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Talk’s cheap; dialogue built on accountability is what SA needs
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for a national dialogue offers South Africa a crucial opportunity to reshape the future.
Yet history cautions us that without rigorous...
Inculcate a cleanliness culture in SA metros before hosting the G20
By Mabila Mathebula
The City of Johannesburg is at an historical crossroad. The city shall need a strong and able crew to solicitously prepare for...
Three things give us some hope
By Professor Mosibudi Mangena
Three happenings in the last little while give a glimpse of what wonderful things we are capable of as a nation.
First...
Lesson for Safa as SA sports stars fly our flag high
As the 49 Afrikaners departed for the US to join Donald Trump’s misguided and foolish refugee programme, it created a lot of anger. Lies...
Dozy Safa sitting on a gold mine as teams qualify
It would not be far-fetched for one to suggest that the South African Football Association (Safa) has a multiple personality disorder.
Their “main personality” is,...
Why I’m swayed by ActionSA and ditching ANC
By Lebo Keswa
Like many South Africans, for as long as I have been politically conscious, the ANC was my home. I was not just...
No ignoring Gayton’s pungent farts!
A dodgy smell lingers in the air around the government offices in Tshwane’s Madiba Street and Cape Town’s Plein Street, and publicly available evidence...
Where to African child?
By Paul Moraka
Every generation lives in its era and classifies itself as the best the world has ever seen.
Until another generation emerges, with its...
Improved STEM teaching will unlock potential
By Craig Dummett
The euphoria over KwaZulu-Natal recording the second-highest matric pass rate in the country is felt as much by the organisations facilitating educational...
Let’s take fight to diabetes, the silent killer taking 225 people...
As February, a month of celebrating love, has just ended, let us continue to take care of the hearts the same way they were...