The future is a marvellous place. It has autonomous transport, digital ecosystems and seamless connectivity. The present, unfortunately, has unfinished fencing, bureaucratic poetry and…
The spaza shop is a symbol of resilience, entrepreneurship, and survival. But elevating it into the centrepiece of economic transformation risks confusing relief with reform. A nation…
Women's Month is a time of celebration, but should it also be a time for introspection? Jabu Kumalo argues that true equality requires honest self-examination, urging women to confront…
Domestic violence is defined by conduct, not gender. Drawing on international research and documented evidence, Halima Layeni argues that women, like men, can perpetrate abuse. Recognising…
SADC was founded on the promise of regional solidarity and shared prosperity. Decades later, its annual summits increasingly resemble carefully choreographed exercises in political…
Government cannot simultaneously portray private security as too dangerous to trust while relying on the same industry when the state falls short. Public safety demands more than political…
The freight rail crisis has exposed Transnet's profound failures, but it has also exposed something else: an eagerness to treat privatisation as the ultimate solution. Selling control of…
Part think tank, part ideological movement, Vuka Azania seeks to reignite debates many believed had faded with Black Consciousness. Sandile Memela argues that its emergence challenges…
As corruption, deteriorating infrastructure and failing public services continue to burden Limpopo, Seun Mogotji argues that transparent leadership, economic justice and meaningful…
Some people should never be entrusted with public authority. A disturbing roadside confrontation involving a JMPD officer raises uncomfortable questions about temperament, accountability…
The man who asked time to come back when he has time has perfected a remarkable political craft: surviving political storms by politely asking them to return at a more convenient moment…
Many male victims of domestic violence remain silent due to stigma, fear, and disbelief. Halima Layeni sheds light on the prevalence of female-on-male abuse, its emotional and…
The glow of a smartphone now hides one of South Africa's darkest crises. Students gamble away food money, families lose everything, and fortunes disappear into machines engineered never to…
When undocumented migrant workers spend years in employment yet remain in shacks with no savings, no contracts and no dignity, something is fundamentally broken. Sandile Memela examines…
Every political formation eventually meets its greatest adversary. Sometimes it is not the state, the media, or political rivals. Sometimes it is a landlord carrying a fresh padlock and a…
Constantly framing masculinity as inherently toxic damages young men who lack positive guidance. Halima Layeni highlights how persistent public criticism leaves boys confused, insecure…
After three years of missed targets, delayed reforms and mounting taxpayer support, Transnet's board has been granted another six months. The question is unavoidable: what will it achieve…
After years of power failures, South Africans refused to wait for salvation. They built it on their own rooftops. Now municipalities and Eskom appear determined to turn that independence…
Once celebrated as South Africa’s best-run metro, Ekurhuleni’s decline reveals the devastating mechanics of municipal capture—where institutional oversight was dismantled, and the cost of…
While the R2 billion cyber theft in Ekurhuleni is no longer front-page news, its underlying causes—graft, mismanagement, and weak oversight—continue to haunt the city’s administration. As…
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