Opinion
Vika Khumalo | The power of the ballot: Voting is the...
South Africa has been under a democratic dispensation for the past 30 years. A quick countdown of what this has brought us would make...
Wang Chuan | Shaping the future of global governance in a...
About 100 kilometres southwest of Beijing, a new city is rising around the waters of Baiyangdian Lake.
Launched in 2017, Xiong’an New Area has been...
OPINION | Anti-disinformation alliance is a robust antidote to fake news
Imagine opening your phone on election day to a video showing violent clashes at a voting station. The caption claims the station is in...
Solidarity’s patriotism is bigger than party politics
The local reaction to the executive order US President Donald Trump issued on February 7, regarding the South African government’s “egregious actions” was a...
The old censor wore a uniform; the new one wears an...
Forty-nine years ago, the state walked into a newsroom and switched off the lights, confident the darkness would stay. It didn’t. Next year will...
Implementing the NHI will be a victory for social justice
As a labour federation that represents the working class and the poor, Cosatu must draw lessons from other leftist and revolutionary movements across the...
What the IEC should learn from the Constitutional Court ruling
The Constitutional Court’s decision to force the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to include the ANC’s 181 candidates on the ballot was more...
Oscar van Heerden | Israel’s ‘hasbara’ is failing globally
No amount of public diplomacy and/or spin doctoring is helping to stop the downward trajectory of Israel’s public relations and support. It is in...
Jako Volschenk | Hunger in a country with enough food is...
One in five households is uncertain where its next meal will come from, while almost three million children regularly go to bed hungry. One...
Charmza | Mbalula’s big ANC election win
Fikile Mbalula wept and nearly collapsed when the Constitutional Court ruled in the ANC’s favour, ordering the IEC to allow 181 of its candidates...












