Contested control of municipal resources is fuelling political killings in South Africa, with assassinations and factional patronage undermining local government.
The Citizen argues assets seized from the Tembisa Hospital syndicate reflect looting that harmed patients and should prompt prosecutions, blacklisting and harsher laws.
Recent weeks have seen scenes of xenophobic vigilantism in South African townships, with social media footage showing foreign nationals confronted, manhandled and at times forcibly removed...
The National Responsible Gambling Programme (NRGP) has recorded a significant increase in South Africans seeking help for gambling-related harm, warning that the country’s booming sports-betting market...
Gauteng’s recent rugby internationals laid bare two very different versions of public life: efficient, safe journeys to matchday, and bitter friction in the hospitality suites. Across...
South Africa is at risk of normalising military deployments for internal crises, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP Carl Niehaus told Parliament as he criticised the repeated...
Former activist and journalist Tony Karon revisited lessons from the anti‑apartheid struggle and applied them to contemporary debates about democracy and the conflict in Palestine, according...
Phakamisa Ndzamela, author and business commentator, told the Crossing the Line podcast that black economic empowerment (BEE) should not be amended but that South Africa’s value...
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) sits at the centre of a sharp policy debate after a government‑backed proposal to create a R100‑billion transformation fund met a rival...
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) say the Government of National Unity (GNU) has failed and must be dissolved to allow for radical economic transformation. The party’s...
