Brian Ashley Break neoliberalism’s hold — SA demands rupture, not just reform 5 min 1 11 February 2026
Adam Cruise New minister, old thinking: Willie Aucamp’s first conservation signal points in the wrong direction 5 min 0 11 February 2026
Ronnie Apteker Letter from Kyiv: Exhausted but unbroken after four years of full-scale war 7 min 2 11 February 2026
De Wet du Toit Poisoned waters — Illegal mining threatens the Greater Kruger ecosystem 7 min 0 11 February 2026
Murshid Obaray Profiting from sickness: Medical aid betrayal and the NHI gamble 6 min 1 11 February 2026
Colin Bundy Why Leon Levy’s politics still matter, and what they demand of us 7 min 0 10 February 2026
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
Zukiswa Pikoli New beginnings, necessary endings and having the wisdom to leave at the right time 3 min 0 10 February 2026
Hector Elliott As its rivals self-destruct, China is quietly tightening its grip on the future 6 min 2 9 February 2026
Rhoda Igweta Africa’s gains against paediatric HIV are real, fragile and at risk 3 min 0 9 February 2026
Christopher Rutledge Cape Town’s Mining Indaba hypes investment while many bear the cost 5 min 0 9 February 2026
Ismail Lagardien The Codesa Compromise has spat out John Steenhuisen and will move on relentlessly 4 min 0 9 February 2026
JJ van Altena Inclusive grassroots engagement is vital for sustainable elephant conservation success 5 min 0 8 February 2026
Robert Kigongo Barbie Kyagulanyi’s ordeal: How love animates Uganda’s struggle for meaningful democracy, good governance 4 min 0 8 February 2026
Boitumelo Mpisi A reminder to Cape Town — Something there is that doesn’t love a wall 3 min 5 8 February 2026
Bukelani Mboniswa The battle between the ideology of whiteness and the existence of black statehood in South Africa 3 min 10 8 February 2026
Michael Workman Children helping children — An alternative approach to dealing with bullies 3 min 0 6 February 2026
Azu Ishiekwene Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have gone rogue – now Trump is rubbing salt in the subregion’s wound 4 min 0 7 February 2026