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VAR train is on the move – but where’s the PSL?
The South African Football Association (Safa) arrived with heavy artillery at the Freedom Park Heritage Site & Museum in Pretoria last week, when it...
US-SADC tensions grow as Namibia, South Africa push back on Washington
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola arrived in Washington on September 17, 2026, with a message that South Africa's relationship with the United...
Mbalenhle Zuma | Five women’s bodies remind me why I stopped...
I stopped jogging long before a fifth woman’s body was discovered in Kempton Park.
I don’t know what happened to those women. I don’t know...
AI is helping empower women entrepreneurs
Women know shrinkflation when they see it. Your favourite perfume suddenly comes in a smaller bottle, even though the price has barely changed. The...
The Motherload: the unfair gendering of the burden of care
Women’s Day celebrates women’s resilience. It is not enough. We need to do more than praise resilience; we need to make a difference in...
The hegemony of Europe and the West coming to an end
History made sure that the benefits of colonialism ultimately came to an end. France and others have attempted to keep their hands in the...
Research without impact is a luxury SA cannot afford
Imagine a science teacher in a rural South African school. Her classroom is overcrowded, there is no laboratory, and internet access is unreliable. She...
Internationalisation is not true transformation
Higher education in South Africa has once again been forced to confront a familiar but unresolved tension: how to remain globally competitive while also...
SA’s young guns need a strong start
Broos has everything he needs to lead Bafana to the World Cup group stages. A 16-year wait is over and South Africans are itching...
Where is the Bafana noise ahead of World Cup
We are hoping there will be song and dance at the Union Building in Pretoria on Wednesday when the South African Football Association (Safa)...
VAT increase announcement not enough: Courts reclaim parly’s power to tax
The Western Cape High Court has struck at the heart of how South Africa changes its value-added tax (VAT) rate, declaring section 7(4) of...
Let’s clear obstacles that block land reform
As South Africa commemorates the 66th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre on March 21, it is fitting that we should critically examine the progress...
US, Iran tensions could hit SA hard at the pumps and...
South Africans could soon feel the effects of escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. Fears are growing that prolonged conflict in the...
Securing the country’s water future requires collective action
Water is a fundamental component of human dignity and a constitutional right rather than a service. It serves as a vital economic facilitator because...
Organisers are shaming SA sport
This week was one of Mzansi’s most embarrassing sporting weekends. Two incidents, which Mzansi will want to forget about quickly, really tainted the image...
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...
Davos 2026 can be an opportunity for SA if we can...
At Davos last week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave voice to what many have quietly understood for some time: the pleasant fiction of...
Pirates’ Amstel deal raises questions amid glamour
Everything was smooth as butter when Orlando Pirates announced their thirst-quenching and groundbreaking deal with Amstel at a glitzy event at Orlando Stadium.
Bucs legends...
How do we respond to Trump’s provocation?
In chaos theory, a minute localised change happens in a complex system and then has large effects elsewhere. This is what we are observing...
- Sample Category Title Big Reads VAR train is on the move – but where’s the PSL?
- The South African Football Association (Safa) arrived with heavy artillery at the Freedom Park Heritage Site & Museum in Pretoria last week, when it...
- Columns US-SADC tensions grow as Namibia, South Africa push back on Washington International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola arrived in Washington on September 17, 2026, with a message that South Africa's relationship with the United...
- Columns Mbalenhle Zuma | Five women’s bodies remind me why I stopped...
- I stopped jogging long before a fifth woman’s body was discovered in Kempton Park.
