Opinion

South Africa can ill afford another economic shock. Yet, as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to deliver his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement on October...

Home Affairs was right to withdraw its directive of September 28. It was hastily drafted and poorly communicated and, by the department’s own account,...

Attending the Stellenbosch Woordfees last week made me proud to be South African. It was a culture and arts meeting in a melting pot...

Probably the first thing I was taught to memorise as a child was my address. I can recall every address I have lived at....

On November 4 we will queue again for local government elections. Potholes, water cuts, streetlights, sewer leaks, billing chaos. The politicians will tell us to...

There comes a time in the life of any formerly colonised nation when it must decide whether it wants to be a sovereign country...

‘Crime is out of control.” That was the stark conclusion reached by Brent Lindeque in a Facebook video after witnessing a brazen armed robbery...

The bus driver’s daughter who defied apartheid’s courtrooms, Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote...

DA Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber has discovered a remarkable theory of government: first ignore reality, then issue instructions and then blame reality when...

Nine months down the line, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) final between Morocco and Senegal, which started on January 18, is playing...