Opinion
A tavern owner’s view: When alcohol taxes rise, illicit trade wins
I run a licensed tavern. I pay my taxes. I comply with the law. I check IDs. I close when I’m supposed to. I...
Pragmatism must override austerity on budget day
Anticipation is building about what Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will tell the nation when he unveils his budget on Wednesday. He is expected to...
Moegoe
The resident perv, protected by his late mother at Buckingham Palace for more than two decades, was finally nabbed this week.
King Charles’ younger brother...
Healthcare infrastructure is not a cost, it is a strategy
Healthcare is more than just a hospital or a doctor’s office; it is about the years of investment in the infrastructure that allow the...
The Munich Security Conference and Washington’s wrecking-ball politics
What a circus! Marco Rubio telling the West that “we” had better days when we simply colonised territories around the world. When we demonstrated...
Charmza
Mamelodi Sundowns’ new Colombian striker Brayan Leon really shone bright under Jozi’s dark skies and endeared himself to the hard-to-please Brazilians supporters when he...
Charmza
On Thursday President Cyril Ramaphosa finally sounded like a leader who had located the switch marked authority.
For once, the presidency did not murmur –...
Moegoe
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi had to issue an apology after remarks he made about bathing at a hotel due to water shortages caused an...
Water crisis needs to be understood
As water shortages intensify across Johannesburg and Gauteng, public frustration is understandable. What is less understandable and far more dangerous is the growing tendency...
The storm clouds gathering over SA: A call for urgent climate...
As a climate activist in South Africa, I have watched with growing alarm as extreme weather becomes our new normal. Last month, devastating floods...
Patrice Motsepe: Leading SA’s renewal from the ground up
Few names in South Africa command as much respect – across boardrooms, church pews, sports fields, and rural villages – as that of Dr...
Sona 2026 – Rising tide must lift us all
The president started by framing his State of the Nation Address 2026, and the significance of past historic events that have shaped our present....
Ramaphosa’s plans are ambitious, but delivery will be the ultimate test
On Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a State of the Nation Address (Sona), and for the first time in years, the speech was...
FNB Stadium now secure to host Soweto derby
Now that the tickets for the Soweto derby, one of the continent’s biggest sporting spectacles have been sold out, the hard work and heavy...
Charmza
South Africans rallied together in an outpouring of grief and generosity following the death of David Sejobe, a beloved security guard at MultiChoice’s Randburg...
Moegoe
Gayton McKenzie is many things, but a diplomat he is not.
One minute, he sits in the cabinet, the next he is cheerleading Donald Trump’s...
The president must show Gayton McKenzie the door
Gayton McKenzie is a brash, tactless, foot-in-mouth politician who has no business holding a position as important as sports, arts and culture minister.
Just last...
Matric debate has been dangerously simplified
In Daily Maverick on January 2, Muhammad Coovadia, an intern counselling psychologist, offered a forceful critique of South Africa’s annual celebration of the matric...
Charmza
Finally. A spine. A pulse. Dirco has remembered that sovereignty is not a decorative item but something you defend.
We have long hosted diplomats who...
Moegoe
South Africa’s principled expulsion of Israel’s top envoy is a bold and necessary stand, reinforcing a principle that respect of the country and its...
