JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
LOOKING at the African National Congress (ANC)’s upcoming elective conference, one is struck by how close it is. It’s so close that it has become very difficult to…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THE state of South Africa’s basic education is a topic of constant debate – by political parties, the media, civil organisations and the general public. Even though basic…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
TWENTY-two years into democracy, the question of whether black South Africans have made any socio-economic progress remains highly contested. People like Mohammad Amir Anwar, and political parties like…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
JULIUS Malema and his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) assembled in Boipotong Stadium on Friday, to commemorate June 16, Youth Day. Seeing images of huge crowds in red colours…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
FOR us who deeply believe in personal freedom, it is troubling. The notion that South Africa’s political elite unashamedly wants to tax us for consuming sugar and constrict…
DEAR Professor,
I was very saddened to hear that you have resigned as Vice Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State. I found it very hard to swallow.…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
I DON’T know about you, but I miss Chris Hart’s shrewd analysis on South Africa’s economic and social issues. I seriously do. I was thinking about him this…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
OVER the past two weeks, we have all been reminded that the post-1994 South Africa still grapples with racism. That we still have a long way to go…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
AFTER President Jacob Zuma’s flip-flops with the finance ministry last week – sacking Nhlanhla Nene as head of the ministry – and appointing the African National Congress’ backbencher, Desmond van…
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
IT WAS a night of horror in our house at Roodepoort, Johannesburg, two weeks ago. Two armed men stormed into the house, assaulted us, and robbed us our cell…