Opinion

I recently had one of those interactions with an institution of the state that has earned back my respect in recent years, but it...

What Parliament was told on Wednesday about the Phala Phala scandal should trouble every South African who still believes constitutional democracy depends on the...

When South Africans speak about the economy, the conversation usually centres around big corporations, the JSE, investment summits, and political promises about job creation....

With the Cyril Ramaphosa impeachment saga unfolding, I want to state from the very beginning that this Phala Phala matter, as far as I’m...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally bowed to what public outrage demanded: he has fired Minister of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe. For that decisive...

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...

Since coordinated attacks launched on April 25, Mali's security situation has remained highly volatile, with armed groups intensifying assaults on military positions and key...

Sharp differences in the collective’s approach towards conflict in West Asia, where two member-states held opposing views, led to the two-day foreign ministers meeting ending in...

Amidst the mostly depressing HIV headlines of recent times, concerned as they mainly are with the deadly impacts of donor defunding, South Africa’s imminent roll-out...

A 40-year-old man walks into his doctor’s room with a lump in his throat. He doesn’t smoke. He barely drinks. He has no family...