Opinion

Before violence, there is humiliation During Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s impeachment battle, Julius Malema reached for a brutal image. Men, he said in substance, had woken up,...

You must have been surprised when, on September 16, the Electoral Commission of South Africa told us an unprecedented 136 790 candidates have satisfied...

The recent killings in Ekurhuleni are a stark indicator of collapsed intelligence and the continued under-resourcing of the South African Police Service. While the reports...

South Africa’s policing crisis has reached breaking point. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has become synonymous with ineptitude, corruption and indifference. The killing...

A growing number of African leaders and MPs have been losing their heads over South Africa in recent months, after domestic calls for illegal...

eThekwini has everything it needs to solve its water crisis. The only missing ingredient is the political will. Across eThekwini, 13 000 water leaks are...

This week marks one year since the start of the Madlanga commission, which has come to symbolise hope, judicial excellence and meticulous fact-finding. With former...

Media personality Sol Phenduka must wear the moegoe sash and hang his head in shame. His dark joke about Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo’s disappearance was...

Nine women are dead. Their bodies were recovered from different parts of Ekurhuleni, their lives brutally cut short. Yet perhaps the most disturbing revelation...

The dominance of the ANC in the South African body politic space over the past half a century has established its influence far beyond...