Opinion
YONELA DIKO: Do we have enough water for the President’s development plans?
Water in South Africa a scarce resource, yet we have continued to exclude water in developmental planning and are generally water complacent, writes Yonela Diko...
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ANALYSIS: What needs to be done to protect South Africans from fake sanitisers
Hand hygiene is a critical part of the response to COVID-19. Washing hands at regular intervals during the day is essential. If water and soap are unavailable, hand sanitisers are an alternative.
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ANALYSIS: Why #EndSARS protests are different, and the lessons for Nigeria
Although the Nigerian government has announced the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, protesters have not let up. They are now calling for wider reforms.
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ANALYSIS: What we must do to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19 infections in SA
As lockdown restrictions are relaxed, it is key to continue high-impact non-pharmaceutical interventions that will not impede economic activity but limit the spread of COVID-19.
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ANALYSIS: Lockdown didn’t work in SA: Why it shouldn’t happen again
The data concerning both the spread of the virus and the indirect consequences of the lockdown indicates that no similar action is justified moving forward.
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ANALYSIS: Can we actually learn to live with the coronavirus?
Should we allow SARS-CoV-2 to spread through most of the population while shielding all the elderly and those at high risk of serious disease, thus creating some level of underlying immunity in the population?
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ANALYSIS: Why an amnesty for grand corruption in SA is a bad idea
The first of a series of fatal flaws in the idea is about where to draw the line.
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JULITTA ONABANJO: COVID-19 threatens the gains made for girls
"Let’s redouble our efforts towards a world... where every girl has the power to make informed choices about her body and her life."
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: How the employment stimulus plan will help immediately
The Presidential Employment Stimulus is unprecedented in its scale and breadth, involving a public investment of R100 billion over the next three years.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: When there is no Flight and all we have is Fight
Lockdown rendered a flight response extinct because of limitations on travel, closed borders and so many other implemented rules of isolation. There was nowhere to fly, only to fight, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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YONELA DIKO: Senekal farmers vs the State: What happened to the New Voortrekker?
The New Afrikaner knew why a united South Africa was important.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: The inexcusable childishness of Fikile Mbalula
Fikile Mbalula's tweets have not made him a leader of the people but the celebrity he so much wants to become, writes Mcebo Dlamini.
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ANALYSIS: Examining theories for Africa’s low COVID-19 death rates
The gap between predictions of COVID-19 deaths in Africa and what has actually happened is staggering.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: We can’t let the Joemat-Pettersson fuel reserves issue slide
The former Energy Minister must account for the 2016 sale of strategic fuel reserves, writes Judith February.
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RAMAPHOSA: Senekal shows how easily racial hatred can be stoked
The killing of a young white farmer, allegedly by black men, followed by the spectacle of white farmers storming a police station to get to a black suspect, has opened up wounds that go back many generations.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Actor Sarah Paulson’s ode to feminism in Mrs America
Haji Mohamed Dawjee writes that the story told in Mrs America is a timely reminder of the protest that we are all equal.
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ANALYSIS: Zuma’s attack on a judge is without merit, but it’s dangerous for SA
Claiming a right to determine reality by mere say-so is becoming increasingly commonplace, but we should never get used to it.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Widening access to farm land is a national priority
Transforming patterns of agricultural land ownership is vital not just to address the historical injustices of the past, but to safeguard our nation’s food security.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: What heritage are SA's black people meant to celebrate?
What is the heritage for a people who have been stripped of language, culture and their very own history, asks Mcebo Dlamini.
