Committee meeting on student protest policing finds inadequately trained private security...
Greater cooperation between police and universities is needed during student protests; police and universities also need to reexamine the role of private security in...
ConCourt puts #SecretBallot decision back in Mbete’s hands
On Thursday the Constitutional Court of South Africa ruled that speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, has the power to prescribe that voting...
South Africa’s borders may become even more unwelcoming to asylum seekers
Asylum seekers may face greater difficulties entering South Africa once Parliament enacts legislation to create a new agency that will have full control of...
We are the children of liberation, the (un)free generation.
Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute's Vuyokazi Futshane reflects on the burdens on the (un)free generation in post-apartheid South Africa. In the wake of Youth...
Is it time to rename South Africa?
Last week, Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, vowed to lobby the ANC to rename South Africa. Mthethwa says that “South Africa†is...
[Listen] What’s it like to live The Joburg Hustle?
JoBusy, iGoli, Jozi. It doesn't matter what you call it, we all know that making it in this big city takes plenty of guts....
Should we lower the voting age in South Africa?
The voting age in South Africa is 18. But should pensioners be allowed to make decisions for people who will only come of age...
A manifesto for South Africa’s youth
On June 16, South Africa's youth are being celebrated as the future leaders of this country. In 10 years, today's grade 8s will be...
Parents, principals will no longer decide whether learners get condoms
School governing bodies and parents will no longer be able to prevent pupils from getting condoms at schools, according to a new basic education...
If HIV denialists have not been pardoned, why should the DA...
Aids has taught South Africans why denialism can't be tolerated – whether it comes from Thabo Mbeki or Helen Zille.
In the same week that...
No policy in sight to help people with albinism in SA
People with albinism continue to face stigma, health challenges and the threat of violence, and there is still no solid policy to address their...
It’s time for SA to look beyond BRICS to improve its...
On Thursday, 8 June, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) launched a new report titled Life beyond BRICS? South Africa’s Future Foreign Policy Interests....
Why are the doors of higher learning still closed to young...
More white and Indian kids are going on to higher education today than 12 years ago, but for black and coloured kids, it’s still...
Does women’s political participation matter when the policies are still patriarchal?
On Wednesday, France's new president, Emmanuel Macron, caused a wave of excitement when he appointed a cabinet that was made up of 50% of...
Tired of waiting: the fight for a place to make a...
Mamakete Mookeletse, 48, is part of the backyard dwellers that want autonomy from a government that has failed them. She has moved from shack...
Young, unemployed and without proper shelter in Freedom Park
Freedom Park is one of the areas in the south of Johannesburg which have recently seen protests over land, housing and unemployment. Residents say...
What do young Joburgers think of the state of their city?
Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba delivered his first State of The City Address on Wednesday, 3 May 2017. He highlighted five social issues that he...
The nuclear deal is dead (at least for now)
On Wednesday, the Cape Town high court handed down a judgment in Earthlife’s challenge to the nuclear deal. The court invalidated South Africa’s nuclear...
Vuwani residents have BEEN protesting, here’s why
On Thursday, newly-minted Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula visited Vuwani, where protesters have shut down the town for the third day in a row.
At...
Where to for Zuma’s critics now that the marches are over?
Speaking to the huge #OppositionMarch assembled in front of the Union Buildings on Wednesday, the Economic Freedom Fighters' Commander-In-Chief Julius Malema said that the...
