Judith February In a world of small, mean rulers, we must tend well to our patch of democracy 9 min 0 23 January 2026
Wandile Sihlobo SA’s Davos trade pitch highlights export growth and economic reforms 3 min 0 23 January 2026
Wayne Duvenage Deaths of Vereeniging pupils exposes a broken transport system and a government that refuses to lead 5 min 2 22 January 2026
Monja Boonzaier Compulsory Grade R means nothing without early intervention — we can’t build the house from the roof down 3 min 0 22 January 2026
Awam Mavimbela ANC local government election manifestos and the rural health crisis — when service delivery failures become fatal 3 min 0 21 January 2026
Stephanie Klarmann Ensuring animal wellbeing is not an extremist movement, as commercial-use proponents will have you believe 7 min 0 20 January 2026
Natale Labia Alliances in crisis as Davos confronts Israelification of American power and end of the liberal order 5 min 6 20 January 2026
Kiasha Naidoo Why Geordin Hill-Lewis’ case against rent control falls short in Cape Town’s housing debate 7 min 8 19 January 2026
Abel Sithole There’s more to the souring of the US-SA relationship than the actions of AfriForum and Solidarity 2 min 0 19 January 2026
Kish Chetty Sustainable use of wildlife in Africa is not the problem, it’s the way the term is exploited 5 min 0 19 January 2026
Mikhail Petersen The dauntingly high cost of affirming your gender in South Africa 5 min 1 19 January 2026
Brenda Kubheka-Chauke Discovery taking responsibility is welcome, but ethics demand more 4 min 0 19 January 2026
Ismail Lagardien ANC looks set to become a staffrider on the money train riding back to 1994 6 min 8 18 January 2026
Seretse Khama Ian Khama Desperate for a voice — in Uganda, democracy has not lived up to its promise 4 min 1 18 January 2026
Denise van Huyssteen Rethinking Nelson Mandela Bay — Building a resilient economy for tomorrow 5 min 0 18 January 2026
Sipho Mthathi Moral injury in an age of unravelling — the challenges facing social justice work 4 min 1 18 January 2026
Koketso Moeti Bad bets — SA’s gambling scourge needs to be dismantled urgently 4 min 2 18 January 2026