FISCAL MISSTEP OP-ED Reserve Bank’s lowering of the inflation target could damage South Africa’s prospects for growth 5 min 1 By Owen Willcox
BUDGET 2025 OP-ED Shrinking budget leaves thousands of students with no pathway to higher education 4 min 0 By Aliya Chikte and Matshidiso Lencoasa
EXPROPRIATION ACT OP-ED Cutting through the maze of disinformation – a guide to land reform in South Africa 6 min 0 By Cherryl Walker
ISS TODAY OP-ED All bets are off — SA is a ‘bad deal’ for the US and it needs to deal with this new reality 4 min 0 By Priyal Singh
ISS TODAY OP-ED Nigeria’s schoolchildren targeted again in mass abductions as lines between criminality and terrorism blur 4 min 3 By Feyi Ogunade
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS OP-ED We are ready to make innovative medicines in South Africa for Africa and beyond 4 min 0 By Paul Watts
ISS TODAY OP-ED Geopolitical tensions pose unprecedented challenges for SA’s G20 presidency during Trump 2.0 5 min 0 By Ronak Gopaldas
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
