By Natale Labia Washington’s Middle East gamble may deepen its own decline while reinforcing Beijing’s rise 5 min 8 31 March 2026
By Claudia Pizzocri Home Affairs’ serial concessions on visa backlogs read as confessions of systemic collapse 5 min 2 31 March 2026
By Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi A chancellor’s reflections on eight years shaping purpose and change at Mandela University 4 min 1 31 March 2026
By Judy Sikuza Graça Machel’s call for humane leadership is what this time of fracture requires 4 min 1 30 March 2026
By Judith February Crisis of ethics: Standardised response needed when judges are behaving badly 5 min 1 30 March 2026
By Wandile Sihlobo War and disease shape SA agriculture’s first quarter — but there are positives 4 min 0 29 March 2026
By Nciko wa Nciko From Gen Z revolt to junta control, Madagascar’s promise of change is slipping away 4 min 0 29 March 2026
By Sheena Swemmer Obstetric violence: A scandal hindering women’s reproductive justice today 5 min 0 29 March 2026
By Jon Foster-Pedley Africa at centre of global supply chain realignment but at risk of economic capture 5 min 0 29 March 2026
By James Bisset LIV Golf earns first real legitimacy in SA with electrifying crowds and high-stakes drama 4 min 0 29 March 2026
By Leon van Vuuren How do they sleep at night? Lack of collective guilt over systemic wrongs leads to moral, structural fallout 5 min 1 29 March 2026
By Judith February The Iran war, the need for vigilance in SA — and accountability 8 min 5 27 March 2026
By Themba Dlamini Xenophobia is a lazy diagnosis — South Africa’s real crisis is below the breadline 7 min 3 27 March 2026
By Joe Tau What the Newcastle sweatshop crisis reveals about manufacturing in SA 3 min 1 26 March 2026
By Tumelo Nkohla As scrutiny intensifies SA’s fraud examiners find themselves drawn into the accountability debate 5 min 0 26 March 2026
By Raeesah Noor-Mohamed How necropolitics deepens the crime and inequality crisis in Cape Town 5 min 2 26 March 2026
By Sipho Mthathi Thank you, Cuba, for the 60 years they’ve been trying to make us forget 11 min 7 26 March 2026
By Abel Sithole The US is killing Cuba softly while the international community keeps mum 4 min 1 26 March 2026
By Olive Shisana How to end the SA health sector crisis — a unified public-private rescue plan 4 min 4 25 March 2026
By Rekgotsofetse Chikane Beyond IT — why digital governance is Africa’s ultimate leadership challenge 4 min 0 25 March 2026