2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (976+ words) The women leaders of the Madlanga Commission show great valour amid treacherous and hostile circumstances, demonstrating a resolute determination in pursuit of truth. By emulating the courage displayed by the women who opposed apartheid seven decades ago, they are now…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago   (726+ words) An emotional Cyril Ramaphosa following his election as President of the African National Congress (ANC) during the party's 54th National Conference on December 18, 2017 at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg. Ramaphosa came to office promising renewal, integrity and growth. What the…...

3+ day, 14+ min ago   (1240+ words) More than 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on August 9, 1956 to protest the apartheid regime's pass laws. When a month built to celebrate excellence slowly becomes a month built to highlight trauma, we lose the radical meaning of…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (885+ words) South Africa cannot afford another election defined by public indifference. The 2026 local government elections must become a national statement that public office exists to serve citizens rather than party and personal interests. That objective depends on one principle above all…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1262+ words) Student Banhle Malwane participating in a voter education campaign conducted by the IEC at Wits University. Elections are intensely passionate and partisan. Citizens do not have to be dispassionate, independent and impartial when they make choices about elections, says the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (970+ words) As BRICS adjusts to its expansion in 2024 and 2025, it faces two linked questions. How can the group stabilise itself internally, and how can it assume a more important role in global governance? The answer shouldn’t be to imitate existing institutions…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (820+ words) Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and President Cyril Ramaphosa witness the signing of seven agreements during the 4th session of the SA-Namibia B-National Commission held on July 17 in Pretoria. "Namibia is not merely our neighbour. Namibia is our sister nation," President Cyril…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (462+ words) (From left) Deputy Ministers of Finance Dr David Masondo, Ashor Sarupen and Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana at budget briefing in Cape Town. If political leaders allow the PIC to become another battlefield of ANC internal contestation, public confidence will…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (838+ words) A statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela is seen holding a Black Lives Matter placard in Parliament Square, central London after a demonstration outside the US Embassy, on June 7, 2020. Mandela Day should renew our commitment to building an…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (763+ words) Displaced Sudanese people who left El-Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila amid the remains of a fire that broke out in the camp on February 11, 2026. On 1–2 August 2026, Heads of State will gather in Luanda, Angola, for…...