Opinion
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...
Can Mali find a path out of prolonged conflict?
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...
Differences over West Asia prevent consensus at the Brics meeting
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...
Somebody call Hasina Subedar, the brain behind our LEN rollout
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...
Ignoring men in HPV prevention no longer an option
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...
Moegoe
Joburg Mayor Dada Morero is our moegoe for a staggering fiscal blunder. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana wrote a strongly worded letter over Morero’s approval...
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,...
Charmza
It was a long walk for the EFF leader Julius Malema and ATM leader Vuyo Zungula to make sure that President Cyril Ramaphosa was...
Is it xenophobia? No, it’s the violent consequence of an absent...
On a warm October morning of 2021, four brothers, the youngest six years old, were on their way to school in Polokwane when armed...












