Columns
When a country lacks specialists, it cannot afford to lack imagination
The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) on February 16, issued a stark statement: the country’s ability to train medical specialists is under...
Mosioua Lekota: The audacity of an activist who would not be...
Mosioua Gerard Patrick “Terror” Lekota, in all that he did and was, would not be confined to being silent. Indeed, he made his presence...
The late Mosiuoa Patrick Lekota: A South African patriot
The 3rd Students’ General Council was held at the St Peter’s Catholic Seminary in Hammanskraal in July 1972. That turned out to be a...
Business, civil society endorse governemnt’s B-BBEE review
The government's decision to focus on reviewing the implementation of broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) rather than ending the policy has received another critical...
Don’t be fooled, promises of dealing with illegal migration are meaningless
In the year of local government elections, the script for garnering your votes has been dusted off and is back in circulation.
Amid the usual...
Bellarmine: sins of the father?
On any given day, the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court is a bustling hub of movement and energy, with people going about their business. Peddlers and...
Retire the word ‘tenderpreneur,’ or recalibrate
Ravin Singh’s ANC Today column last week, The Fiction of the ANC Businessman, raises a separate point that deserves serious consideration: the continued use...
South Africa cannot stimulus its way out of unemployment
South Africa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address and the accompanying Presidential Employment Stimulus report tell a familiar story: cautious optimism, long lists of...
SWEAT Africa festival to bring startups, investors under one roof
As a scientist who has spent years working across applied research, innovation systems, and startup–research partnerships, I know that progress requires more than good...
Proteas chomping at the bit to end ‘chokers’ tag
With the absence of Temba Bavuma in the Proteas T20 squad this year, the hopes of South Africans will rest on the shoulders of...
