BRAVE NEW WORLD As Trump upends world order, SA needs to recalibrate foreign policy to be more responsive 6 min 0 By Azwimpheleli Langalanga
TRAINSPOTTER Licking the US jackboot is plain unsanitary; it’s time for South Africa to grow up 4 min 1 By Richard Poplak
INSTITUTIONAL COLLAPSE OP-ED Students left stranded by the unravelling of City Varsity and the failures of Educor 5 min 1 By Sara Falcon
PEPFAR OP-ED Trump's aid cuts signal urgent need for sustainable healthcare solutions in South Africa 3 min 0 By Lesley Ann van Selm and Deepna Desai
ISS TODAY OP-ED New DRC crisis bears out Great Lakes region’s enduring instability — there is one realistic solution 5 min 3 By Paul-Simon Handy
FOOD INSECURITY OP-ED How the longevity of absurd economic theories shortens the lives of untold millions 12 min 21 By Jeff Rudin
LAND REFORM OP-ED The new Expropriation Act: SA’s chance to face its imperial past 6 min 0 By Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
REFLECTION Crossed Wires: Unpacking Trump’s daft and dangerous Afrikaner refugee proposal 4 min 0 By Steven Boykey Sidley
DM168 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Ignore the name-calling and race-baiting from over the Atlantic — it will get SA nowhere in its quest to rectify past injustices 5 min 0 By Heather Robertson
ISS TODAY OP-ED Eastern DRC — Unpacking the difficult task of regional diplomacy 5 min 0 By Bram Verelst and Nicodemus Minde
ISS TODAY OP-ED The real implications of Trump’s funding freeze for South Africa and broader African stability 4 min 0 By Kelly E Stone for ISS Today
EDUCATION PLANNING OP-ED PART TWO The NDP, the post-school education and training system and its interconnections with basic education 8 min 0 By Mary Metcalfe
EDUCATION PLANNING OP-ED PART ONE Foundational learning deficiencies hobble SA’s basic education goals 8 min 0 By Mary Metcalfe
THE CONVERSATION Trump’s administration seems chaotic, but he’s drawing directly from the Project 2025 playbook 5 min 0 By Zachary Albert
COLLECTIVE DREAMS OP-ED Cape Town's Cissie Gool House is a global model for community resilience and empowerment 5 min 0 By Visiting Housing Activists
ISS TODAY OP-ED Foreign interest in Africa comes with damaging disinformation tactics 4 min 0 By Kyle Hiebert
MARKET DYNAMICS OP-ED Greenback Gravity — how the mighty dollar shapes the global stage 5 min 0 By Bastian Teichgreeber and Adam de Waal
COLLECTIVE WELLBEING OP-ED Multilateralism and social protection floors are still alive despite Trump’s attacks 4 min 2 By Isobel Frye
ISS TODAY OP-ED Rampant illegal tuna fishing off Somalia’s coast threatens local livelihoods and global food security 4 min 1 By Valtino Omolo and Willis Okumu
GROUNDUP OP-ED AfriForum lobbied Trump about land expropriation, now he wants to cut SA’s health funding 4 min 98 By GroundUp Editors