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In chaos theory, a minute localised change happens in a complex system and then has large effects elsewhere. This is what we are observing...

What started as a beautiful tournament, with teams arriving at the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) dripping in style, traditional attire and...

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...

Many South Africans live carefully curated lives. Private schools. Medical aid. Gated estates. Armed response. If the public system fails, the thinking goes, we...

The world knew that if Donald J Trump won the 2024 presidential election in the US, we would all have cause for serious concern,...

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...

With this being the last Sports Sermon and Holy Communion offering for 2025, I would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and...

Over the past few days, I have been in deep conversation with friends about the extraordinary and troubling testimony of Vusumuzi “Cat” Matlala. Like...

Cllr Bheke Stofile According to Statistics South Africa’s census 2022 around half of South Africa’s over 62 million population reside in just 17 of 257...

The murder of two cousins, Tshiamo, 22 and Baleseng Moramaga, 21, in Mamelodi East on October 26, has forced the nation once again to...

Former President Thabo Mbeki has launched a blistering critique of South Africa’s intelligentsia on his new African Renaissance podcast, declaring that the National Development...

President Cyril Ramaphosa used an address to the Swiss parliament in Bern on Tuesday to make a robust case for Switzerland as a pivotal...

Orlando Pirates coach Abdeslam Ouaddou is fast learning how fickle and troublesome Mzansi football supporters can really be. When he took over from Jose Riveiro...

As an avid, social runner who has two full 42,2km Soweto Marathon medals, with a finishing time that will remain classified information for eternity,...

The South African political, social and moral atmosphere is invaded by a pungent smell of unbridled selfishness that has left the citizens apoplectic. If it is...

South Africa’s small and secondary towns – once engines of industrial vitality – are quietly collapsing under the weight of de-industrialisation. Places like Lichtenburg in...

The recent media reports of a Gauteng High Court judge in Pretoria delivering a judgment three years after reserving it are a huge blot on...

Barney Mthombothi calls them cretins masquerading as students. They are worse than that. They are young criminal minds drunk on entitlement. It is unfathomable to...

The media, as a pillar of democracy, plays a pivotal role against those entrusted with power, and its influence as the fourth estate, over...

Had it not been for Vincent Tseka’s blooper, some Bafana Bafana supporters would be now going through the US map and circling must see...