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Unproven that Hillbrow, nearby areas are ‘80% foreign national’ as video claims
Africa Check looks into the claims made by former deputy minister of police Bongani Mkongi in a video that Johannesburg is '80% foreign nationals'.
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SA should design economic policy based on strengths of regions: here’s how
Policies often neglect the role of space and geography but growing evidence shows the importance of place and location for productivity, growth and development.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: Dali Mpofu furore proves blacks must still bow to whiteness
In SA, not only do black people have to work hard to be integrated into a system meant to exclude them but once inside they have to be sure they do not offend those who control it, writes Mcebo Dlamini.
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Fact-checked: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address
Weighed down by crushing public expectation, Ramaphosa took to the dais at Cape Town’s City Hall to deliver the 2022 State of the Nation Address. Did he get all his facts right?
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Wondering why Southern Africa’s summer has been wetter than normal? Here’s why
March marks the end of southern Africa’s 2021/2022 summer wet season. Since its onset in October, most summer rainfall zone regions have experienced wetter than normal conditions.
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STEVEN FRIEDMAN: Ramaphosa’s Sona excludes the outsiders once more
Nothing in the State of the Nation Address signified that the president and his administration know how to win back the trust of the impoverished who feel let down by them.
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YONELA DIKO: SA must adopt climate change strategies that have proven to work
Climate change must always be fought at an international level with a bigger push on large emitters.
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OPINION: Destabilising coal usage in SA will cripple our economy
South Africa accounts for less than 1% of greenhouse gas emissions. Our responsibility to combat climate change must be proportional to our contribution to the problem, writes Kanakana Mudzanani and Vuslat Bayoglu.
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BATHABILE DLAMINI: On Mandisa Maya and breaking the courts' glass ceilings
Judge Maya represents a stratum of society that continues to suffer the triple indignation of the colour of their skin, their gender and their poverty.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: Ramaphosa must take JSC recommendations seriously
There is no doubt that the candidates who were submitted by President Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed Mogoeng Mogoeng are all experienced and in one way or the other have the capacity to lead the team of justices at Braamfontein, writes Mcebo Dlamini.
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SA is in drift: the danger is that the ANC turns the way of Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF
Rarely has South Africa been in more danger of launching into a trajectory of Zimbabwe-like decline than now, writes Roger Southall.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Will SA be on autopilot until the ANC elective conference?
President Cyril Ramaphosa is too afraid to lead and is so obsessed with seeking consensus within the ANC, whether it is on COVID-19 or the smallest governance issues.
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MALAIKA MAHLATSI: Black women still battle to enter spaces of power
Should Judge Mandisa Maya be appointed Chief Justice, she is expected to transform an institution that reflects the rootedness of patriarchy.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: When I could wake up without worrying about aches & pains
Haji Mohamed Dawjee looks back on her younger days and wonders how age has crept up on her and brought with it the aches and pains she associates with people far older and less active than she is.
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YONELA DIKO: Mogoeng's defiance setting judicial selection on a troubling path
It's Mogoeng’s religion and the politics of that religion that are now strangling him into a rebel against the state, whatever damage this may cause to the judiciary or how well it's judgments could be received, writes Yonela Diko.
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NEIL OVERY: Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe gets his way - as usual
Intent on extending Koeberg’s life, Gwede Mantashe has silenced the project’s opposing voice. It is time to remove the National Nuclear Regulator from the minister’s control.
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CHARLES WEBSTER: Vaccine ‘pro-choicers' want privilege, not choice
Anti-vaxxers are fighting for special privilege on the basis of poor science and want the privilege associated with the coronavirus vaccine without having to vaccinate, says Charles Webster.
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A fight for the ANC’s engine room ahead of the elective conference
A source says party secretaries are at odds with the NEC and feel they have been doing their jobs well all along and don't need outsider Gwen Ramokgopa to lead them.
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YONELA DIKO: Demystify state security to build public trust
The State Security Agency must be demystified and opened so that the public knows what it is doing and how citizens can help.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: An open call to cancel December
South Africa has more public holidays than I can count. There is no need to wait for December to make resolutions as can have them every day.
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SIBUSISO KHASA: Back to school, back to pit latrine stink
Despite having several opportunities, the government's continually failed to deal with the issue of pit latrines, writes Sibusiso Khasa.
