Opinion

Charmza

Bafana Bafana midfield workhorse Teboho Mokoena is undoubtedly our Charmza this week. First, Mokoena showed the whole world how patriotic he is when tears...

Moegoe

The cheek of Geordin Hill-Lewis, the DA’s new darling, is something to behold. No sooner does he snatch the crown than he plays Brutus...

Climate literate youth: The key to environmental justice

Every June, World Environment Day is observed. In South Africa, in the same month, we reflect on the sacrifices of the 1976 youth as...

Dhladhla’s passing at work: An ongoing toxic workplace regime

In my industrial sociology class with the late Prof Eddie Webster in the mid-1990s, I was introduced to how the South African apartheid workplace...

TVET colleges investing in youth and future economy

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges have increasingly become a topic when debating South Africa’s post-school education and training system and youth...

Bring-and-share Cabinet: When coalition politics eats the law

To understand what happened last Wednesday when the Democratic Alliance leader issued a statement that effectively reshuffled the Cabinet, it helps to begin not...

Russian, Persian grandmasters have advantage over the West

Reading Western and Ukrainian media, one would be convinced that the Ukrainian forces are winning and advancing on the front lines. That their drone...

Disillusioned generation needs action, not empty words

The Electoral Commission of South Africa opened more than 23 700 stations this weekend to register voters for the 2026 local government elections. Yet, behind...

Broos’s immediate challenge is to sharpen blunt strike force

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos can be a maverick and an enigma at the same time. You can never put your finger on how...

Jobs were not the Holy Grail for heroes of ’76

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the 16 June 1976 Soweto students, who teared up against the usage of the Afrikaans language as...