B-BBEE review
The government's decision to focus on reviewing the implementation of broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) rather than ending the policy has received another critical...
Don’t be fooled, promises of dealing with illegal migration are meaningless
In the year of local government elections, the script for garnering your votes has been dusted off and is back in circulation.
Amid the usual...
Bellarmine: sins of the father?
On any given day, the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court is a bustling hub of movement and energy, with people going about their business. Peddlers and...
Retire the word ‘tenderpreneur,’ or recalibrate
Ravin Singh’s ANC Today column last week, The Fiction of the ANC Businessman, raises a separate point that deserves serious consideration: the continued use...
South Africa cannot stimulus its way out of unemployment
South Africa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address and the accompanying Presidential Employment Stimulus report tell a familiar story: cautious optimism, long lists of...
SWEAT Africa festival to bring startups, investors under one roof
As a scientist who has spent years working across applied research, innovation systems, and startup–research partnerships, I know that progress requires more than good...
Proteas chomping at the bit to end ‘chokers’ tag
With the absence of Temba Bavuma in the Proteas T20 squad this year, the hopes of South Africans will rest on the shoulders of...
Davos 2026 can be an opportunity for SA if we can...
At Davos last week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave voice to what many have quietly understood for some time: the pleasant fiction of...
Pirates’ Amstel deal raises questions amid glamour
Everything was smooth as butter when Orlando Pirates announced their thirst-quenching and groundbreaking deal with Amstel at a glitzy event at Orlando Stadium.
Bucs legends...
How do we respond to Trump’s provocation?
In chaos theory, a minute localised change happens in a complex system and then has large effects elsewhere. This is what we are observing...
Ugly response to Senegal win a blemish on CAF
What started as a beautiful tournament, with teams arriving at the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) dripping in style, traditional attire and...
Can SA benefit from Fifa’s switch rule?
Are African countries piggybacking on Europe’s youth football infrastructure on the back of Fifa’s relaxed “One-Time Switch” rule, or is the current wave of...
You can’t buy your way out of a broken health system
Many South Africans live carefully curated lives. Private schools. Medical aid. Gated estates. Armed response. If the public system fails, the thinking goes, we...
Trump’s anarchy – navigating 2026 amidst a collapsing titanic empire
The world knew that if Donald J Trump won the 2024 presidential election in the US, we would all have cause for serious concern,...
Pirates on their way to end Sundowns’ dominance
There couldn’t be a better chance for Pirates to end Downs’ dominance. In recent months, truth be told, even the success-spoilt Mamelodi Sundowns supporters...
A memorable year for Mzansi sports fraternity
With this being the last Sports Sermon and Holy Communion offering for 2025, I would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and...
What the stories of Thabo Bester, Jerry Boshoga reveal about us
Over the past few days, I have been in deep conversation with friends about the extraordinary and troubling testimony of Vusumuzi “Cat” Matlala. Like...
