Goodbye, 2019 – You Have Been Memorable
Let us count the ways this year has been wonderful.
Compiled by Fatima Moosa
The Springboks...
Halo Project SA Wants To Empower Drug And Aids Centre
Within the streets of Meadowlands, Soweto the South African Drug and Aids Council (SADAAC) can be found. The centre was founded by...
Traditional Khoi-San Leadership Act Underpinned By Idea That Rural People Cannot...
by Richard Raber, PhD Student, African History, Indiana University Bloomington
Last week South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the...
The Fightback And Maharani
Political journalist Qaanitah Hunter’s latest book Balance of Power: Ramaphosa and the future of South Africa shares fresh insights into Jacob Zuma’s...
Difficult Conditions Ahead For SA Farmers
Farmers across South Africa are warning the government they might not survive the current drought gripping South Africa.
What...
South Africa: Our Morally Unconscionable State the Needs Systemic Political Reform
COMMENT
South Africa, unlike most countries that fail, has not fallen prey to any nefarious outside interference or simply...
How The Government Is Ruining Its Own Plan To End Gender-Based...
NEWS ANALYSIS
The rape and murder of 19-year-old Uyinene Mrwetyana has pushed into the spotlight the government’s failure...
South Africa Is Caught In The Global Hype Of The Fourth...
South Africa is caught up in the global hype of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). This is distracting it from the unfinished business of...
‘The Struggle To Be Ordinary’ Shows Intersection Of Gender, Disability And...
People with disabilities have difficulty in accessing fundamental rights in South Africa, and are excluded from the mainstream of society. It’s even...
Introducing South Africa’s ‘Integrity Icon’ Public Servants
South Africa has chosen it’s Integrity Icons: public servants who do what’s right even when no one is watching. Clinical audiologist from...
The Butchers Of Marikana Won
COMMENT
What to make of the fact that the people who set the Marikana massacre in motion now sit...
Disconnect Between Business And State Contributed To Marikana Massacre
COMMENT
The Marikana massacre, in which 34 striking mineworkers were shot dead by police on 16 August 2012, was a tragic and historic event in...
From Unemployment To Owning A Company – Young People In Palmridge...
Unemployment levels in South Africa are at an all time high. The economy is in dire straits with no solution in sight....
Where Young People Stay In South Africa – StatsSA
South Africa’s population has hit 58.78 million people, according to the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) 2019 mid-year population estimates (MYPE) report...
Who Is Really To Blame For SA’s Jobs Crisis?
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent admission that South Africa is facing punishing job losses is in direct...
Home Affairs: It’s Up to Women To Check If Surname Was...
The department of home affairs acknowledged reports that some women’s surnames had been changed without their consent after marriage, in a statement...
#JusticeForCapeFlats: Here’s Why People Are Turning Their Avis Orange
Over the past few weeks, orange profile pictures have appeared on social media in South Africa, apparently inspired by a similar campaign...
The DA’s “Law & Order” Policies Won’t Fix The Cape Flats
COMMENT
Editor's note: on 11 July 2019, the minister of police Bheki Cele announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa had...
A Critique Of The Media Is Not Automatically An Attack On...
COMMENT
Dreams of Smart Cities, mass retrenchments, young people in cabinet and National Assembly, growth for the Economic Freedom...
African Countries And The State Of Their Environments: The Best And...
Social and economic changes in Africa are being driven by increasing prosperity and heavy foreign investment. Money has been poured into activities such as...
