HIDDEN CRISIS OP-ED The other violence: While South Africa watched the marches, the state built a camp 8 min 4 By Jo Vearey and Rebecca Walker
POPULIST THREAT OP-ED In the shadow of the Rainbow Nation: Xenophobia and SA’s reckoning with pan-Africanism 7 min 2 By Mandira Bagwandeen and Aaliyah Vayez
By Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia Ramaphosa’s migration contradiction: Acknowledging xenophobia while feeding the myth 5 min 0 8 June 2026
By Craig Bailie Executive political leadership: Why a ‘super president’ won’t fix South Africa’s problems 7 min 0 4 June 2026
By Mark Heywood To steal or not to steal? The question that many hungry South Africans face 5 min 4 24 May 2026
SOCIALIST REVOLUTION OP-ED Considerations for making the SACP electorally significant 10 min 3 By Brian Ashley and Jeff Rudin
By Richard Halsey Why the President needs to stop efforts to scupper South Africa’s carbon tax 4 min 0 5 March 2026
By Lisa Otto and Yu-Shan Wu Sona’s maritime blind spot: The blue economy missing from Ramaphosa’s vision 5 min 0 22 February 2026
By Judith February Ramaphosa’s big Sona plans to fix SA’s problems will require political will and a courage he lacks 8 min 1 10 February 2026
TRANSPARENCY TEST President’s NDPP curveball exposes risky power and fuels appointment transparency reforms 5 min 3 By Stephen Grootes
ANALYSIS GNU lease of life? Ramaphosa might just have finally taken charge of SA’s governing coalition 5 min 4 By Stephen Grootes
CREDIBILITY IN THE CROSSHAIRS OP-ED Steenhuisen’s lion bone gambit — firing the one minister who finally took on the wildlife trade 6 min 25 By Adam Cruise
By David Harrison With a concerted push, the right domino effect will reduce stunting 5 min 0 28 October 2025
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Is it time to rethink the UN and rebuild the international order? If so, how? 8 min 8 By J Brooks Spector
TRADE PERILS OP-ED Doing deals with white devils — avoiding a Faustian pact with fossil-fuelled fascists 8 min 2 By Alex Lenferna
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Taiwan’s trade tit-for-tat against SA would only make China chipper 4 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
SAVING SA OP-ED Taking back our dreams and our country — why the National Dialogue is the only way forward 6 min 0 By Tinyiko Maluleke and Roelf Meyer
By Marianne Thamm National Convention — never expect rambunctious South Africans to behave as you’d like at your gathering 4 min 0 25 August 2025
By Marius Oosthuizen Why the National Convention fell short on path to SA’s political centre 5 min 4 19 August 2025
POLITICALLY AWEH SA’s gas gamble with Trump — what is love, and why does it cost $1bn? 2 min 0 By Politically Aweh
ISS TODAY OP-ED Southern African Liberation Movements Summit tries to revive its members’ declining fortunes 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
