On a quiet Wednesday night in Soweto, 27-year-old Mthokozisi Mvelase’s life was violently cut short. Only three days into his...
From AIDS denial to public health revival, a nation reclaims its future There was a time-less than two decades ago, when being diagnosed with HIV in...
Accountability finally knocks on higher education’s door There was no collective gasp when President Cyril Ramaphosa showed Minister Nobuhle Nkabane the door this week. If anything,...
Retirement used to mean stepping aside. For generations, South Africans accepted that turning 60 meant the slow fade into the background. But what if that assumption...
As Israel pushes for regime change, Trump’s war talk throws diplomacy out the window If there was ever hope that the United States could act as...
South Africa’s streets tell a story that’s hard to ignore. Overflowing bins, illegal dumping hotspots, and the quiet hustle of waste pickers pulling trolleys through morning...
South Africa’s food system is being devoured from the inside and not just by disease. The chickens are literally coming home to roost.And the cattle? They’re...
The Cost of Silence Why the institutions meant to protect children are turning a blind eye to child labour World Day Against Child Labour and the...
As Joburg crumbles, some are daring to imagine an unexpected solution: Helen Zille in the mayor’s seat, with Elon Musk helping clean house. Johannesburg is in...
South Africa is gearing up to make history this November, with Johannesburg confirmed as the first African city to host the G20 Summit. But while the...
