Opinion

In March 2026, in my capacities as Head of the Department of Social Work at the University of the Free State (UFS) and President...

In early September, a short video circulating on social media showed a schoolboy standing close to a teacher, repeatedly pointing towards his face in...

Our law enforcement agencies have been very keen lately to show us their successes against criminals involved in the illicit cigarette trade. Every week there...

The critical findings of the Constitutional Court’s 2019 majority judgment against former Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane may have legally failed to survive the test...

The recent killing of women has once again brought the devastating reality of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) into sharp focus. Behind every statistic...

Ordinary South Africa’s escalating municipal water debt is too large and persistent to be treated simply as an accounting problem. It is a warning...

South Africa is bleeding and we are in danger of becoming numb to it. Another mass shooting. Another group of bodies. Another family shattered. Another statement of condemnation. Another...

There comes a time in the life of a nation when it has to take a strong pause and reflect on itself. It cannot...

During the course of this week, hundreds of residents of Mahikeng, together with visitors from neighbouring Botswana, descended upon the capital city of the...

The end is nigh for Ukraine and yet President Volodymyr Zelensky puts up a brave face while his men and women continue to die...