Government of National Unity disputes should not find home in courts

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

The establishment of the GNU will mark a year in the coming, yet not a single contentious matter has this coalition government resolved internally without threats ...

DA could be aiding corruption accused Number One in GNU

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

Have they too become blind to the fact that they are in Cabinet with some of the people they once wanted to see in orange overalls

Unhousing the Rainbow: a reflection on South Africa's housing crisis

Previn Vedan|Published

Previn Vedan reflects on South Africa's deep-rooted housing crisis, exploring the historical injustices that continue to shape the fight for dignity and justice ...

Letter to the Editor: ANC remains clueless about GNU

Lynn  Harding|Published

The fat cats in government and the civil service have forgotten what it is to be excluded, sometimes hungry and desperate to make ends meet.

VAT about turn may be short-lived relief for GNU, investors

Mushtak Parker|Published

The DA comes across as an entitled opportunistic coalition participant, savvy in the language of dissent, of policies aligned to its ideological framework instead ...

VAT increase signaled lack of ideas, integrity

Dugan Brown|Published

South Africa's fiscal woes cannot and must not be resolved on the backs of the already burdened working class. VAT is a consumption tax. It hits the poor hardest. ...

Pope Francis was the voice of solidarity against indifference

Ali Ridha Khan|Published

In the vacuum left by his death, it falls to progressive movements, and communities of conscience—rooted in anti-colonial struggle—to amplify the questions Francis ...

How the US has eroded its moral authority in Africa

Ali Ridha Khan|Published

For South Africa, the crisis offers an opportunity to craft a new nomos — a pluralistic order where sovereignty and solidarity guide international relations, rather ...

Queen Anne, an old mailship and the breakwater

Brian Ingpen|Published

Attracting enormous attention in Dockland during her two-day stay last week was Cunard’s magnificent Queen Anne, the latest of the Cunard cruise ship quartet. Although ...

Cyril has delivered nothing but false hope

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

It should be expected, though, given the fact that Ramaphosa was part and parcel of Zuma’s nine wasted years and did nothing.

Like 80 years ago, Russia will defend truth about WW II

Aleksei Malenko|Published

Have we done our best to teach the younger generations to deeply respect the heroism of their ancestors, to foster dignity and courage?

Why it was crucial to seize the moment during recent EU-South Africa Summit

Nompumelelo Ndawonde|Published

The EU's engagement with South Africa can be viewed as a strategic move to diversify partnerships and secure critical resources necessary for its green transition. ...

Trump, Afriforum are 'the problem of stupidity’

Ali Ridha Khan|Published

This struggle is not solely a battle of policy but a contest of narratives. The right-wing impulse to offer simplistic answers in a complex world is, in itself, ...

Are we really equal before the law?

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

The unanswered questions over the Phala Phala saga continue to taint the image of the country’s law enforcement agencies

DIVISIVE PARTIES HAVE NO PLACE IN STATE

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

How realistic is their objective of staying in the GNU when they intended using the same budget that they voted against to benefit the minorities, which they claim ...

Are you sure you have never raped, my brother?

Lukhanyo E. Makhenyane|Published

While the nation is still bleeding from what happened to Uyinene, we are wounded again by the case of Cwecwe. For how long, my fellow brothers?

#JusticeForCwecwe: St Teresa’s School pupils add their voice

Letter to the Editor|Published

Students from St Teresa’s School expressed their outrage and demanded justice for a young girl victimised in a horrific crime at Bergview College, calling for action ...

DA now an unwelcome GNU guest

Siyavuya Mzantsi|Published

It's clear that it's now not a question of if but when and how the DA exits the GNU.

Budget deadlock points to government’s lack of a coherent plan

Nkosikhulule Nyembezi|Published

We do not know when any of this uncertainty will end for good. There is, at present, no convincing plan from the Union Buildings and Parliament on the way forward. ...