Editorial
Welcome move on Tolashe, but what about Phala Phala?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally bowed to what public outrage demanded: he has fired Minister of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe. For that decisive...
Oversight is not ‘academic xenophobia’
South Africa’s universities occupy a special place in our democracy. They are centres of knowledge, innovation and debate, and they shape the minds that...
Phala Phala could define Ramaphosa’s legacy
Let us state from the onset that as a paper we hold no brief for President Cyril Ramaphosa.
He first took office in February 2018,...
Wishful thinking is not a dependable strategy in war
After almost four years of war against Russia, the Nato and the USA are experiencing what I can only describe as “internal denial”. This...
Another Ellis Park disaster waiting to happen
Sunday’s Soweto Derby at the FNB Stadium was a festival of football that nearly turned into a festival of death. For the third consecutive...
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It has been more than six months since Sunday World, under its new owner Zucorizon, embarked on a bold repositioning and reimagination as a...
Mkhwanazi detonated a bomb, now Dimpane must stop the rot at...
In the sterile, fluorescent-lit environment in July 2025, KZN provincial commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi did something that has become terrifyingly rare in South Africa: he...
Malema’s sentence: political death-knell or a pre-election gift?
In the theatre of South African politics, Julius Malema has fashioned himself the revolutionary, the voice of the poverty-stricken masses against a governance and...
The mayor and the movement: Can Hill-Lewis remake the DA?
As the DA commences its elective federal congress, the party stands at a precipice that feels strangely familiar: poised for growth yet seemingly unable...
When the wrath of the voiceless brings up a necessary discomfort
There is a fine line between righteous condemnation of xenophobia and the wilful blindness to the cries that fertilise its soil. The Sunday World...












