The larger question now hanging over Lt-Gen. Mkhwanazi’s interventions concerns his endgame. His allegations have sparked vital debates and prompted formal investigations. Yet it remains unclear whether his ultimate aim is institutional reform, pers…
To invoke Black Wednesday today is not nostalgia; it is moral accounting. It demands that the journalism which once confronted tyranny rediscover its conscience, ...
The rise of Gen Z protests across Africa amidst the backdrop of the G20 summit are making young voices heard. They are challenging the status quo and demand a re-evaluation ...
A united Palestinian front would give substance to international solidarity, converting sympathy into strength and transforming the grief of generations into the ...
The temptation would be for Members of Parliament to defend their own, not to serve the people of South Africa but for political expediency, says the writer.
The coming years will test whether United For Change can transcend rhetoric and symbolism to become a genuine vehicle of national renewal, or whether it too will ...
South Africa now stands at a crossroads. On one path lies the continuation of post-liberation decay, a slow-motion collapse of state institutions into clientelism ...
African youth are rising against flawed leadership and demanding accountability. This article explores the recent wave of protests across Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, ...
The ten-point plan now being offered reads less like a fresh vision and more like a familiar set of promises that still leaves the country dancing to the tune of ...
The SIU’s findings were not unforeseeable; they were the outcome of captured procurement systems and institutional neglect. For leaders to act “shocked” is not only ...
A revised version of the Trump plan for an end of the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank. This is the moment for honesty, global resolve, and moral ...
while the UN has been supporting the DRC through MONUSCO (UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC) and the office of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, ...
The UN and its peacekeeping capacity have been found wanting as the superpower hierarchy in the world today determines war, even though they all have signed the ...
Former President Thabo Mbeki's urgent call for an ANC renewal conference highlights the party's struggle with ethical leadership and declining support. As the ANC ...
The decline of the ANC presents both a crisis and an opportunity. It is an opportunity for the progressive left to step into the breach and offer a new vision of ...
Late Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa understood that our economic sovereignty depended on building strong international partnerships that would benefit our people. Even ...
The AU has the capacity to impose sanctions and mobilise humanitarian resources. Still, the AU has outsourced its role and responsibility regarding Sudan to the ...
The exposure of the Big 5 cartel underscores that the battle against organised crime is inseparable from the battle to cleanse the financial sector. These institutions ...
For South Africa, AGOA has always been more than a trade mechanism. It represented goodwill after Apartheid and served as a lever for industrialisation. Its collapse ...
On the surface, this appears to be a narrow fight over a municipal portfolio; beneath it lies a struggle over power, information, dignity, and betrayal, raising ...