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MANDY WIENER: We must applaud (and protect) the eyewitness who did not look away
The motorist who filmed VIP protection officers meting out abuse is being threatened, but she/he deserves a national order.
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MARSHALL DLAMINI: Rising to the challenge of getting the youth to the ballot box
When young people decide to participate in the political process, they can help determine the outcome of elections, writes Marshall Dlamini.
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'Horisonne': A shockingly dull showcase of thinly-veiled fan fiction gone wrong
Showmax's 'Horisonne' is a tour de force example on how not to do a psychological thriller, effectively delivering one of the blandest movies in recent memory devoid of any individuality, purpose, perspective, and thrills.
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KGOMOTSO MODISE: No clean slate in Meyiwa trial for the court of public opinion
While the courts must disregard the evidence already given, the first week of the trial has shown that many South Africans will not be doing that, writes Kgomotso Modise.
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MALAIKA MAHLATSI: Nelson Mandela and the struggle of memory against forgetting
The story of Mandela is told in part truth, part myth, and part falsification because, among other reasons, the ANC no longer has a single idea that unifies society, writes Malaika Mahlatsi.
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MANDY WIENER: Joburg CBD explosion – is this what a collapsed city looks like?
Johannesburg is collapsing and its dodgy leadership is incapable and weak.
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OMOGOLO TAUNYANE-MNGUNI: SA is becoming more disaster prone – and isn’t prepared
South Africa’s response to disasters will remain ineffective, and concomitant with failing to take steps to protect the livelihoods of vulnerable citizens, unless disaster risk reduction is institutionalised and mainstreamed, writes Omogolo Taunyane-Mnguni.
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YONELA DIKO: DA’s Devolution Bill a surrender of its national governing dream
Gone are the days of a buoyant party, moving its head offices to Johannesburg to prepare for national government and breaking its public perception as a regional party, writes Yonela Diko.
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BRENDA MADUMISE-PAJIBO: SAFA's Banyana utterances an exhibit of male privilege
The invective, the trolling, the name calling, the microaggression, and the outright misalignment being spewed by SAFA official(s) is testament to the perception that many men in South Africa have about women, writes Brenda Madumise-Pajibo.
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SASHA KNOTT: How AI falls short of the nuances of being a human
While AI has made significant advancements in various domains, it still falls short when compared to human thinking in certain aspects, writes Sasha Knott.
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VUKILE DLWATI: The institutionalised deceit entrenched in SA’s legal system
The VIP protection unit tale is one that requires the watchful eyes of South Africa, in light of credible witnesses being suffocated in courts of law, cases being struck off the roll, and dockets disappearing, writes Vukile Dlwati.
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MANDY WIENER: Euphemisms demonstrate how 'unfortunate' our politicians are
It’s 'regrettable' and 'unfortunate' that our politicians are seemingly incapable of straight-up describing our harsh reality.
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MALAIKA MAHLATSI: Why young, ‘clever Blacks’ struggle to relate with the ANCYL
Since 2012, the twin tasks of the ANCYL have evolved from mobilising the youth behind the ANC, and championing the interests of young people of SA, to mobilising and rallying the youth behind factions of the ANC, and championing the interests of an old guard, writes Malaika Mahlatsi.
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'Kizazi Moto': What Disney's first African show means for the continent's future
Disney+ launched in Africa in May 2022, this comes after the company popilarised 'Black Panther' - a story that is rooted in Africanism.
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MANDY WIENER: Politicians, we see your 'friends' and from whom you ‘borrow’
Voters must raise the bar to which we hold politicians in South Africa.
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YONELA DIKO: The DA's flip-flop on employment equity is self-destructive
In 2013, the Democratic Alliance (DA) voted in favour of the Employment Equity Act and its amendments, but are now reverting back to their 1998 position of old liberals, writes Yonela Diko.
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MALAIKA MAHLATSI: In the eyes of the media, some lives matter more than others
The active role media is playing in perpetuating this idea was evident in the case of Gabby Petito and many other missing and murdered White women, and it is evident in the OceanGate story. This must be called out, writes Malaika Mahlatsi.
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MANDY WIENER: Frustrated South Africans burning SA to the ground, but won't vote
There is growing social unrest in SA, warns The Institute of Risk Management SA, yet voters are more apathetic than ever.
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‘Young, Famous & African’ II: A wildly thorough case of conflict dumping
Season two of the Netflix original reality TV series 'Young, Famous and African' improves on many of the first season's flaws, but its insistence on conflict dumping only upgrades the show from being borderline unwatchable, to just about bearable.
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LINDSAY DENTLINGER: Waiting in Warsaw – a flight to nowhere
While we never got near the assignment we were invited to cover, there certainly was no cover-up of the bureaucratic blunders of the SAPS and the presidency which led to us being couped up and detained in a stationary aircraft for 26 hours.
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MONDE NDLOVU: Youth are the jewels of democracy - but have no treasure
Not only do South Africa's youth grapple with poverty and unemployment, they are largely uneducated - but their potential can be unleashed if we nurture them, writes Monde Ndlovu.
