Opinion

Turning the tables: Can South Africa lead demand side AI governance?

As the AI revolution sweeps the world, we are told that the future belongs to those who own the chips, the frontier AI models...

Addressing homelessness requires collective commitment to restore dignity

Homelessness remains one of the most pressing social challenges confronting Gauteng today. Every day, thousands of residents pass men, women, and young people living...

The toponymic scars of the Mesh – Sefikile, Pekinini Transkei, and...

To map the human geography of the South African platinum belt is to read a history written in blood, sweat, and displacement. If you...

AU’s corruption wake-up call: beginning of renewal or just another speech?

Every so often, a statement emerges from the African Union (AU) that makes one pause and wonder whether the institution has finally found its...

When a missed deadline becomes a death sentence

Every year, governments, companies, and we miss deadlines. Usually, the consequences are manageable. A report is submitted late, a project is delayed, a meeting...

Islamophobia in SA – When manufactured fear becomes political currency

Islamophobia in South Africa can no longer be dismissed as the work of a few misguided individuals or isolated extremists. The evidence points to...

Football’s global market still profits from racial stereotypes

With a Somali referee being denied entry into the US, and the surge of online racist abuse after 2026 World Cup matches, racism and...

LCBOs not the pathway to improving youth healthcare

There can be no disagreement that young South Africans face a profound crisis of unemployment, income insecurity and unequal access to healthcare. The fundamental...

Enyobeni verdict: a ruling that must not gather dust

Four years. That is how long it took for a magistrate to say, in a courtroom in Mdantsane, what every parent in Scenery Park...

Charmza

When a triple murder suspect turned himself into a fugitive run ning from|UK authorities to Africa, he hid in Johannesburg. Ndodana Tshuma, 45, thought South Africa...