Opinion

Understanding human movement across Africa

Migration has become one of the most complex and emotive public issues facing countries around the world. While governments and societies recognise the importance...

Charmza

Lesetja Kganyago deserves praise after the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the repo rate unchanged at 7% this week. Although the decision...

A courageous act of balance, but it could be temporary

The decision by the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to hold the repo rate steady at 7% is a masterclass...

Moegoe

Andrea Johnson sits at the high table of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, yet she moves like an amateur in a village court. Labelling a...

China is the biggest winner in all this mess

The USA military is seen as a sham. Trump cannot defeat Iran and so he will escalate to a point where he is now...

South Africa needs a coordinated national plan for cataract-surgery training

Int Majid ernational clinical partnerships will also support professional exchange The Sunday World report of July 19 2026 (Limpopo eye surgery plan “unnecessary”) on Limpopo’s...

Dlodlo’s posting to France comes at a strategic time

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of Ayanda Dlodlo as South Africa’s Ambassador to France comes at a strategically important moment in South Africa’s diplomatic and...

Zandile Gumede’s defection: A political earthquake that could redraw eThekwini’s electoral...

Obita sit voluptatius maio tem nis eatem. Fuga. Ut omnis quamus The decision by former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede to leave the African National Congress...

The Reserve Bank blinks: Pragmatism over orthodoxy in the face of...

For millions of South Africans, the 23 July 2026 announcement by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to hold the repo rate steady will provide...

Philangenkosi Shabangu | Brutality in South African schools is structural violence

Violence in South African schools is predominantly portrayed as a problem of recalcitrant learner behaviour. However, recent reports denote that more than 800 learners...