The mental health fight intensifies for South African youth in corporate
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), half of all mental health conditions in individuals start by 14-years-of-age. However, in most cases these go...
Cyril’s SONA: Sexy Neoliberalism Is Back, Baby! Awooo!
Well. That was different, wasn’t it? President Cyril Ramaphosa. An undisrupted State of the Nation Address. Julius Malema giggling like a lovestruck teenager. And...
ANC councillor in Durban: “You have to be the eyes and...
Durban's ward 26, comprising of beachfront areas and tourist spots, is a hotly contested area in this year's local government elections. The ward was...
Independent candidate in Buffalo City reportedly threatened by ANC
Lisa Ntlonti is an independent candidate running for Ward Councillor in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (Ward 14). On October 13, Ntlonti released a press...
DA vs EFF: How To Campaign Against Your “Partners”
That the cold coalition between the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), forged to kick the African National Congress (ANC) out...
As A Person With A Disability, Send Me, Mr President.
After I received a notification that President Cyril Ramaphosa would be giving an address about disability rights I logged on to watch with interest,...
Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election: 10 factors that could affect the outcome
As Nigerians inch closer to the February 2023 presidential election, the seventh since the current wave of liberal democracy formally started in 1999, there...
Cato Manor Community Protests As Red Ants Destroy Shacks
The never ending battle between the eThekwini Municipality and shack dwellers in various informal settlements continues. The latest one comes after the Anti-Land Invasion...
FMF Activist Calls For Fees Must Fall TRC, All Protest-Related Charges...
During the 2015 and 2016 Fees Must Fall (FMF) protests, many student activists were charged with public violence and destruction of property. Even after...
New “Nelson Mandela Rules” For Prisons – Will It Lead To...
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) launched the 2015 revised version of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, also known as...
Extract: The Tyranny of Growth
Set in the past, The Tyranny of Growth is a book about the present. It provocatively recounts how and why the 2008 global financial...
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 is a drought?
Defining the particular circumstances...
Scorecard for #LGE2021party manifestos
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Democratic Alliance (DA), and the Good Party have published their manifestos. Election campaigning has kicked into high gear for...
The Politics Of ‘Expropriation Of Land Without Compensation’ In South Africa
In a speech presented at the Urbanization: Impact of land availability - focus on land occupation Indaba organised by MEC for human settlements and...
How Russia-Ukraine conflict could influence Africa’s food supplies
Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University
No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat.
The words of the ancient Greek philosopher,...
Political violence in the lead-up to #LGE2021
Political violence is an increasingly worrying phenomenon which has emerged in the lead-up to the 2021 local government elections. Civilians and politicians alike have...
2021 in South Africa
The year 2021 is finally almost drawing to a close. It’s been a difficult year for many exacerbated by the pandemic, high cost of...
Gender Summit To Hold Government Accountable For Gender-Based Violence Failures
On August 1, thousands of womxn* marched in South Africa, under the banner of The Total Shutdown Movement. They demanded that the government take...
Youth Confident EFF Will Be Triumphant In 2019 Elections
The Economic Freedom Fighters are flourishing on university campuses across South Africa, according to the leader Julius Malema. The organisation's student structures are making...
Sexual Health: Here’s Why You Need To Invest In PrEP
South Africa is one of the many countries facing an HIV/Aids pandemic with a prevalence rate of about 12.8% of the total of the...
