Opinion

In the 2024 elections, out of the 27.67-million registered voters, 17.7% were voters below the age of 30 and yet voter turnout among this...

As South Africa edges toward the local government elections this November, standard political commentary remains trapped in the superficial theatre of manifesto launches, party...

Let's be honest, there's very little to celebrate for us as South Africans, at the moment. The Madlanga commission might expose the rot and lead...

The numbers are troubling. During the 2025-26 financial year, the helpline run by the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation recorded 5 199 SOS calls...

Spend long enough working in public health and you will eventually meet every type of person. You meet the idealists, the pragmatists, the empire builders,...

South Africa’s municipalities have, in fact, achieved a great deal since 1994, even if that word rarely appears in the debate about local government. In...

In an early chapter of my memoir, Unfathered, I write about being a child, calling the police in desperation, hoping they’d defuse a violent...

It has been a tough week for the ANC. The mighty Khongolose failed to submit its councillor candidate list, citing technical glitches on the IEC’s...

South Africa’s proposed zero blood alcohol limit raises a question that extends beyond what motorists may drink before driving: How seriously does the country...

The ink on his contract has hardly dried yet new Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane is making bold moves and stamping his authority. He is...