Opinion

The SACP’s decision to contest the upcoming local government elections independently of the ANC is more than a political disagreement; it is a tectonic...

If the maxim everything is politics is true – like the air we breathe, the water we drink and the sky we see or...

For decades, Africa has been talking about industrialisation. The conversation whose time has come is about building industrialisation at a continental scale. Across the continent,...

The sun, a relentless entity over Orange Farm, is just beginning to cast its golden, dusty light when Extension 8B stirs. This is not...

National Treasury’s decision to temporarily withhold the July 2026 Local Government Equitable Share transfers from 69 municipalities was not a passing administrative event. It...

I have been pushing this one sentiment for a long time now and yet it seems not to resonate with our politicians. Here I...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was conceived as one of the most progressive policy interventions of post-apartheid South Africa. When it was...

There is something deeply democratic about people taking to the streets when they feel nobody is listening. In South Africa, where communities continue to face...

This Women’s Month, I want to share some thoughts on South African women in research. Since 1994 we have seen a growing number of...

MP Fadiel Adams is not the sharpest tool in the box. Asked by the Madlanga commission why he ignored correspondence from it, he blamed...