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Social welfare rand must uplift communities
Community development month in South Africa is observed annually in October under the banner of Social Development Month, led primarily by the Department of...
Bring back football Fridays and unite Bafana fans
While Bafana Bafana were dissecting hapless Rwanda as if they were lab rats to book a place at the 2026 Fifa World Cup midweek,...
Adopt and preserve a river in celebration of World Rivers Day
Annually, on the fourth Sunday of September, the world’s waterways – our rivers – are put in the spotlight and global agenda as we...
Spare the Bloem football fanatics the pain, please
When Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie announced that his eldest son Calvin Le John bought the status of SuperSport United and...
Public office is about service, not self-service
When Independent Development Trust (IDT) CEO Tebogo Malaka slid R60 000 across a Stellenbosch wine farm table to silence a journalist, she was demonstrating everything...
It’s time as, Ngugi wa Thiong’o urged, for African women to...
In his book, Weep Not, Child revered Kenyan author, poet, essayist and professor of literature Ngugi wa Thiong’o opens with: “The world is just...
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...
