Editorial: Let Chagossians speak
The fate of the Chagos Islanders should only be determined by the Chagos Islanders themselves
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Editorial: It’s inequality that breeds violence
‘The persecution of the weak and the vulnerable finds new iterations all the time’
Call corruption by its name: Murder
Allowing infrastructure to break down, because of negligence or direct action, puts lives in danger
Editorial: Strike down rape culture
‘Today, women might be politically free like all other South Africans, but they remain enslaved in the shackles of a predatory patriarchy’
Editorial: Night owl sings good song
‘Rampahosa’s ability to say the right thing is unmatched. We hope he will also be pushed to do the right thing’
Editorial: Dump quiet diplomacy
‘Of particular concern is the independence — or lack thereof — of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’
Editorial: Madiba was a person
You see, Mandela was never Mandela but rather the embodiment of the best of all of us
Editorial: Hypocrisy off the field
‘The truth is that the likes of France continue to benefit from migration while still waging a war on migrants’
Editorial: Cave boys saga brought out the best in us
‘That familiar confluence of triumph and tragedy is what builds our ability to understand and share the feelings of each other’
Editorial: Sassa’s misstep is beyond apology
‘How far can you fall in the three days that you stood in line, having been forced to borrow money to pay taxi fares to get to a collection point?’
Editorial: Power corrupts ― even in our respected NGOs
‘As the M&G turns its focus to allegations of abuse of power in the NGO space, our work has been met with hostility. And it has left us perplexed’
A very sick health dept
‘Cue the now all-too-familiar pattern of patronage — houses, overseas trips, spa treatments’
Editorial: South Africa, like the US, also locks up migrants
In South Africa — which we see as ‘our land’ — we too are watching the borderisation of the state
Editorial: Tiny parties, big impact
‘The Ramaphoria train has its own problems. Its rural vote is declining rapidly, threatening its hard-won gains in KwaZulu-Natal’
Editorial: A beautiful game of capital gain
‘The Fifa World Cup is an extravagant symbol of so much that is wrong with this world. But let’s not kid ourselves: we are going to watch it anyway’
Editorial: History’s crucial lessons
‘The department of education’s plan to make history compulsory for every learner throughout their schooling career is to be applauded’
Editorial: We need to talk about the EFF’s wild claims
‘When Shivambu attacked Momoniat, he invited scrutiny of not just his own knowledge of the way Parliament works but also of the EFF’s ideologies’
Editorial: Zim needs real reforms
Mnangagwa will not, on his own, be a salve to Zimbabwe’s problems
Editorial: Rugby exposes SA’s resistance to transformation
‘In many ways, rugby can be seen as symbolic of the pitfalls bedevilling the best-intentioned attempts at nation-building’
Editorial: At every level the state fails citizens
‘We’re good at the annual hand-wringing about government’s wasteful ways. But what is not quantified is the number of people who are being failed’
Editorial independence is sacred
Last Friday, several titles in the Independent stable published front-page reports, with a “Staff Writer” byline, that smeared journalists
Editorial: It is time that we listen and learn
We find ourselves in a vitriolic debate about our history —who did what, why did they do it, who can be trusted and who sold out
Editorial: DA at a critical juncture
‘The DA, you see, has the added challenge of not only believing its own spin but also somehow appearing to be living it’
Editorial: Outing foreigners plays with lives
‘Surely there are sufficient lines of inquiry into Gigaba’s conduct as a public official without having to go into his heritage?’
Editorial: Home affairs hypocrisy
‘As for the Guptas’ experience with home affairs, who knew it could be so efficient?’
Editorial: A woman yes, but her?
‘The ANC continues to harbour the people responsible for bequeathing South Africa to the Gupta and Zuma families’
Editorial: Zuma won’t be taking his mess with him
‘But watching the spectacle of Zuma’s political death unfold so agonisingly has revealed much about the gaping holes in the ANC leadership’
Editorial: MultiChoice just doesn’t get it
‘When MultiChoice chief executive Calvo Mawela addressed the media this week, he was contrite. There had been “mistakes”, he said’
Editorial: Eskom’s liars obfuscate the truth
‘Meanwhile, we are left with two sides of a story’
May we hold holy our greatest expectations
We begin this year then with expectations, great expectations, of the world, but mostly of ourselves.
Grants a tool to woo votes?
In the absence of any other options, the Constitutional Court this week again deepened its involvement in the process to keep social grants flowing.
Editorial: Shout a bit louder, SADC
‘Instead of safeguarding Zimbabwe’s democracy, SADC repeatedly rubber-stamped Mugabe’s regime’
