If political agendas dictate policing priorities, there is a danger that law enforcement becomes a tool for suppression rather than protection, says the writer.
Jacob Zuma’s opportunistic stunt fractures African unity, handing Morocco a propaganda win to weaken the AU’s anti-colonial resolve and embolden oppressors from ...
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia's appointment, though partially justified by his public service credentials, is also rooted in loyalty and political trust. ...
President Cyril Ramaphosa's response to Lt General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's allegations against the South African Police Service raises questions about the effectiveness ...
Much depends on the broad shoulders of Buti Manamela. He has a wide smile and oozes confidence. But what South Africa needs is for Manamela to break ranks with the ...
The last thing East Africa, and indeed the whole of Africa, needs is an unstable Kenya. It is important that the Kenyan leaders take the concerns and grievances ...
Mandela Day must be a call to civic renewal, to ethical leadership, and deep, principled reconciliation. Not the reconciliation of forgetfulness, but the reconciliation ...
South Africans have expressed a sense of inquiry-fatigue. They have witnessed far too many commissions without any of them leading to discernible positive effects. ...
The attack on Voortrekkerhoogte became etched in the ANC’s military history and an important part of its political capital, and it served to inspire many in the ...
The Ruto administration is unlikely to find its humanity and humility in the current battleground that is playing out in the streets of Kenya. The very generation ...
On this Mandela Day, let us honour his legacy not only with remembrance but with resolve. Let us demand accountability and competence. Let us insist that those who ...
Public trust is not sustained by denial, but by the courage to confront complicity. To restore what remains of that trust, the judiciary must accept that its integrity ...
President Cyril Ramaphosa's appointment of judicial commission of inquiry will mean nothing if it does not deliver swift and fearless action, especially since no ...
For over three decades, the remarkable story of Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Special Operations Unit has remained largely untold. Formed under the direct command of ANC president ...
The spectre of ethnic cleansing looms over hundreds of thousands trapped without food, water, or medicines in the North Darfur state’s besieged capital, El Fasher, ...
There is an urgent need to recommit to diplomacy and rebuild the foundations of true multilateralism — one capable of answering the outcry of a humanity fearful ...
It compels us, the ordinary and long-suffering South Africans, the real stakeholders in the future of this nation, to seize the agenda of the National Dialogue. ...
General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s revelations have tacitly invoked important discussions about the state of our country’s security. Implicitly, it implores the president ...
The DA's lobbying campaigns are not neutral. They are part of a broader ideological project portraying South Africa as governed by racial populists and economic ...
The re-engineering of power relations is vital for BRICS, as U. S. dollar dependence creates and reinforces economic power inequalities and imbalances, keeping the ...