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ANALYSIS: Racism has a physical impact on the body – here’s how
Racism operates at multiple levels to negatively affect health. Physical violence and rampant infectious diseases are the tip of the iceberg.
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ANALYSIS: Treating Zuma gently has failed. What now for SA’s corruption inquiry?
The Constitutional Court described former President Jacob Zuma’s lack of cooperation with the commission as "reprehensible".
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: COVID corrupt will not get to enjoy their ill-gotten gains
Our experience in the procurement of essential supplies and services during the national state of disaster is disgraceful, writes Cyril Ramphosa.
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OPINION: Turning the tide for women & girls caught in Cabo Delgado crisis
Dr Julitta Onabanjo, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) regional director for East and Southern Africa, reflects on the humanitarian crisis in Mozambique.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Now’s the time for Ramaphosa to defend our constitutional order
With the announcement by Jacob Zuma that he refuses to appear before the Zondo Commission of Inquiry onto state capture, it’s incumbent on President Ramaphosa to make clear that he himself, as the head of this constitutional state, believes that no-one is above the law.
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OPINION: Stuart Baxter's analogy underscores sport's rape culture problem
Like racial abuse, the ingrained use of rape as sporting terminology is unacceptable and all those involved in sport need to stop condoning such language.
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OPINION: A response to using 'apartheid' in Israel - the shoe fits
Terming Israel an apartheid state is neither inappropriate nor an insult to us black South Africans, writes Duduzile Mahlangu-Masango.
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OPINION: It’s time for black people to reclaim the term 'apartheid'
Because we know intimately what apartheid involved, we have a duty to question whether it is an appropriate term for the Israel-Palestine question, writes Klass Mokgomole.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Once upon a time, Musica hit all the right notes
Just one year short of three decades of existence and serving the soundtrack-loving public, the franchise is shutting its doors forever, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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ANALYSIS: Zuma abuse of spy agency highlights need for strong civilian oversight
Revelations show that the State Security Agency did little to safeguard the country and much to protect Zuma's political faction and to funnel public money into private ends.
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ANALYSIS: Will coronavirus really evolve to become less deadly?
The seductive logic goes that from an evolutionary perspective, it makes no sense for a pathogen to harm the host on which it depends for its survival.
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ANALYSIS: Presidents who subvert democracies can hit a brick wall: ask Zuma
South Africa’s Constitutional Court rebuke to Jacob Zuma in its latest judgment reminds him that no-one, not even the president, is above the law.
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FACT CHECK: Does SA taxi industry transport more than 15 million people a day?
In arguing that taxi drivers should be considered essential workers when COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out, the taxi industry claimed it transports 70% of South Africa’s commuters, or more than 15 million people daily. Africa Check crunched the numbers.
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YONELA DIKO: Xiaomei Havard and the enduring challenges of pluralism
The ANC has been at the helm of integrating people for a long time. But a united country doesn't come cheap, writes Yonela Diko.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: What we got right as AU chair despite our baptism of fire
Our most pressing task was to steer the focus of the African Union to addressing the worst global emergency in over a century, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
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ANALYSIS: Biden talks the talk in first 10 days - but can he deliver?
Joe Biden's most dramatic achievement in 10 days has simply been to remind Americans of a White House where nothing unexpected happens.
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OPINION: Will politicians still benefit from young voters while neglecting them?
What do we do when we are not taken seriously but treated as a disposable population from which votes are conveniently harvested come election time?
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: Masuku's High Court matter will illuminate some blurred lines
Bandile Masuku's case before the High Court is a clear example of the question of separation of powers, writes Busani Ngcaweni.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Untangling SA's toxic web of money and politics will be hard
Secrecy in the area of political party funding only breeds mistrust and an environment that is ripe for corruption, writes Judith February.
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Why the West is morally bound to offer reparations for slavery
A truth commission on the trans-Atlantic trade and symbolic financial compensation could go a long way in the West acknowledging it should never have engaged in the slave trade.
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Fixing “the Eskom problem” is going to require a serious restructure
Fixing “the Eskom problem” is going to take much more than just throwing good money at it – Eskom needs to be restructured.
