Encoded Bias The hidden bias in AI narratives that gives men futures and women feelings 5 min 0 By Sioux McKenna and Nompilo Tshuma
GEOPOLITICAL REALIGNMENT Africa in the shadow of a US-Africa relations reset 5 min 1 By Sarah Setlaelo
HOSTS OF HATE OP-ED Does anti-foreigner hatred pay? Do digital platforms profit? 5 min 0 By Nicole Fritz and Kavisha Pillay
SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY The real food safety crisis is not science but failure to coordinate across institutions 6 min 0 By Ravi Pillay
HUMAN RIGHTS SHAME Zimbabwean mother’s deadly ordeal highlights migrant healthcare crisis after SA hospital demands upfront payment 7 min 5 By Faizel Cook
RESTORATION Thabo Mbeki tribute concert restores Tiyo Soga to the African Renaissance 5 min 0 By Lukhanyo Neer
Asking for trouble A crisis without evidence? Reading Ramaphosa’s migration speech critically 5 min 0 By Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia
Finding the truth When misinformation becomes a weapon — Afrophobia, social media and 30 June 6 min 0 By Gudani Tshikota and William Bird
LANGUAGE OF RESISTANCE Max du Preez, Youth Day and my discovery of another Afrikaans 6 min 0 By Deon Snyman
BREAKING SILENCE OP-ED Price of courage: Reward scheme must provide a proper set of incentives to whistleblowers 4 min 0 By Zain Mayet
CRAP SHOOT Waiting for the plop — the high-stakes world of charity cow patty bingo 8 min 0 By Glen Retief
50 YEARS AFTER THE SOWETO UPRISING Half a century after 1976, the new youth struggle is economic 6 min 0 By Ravi Naidoo
JUSTICE DELAYED Activist Matthews Mabelane ‘probably thrown off roof’ of John Vorster Square, inquest told 5 min 0 By Juliana Moreira de Souza Tubini and Jessie Waldman
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN As hate edges South Africa towards bloodshed, the state seems half asleep 5 min 9 By Mondli Makhanya
LETTER TO MAHLAMBA NDLOPFU A KwaZuma-Natal cop maybe made the news, but Baby Brown lives it 4 min 0 By Bhekisisa Mncube
CLASSROOM VIOLENCE OP-ED We banned corporal punishment but haven’t taught teachers what to replace it with 8 min 2 By Lynn Chambers and Ndikhokele “DK” Mgcineni
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE False metric: Government confusing vaccination target with population immunity 5 min 1 By Andrew Morphew
STUDENT DEBT CRISIS OP-ED South Africa cannot afford to lock 165,000 graduates out of the economy 4 min 0 By Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis
LABOUR MARKET SA’s skills gap leaves millions unemployed despite job vacancies 4 min 1 By Muhammad Ali
PERSPECTIVES REVISITED Proposed school history syllabus focuses on Africa as the main story, not a sidebar to Western history 5 min 3 By Sarah Godsell, Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi, Paul Maluleka, Bongani Shabangu and Johan Wasserman
