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What Biden’s win means for race relations, US foreign policy & the Supreme Court
Joe Biden’s victory presents an opportunity to reset the White House agenda and put it on a different course.
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OMRY MAKGOALE: The DA back to square one with white leaders
Omry Makgoale says the DA’s transformation policy has been like an ill-conceived implementation of affirmative action without a proper, well-thought plan.
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IKE MOROE: Why FS residents are protesting Wednesday's asbestos corruption trial
Poverty wreaking havoc in Free State, while state corruption is running rampant.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: A COVID-19 resurgence risks our economy & our lives
A resurgence at any scale will not just dramatically reverse our health gains. It will choke the green shoots of economic recovery that have emerged, and take us back from spring to winter.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Here’s why it doesn’t matter if Trump loses
In the last four years the resurgence of a white extremism has had new life breathed into it by Donald Trump’s consistent messaging, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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ANALYSIS: What it’s like to lose a presidential election
For the winner, it's the achievement of a lifetime. For the loser, not so much.
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What maths researchers learnt from mistakes made by pupils in ‘top’ SA schools
Indications are that even towards the end of grade 9, there are many learners in top-performing schools who still have difficulty with basic algebra.
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ANALYSIS: Debates around SA’s school exam results need richer flow of data
Without intensive analysis of data, key questions remain around matters such as subject choices, subject difficulty, and examination standards.
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ANALYSIS: SA has another go at an expropriation law. What it’s all about
The proposed new law has a long history. The country has been trying for almost 12 years now to come up with expropriation legislation that is in line with the Constitution.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Trump and the degradation of democracy: The lessons for SA
Where there’s a lack of leadership or there is destructive leadership, there are deep consequences for the future of democracy itself, writes Judith February.
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Fear dominates the lives of Nigerians, & the consequences are dire
"If you’re rich you hire your own. If you’re poor you simply take your chances. Most are poor."
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How SA can best tackle xenophobia & prejudice against migrants - HSRC study
The media was found to be potentially highly influential in changing public opinion on immigration, research showed.
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FACT CHECK: Do nearly 7,500 children die from ‘hunger’ each year in SA?
Africa Check looks at the claim published on Daily Maverick that nearly 7,500 children under the age of five die annually in South Africa as a direct result of hunger.
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ANALYSIS: SA’s draft procurement bill is wide open to abuse and corruption
The draft public procurement bill makes room for confidentiality without defining it and limiting its use to narrow circumstances. This leaves the door wide open to abuse.
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Democracy vs populism: Tanzanian election leaves uncertain, polarised society
Voters were presented with two competing and highly divisive issues, democracy and populism, competing approaches that have left Tanzania politically fragile.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: To the matric class of 2020, I wish you the very best
At your tender age, there are so many demands upon you. And yet you have come this far, writes Cyril Ramphosa to matriculants beginning exams this week.
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TARA PENNY: Why I will scream ‘fire’ when I need help
Why is it that when men are harassing them, women are made to feel uncomfortable and expected to just laugh it off, accepting the age-old notion that “boys will be boys”?
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: This is important: Long-Covid is real
No one in South Africa seems to be nearly as informed as they should be about the progression and sustaining symptoms of this illness which are varied, unpredictable and could have long-term consequences, laments Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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ANALYSIS: SA economic reform plans fall short of what’s needed: a few pointers
South Africa needs some serious structural reforms before its moribund economy can come to life.
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YONELA DIKO: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the WTO in the era of Trump
A WTO director-general from South Korea, at least in the warped Trump’s America view, would be much more easy to influence and push than a director-general from an African state like Nigeria, writes Yonela Diko.
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ANDREW DUVENAGE: Mid-term budget offers little reason for optimism
Government has consistently failed to implement structural reforms which, despite being continually referenced, remain elusive, writes Andrew Duvenage.
