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MAHLENGI BHENGU-MOTSIRI: The ANC's renewal programme is a matter of life & death
In order to redeem the ANC, the premise of its renewal programme should emulate characteristics of the movement's luminaries - courage, bravery, integrity, and a total commitment to serving the nation, writes Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri.
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IMKE ERASMUS: Tech advances giving life back to those living with diabetes
Despite being a chronic disease largely undiagnosed in South Africa, the treatment spectrum for diabetes management has rapidly advanced in recent years, writes Imke Erasmus.
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MANDY WIENER: The silver linings of the Thabo Bester saga
There have been weeks of wall-to-wall media coverage of the Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudamana story, but as we reflect on the saga, it is important to highlight the positives we can draw, writes Mandy Wiener.
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REVIEW: Mahindra XUV700 makes a humble splash, and gets the people talking
Not only will big families be happy with the XUV700 price tag, it is not a lazy car, and has proved to be quite the showstopper, writes Kabelo Chabalala.
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MALAIKA MAHLATSI: Sidelining opinions of the youth keeps Africa on the backfoot
The elderly regularly enlist the help of the youth in the wrong way, keeping them from engaging in conversations about their future, writes Malaika Mahlatsi.
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BUSANI NGCAWENI: SA embracing AI is held back by the widening digital divide
The public sector can leverage digital transformation to improve service delivery, increase efficiency, and reduce costs - but it needs government to invest in digital infrastructure, writes Busani Ngcaweni.
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MANDY WIENER: The Guptas, Thabo Bester and who to blame
If you had any faith in the criminal justice system going into the Easter weekend, it may be shot now.
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MONDE NDLOVU: What SA can learn from International Black Women's History Month
South Africans need to pay attention to the stories from some of the globe's trailblazing black women, to build communities to pass down to future generations, writes Monde Ndlovu.
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WANDILE NGCAWENI: Youth must find their voice in coalition politics before 2024
As a national coalition government seems more of a reality in SA come 2024, Wandile Ngcaweni posits that the youth need to be more intentional about understanding coalitions, as they are at the harsh receiving end of the country's socio-economic challenges.
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'Scream VI': An appropriately bloody slash into (re)subverting a Final Girl
The directors behind 'Scream VI' take big swings in the Big Apple with its lead, continuing the original trilogy creators' legacy of its boundary-breaking Final Girl, Sidney Prescott.
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MALAIKA MAHLATSI: Climate change caused by the rich, but the poor pay the price
Devastating tropical storms caused by climate change owed to emissions in developed and semi-developed nations are exacerbating poverty, disease, water insecurity, and economic growth, writes Malaika Mahlatsi.
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TODANI NODOBA: GBV in SA is a demon in danger of being normalised
It’s time our society adopts one of the best strategies of the African tradition - that it takes a village to raise a child, and apply this to the girl child, writes Todani Nodoba.
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Psychologist who interviewed Thabo Bester gives insight into his mind
‘Facebook rapist’ Thabo Bester is dominating headlines after it was revealed that he escaped from prison last year.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Grants a step to ensure all citizens enjoy fruits of democracy
Inequality constrains growth, and that growth which takes place in unequal societies tends to reproduce those patterns of inequality, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: We will not allow anyone to take away the public's freedoms
It is within anyone's rights to protest, but not threaten or intimidate anyone to join, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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MANDY WIENER: National shutdowns, rhetoric & assassinations - SA ruled by fear
South Africa is being held captive by fear mongering and a lack of rule of law in the country, writes Mandy Wiener.
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VUYANI PAMBO: On the national shutdown - the times demand a disturbance
South Africa is already under a shutdown. The majority are unemployed, those who are employed are underpaid, there is no power, corruption is rampant and there is no solution because those who are tasked with fighting it are the ones who are corrupt, writes Vuyani Pambo.
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NKANYISO NGQULUNGA: Black students are doubly excluded at SA universities
Criminalising students and branding them as violent shows what is wrong with our country today - its inability to acknowledge the adjustments black students have to make for them to study at university, writes Nkanyiso Ngqulunga.
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MALAIKA MAHLATSI: Nehawu illustrates death of political consciousness in unions
Protest action is an important tool in the hands of exploited workers, but the actions of Nehawu affiliates left devastation in its wake, writes Malaika Mahlatsi.
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Gloria Bosman: A distinctly talented jazz musician
Fans and critics alike embraced her stage presence and charm, her brash sense of humour, and distinctively soulful and jazzy vocals.
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REVIEW: Handsome new Hyundai Palisade a safe bet for memorable family road trips
Parenthood has completely changed my perspective on the assessment of cars, particularly the new safety features, writes Kabelo Chabalala.
