UNEARTHING EXCELLENCE OP-ED Open letter to SA scientists: We can improve Stem marks, simply by showing up 7 min 0 By Robert Inglis
PREVENTION NOT PUNISHMENT OP-ED Crime, cartels and corruption — the drug policy debate we refuse to have in SA 5 min 0 By Charity Monareng
JUMBO DEBATE Elephant hunting in Botswana is not in crisis — the data denies it 6 min 1 By Robert Kröger
SEA OF TROUBLES OP-ED Testing the waters — the maritime dilemma SA faces as an emerging middle power 5 min 1 By Lisa Otto and Yu-Shan Wu
COUNTERING EXTREMISM OP-ED Why Africa’s terrorism crisis is a governance crisis first 4 min 0 By Odile Bulten and Daryl Swanepoel
ECONOMY OF DEATH OP-ED Conservation by the bullet: SA’s hunting statistics and the industrial slaughter of wildlife 8 min 2 By Adam Cruise
ISS TODAY OP-ED Stilfontein disaster exposed a systemic failure to gather and act on information 4 min 0 By Vanya Gastrow
UNDERAGE DRINKING Hitting the bottle — alcohol is destroying the future of SA’s young people 3 min 0 By Kenneth Diole
GHOST IN THE MACHINE OP-ED The Somaliland crisis demands that the AU break free from its rigid adherence to postcolonial sovereignty 7 min 0 By Seife Tadelle Kidane
CLASS OF 2025 OP-ED A matric bachelor’s pass isn’t a ticket to university – here are the real requirements, and other options 5 min 1 By Zanele Ngcobo and Nicky Roberts
LOSING ODDS Economic pressure and the gambling surge in SA — what the numbers really mean 10 min 0 By Mduduzi Mbiza
POLARISED POSITIONS SA’s foreign policy at a crossroads within a changing international order 4 min 0 By Lungisani Mngadi
DIGITAL DANGER OP-ED Grok’s undress feature violates South Africans’ rights, and must be stopped now 5 min 1 By William Bird
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED From Minnesota to the Red Sea — how Somalis became the front line of global politics 10 min 0 By Phillip van Niekerk
CLOSING GENDER GAPS OP-ED Why empowering women farmers is the linchpin of food systems transformation 4 min 0 By Stefanos Fotiou
ECOLOGICAL PERIL OP-ED Elephants or marula trees? A plant ecologist’s uneasy view from the Kruger Park 6 min 4 By Eugene Moll
POLL POSITIONS On the campaign trail — the tactics shaping Uganda’s 2026 elections 5 min 0 By Gcotyelwa Jimlongo
LEARNING CURVEBALL OP-ED School placement chaos — why thousands of Gauteng learners still wait for a seat 4 min 0 By Nathan Ferreira
