7+ hour, 57+ min ago  (843+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) congratulates Dina Pule following her appointment to Cabinet as Minister of Social Development on July 1. The fact that Pule's appointment happened on the eve of the Local Government Elections does not augur well for the ANC,…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1111+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) and his Deputy Paul Mashatile at the Cabinet Lekgotla held in the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse, Pretoria on January 28, 2026. If South Africa permits Cabinet to become a battleground for internal party contests, it risks creating multiple…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (735+ words) First responders stand amid rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa neighbourhood on April 8. For Tehran, Lebanon is not only an important element of regional balance, but also part of its system of influence, says…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (798+ words) Emmerson Mnangagwa being sworn in as Zimbabwe's President in Harare on September 4, 2023. The way the government of Zimbabwe went about the amendment of the constitution was clearly an infringement on the principles of democratic change of government, says the writer....

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (805+ words) The plea deal entered by alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi "Cat" Matlala in the R228 million South African Police Service tender corruption case is a major test of whether plea bargaining can advance justice in a high-profile corruption matter. Against the backdrop…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (890+ words) A pro-democracy activist holds a placard demanding the resignation of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a demonstration against the country's worsening economic situation held in Harare on November 29, 2018. Zimbabwe was once a liberatory light across Africa. The country's political independence…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (929+ words) Delegates from Natal at the historic Congress of the People held in Kliptown where the Freedom Charter was adopted on June 26, 1955. Political liberation did not fundamentally alter the distribution of economic power, says the writer. This year marks the 71st anniversary…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (560+ words) Veteran activists gathered at Avalon cemetery in Soweto on June 16 to pay tribute to the victims of the 1976 Soweto uprising. Our youth can be a powerful catalyst for change if we listen, review and act, says the writer. Image: Timothy…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (898+ words) Displaced migrants at Sherwood Park in Durban are demanding that they be sent back to Malawi and not to the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Gauteng. The latest surge of anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa is both painful and polarising. Tensions…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1092+ words) South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile and the People's Republic of China Vice President Han Zheng, at Tuynhuys, Cape Town on March 26. The two leaders co-chaired the 9th South Africa-China Bi-National Commission (BNC). The emerging dispute between BAIC and NUMSA should…...