Opinion
CHARLES WEBSTER: Vaccine ‘pro-choicers' want privilege, not choice
Anti-vaxxers are fighting for special privilege on the basis of poor science and want the privilege associated with the coronavirus vaccine without having to...
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A fight for the ANC’s engine room ahead of the elective conference
A source says party secretaries are at odds with the NEC and feel they have been doing their jobs well all along and don't need outsider Gwen Ramokgopa to lead them.
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YONELA DIKO: Demystify state security to build public trust
The State Security Agency must be demystified and opened so that the public knows what it is doing and how citizens can help.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: An open call to cancel December
South Africa has more public holidays than I can count. There is no need to wait for December to make resolutions as can have them every day.
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SIBUSISO KHASA: Back to school, back to pit latrine stink
Despite having several opportunities, the government's continually failed to deal with the issue of pit latrines, writes Sibusiso Khasa.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: What’s your Wordle of the day?
The five-letter-word guessing game has over 300,000 people playing it worldwide. Perhaps you can get a good word of the day too, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
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DAVID BENATAR: Yonela Diko's tired refuge
There is no indication at all that Mr Diko has read my book 'The Fall of the University of Cape Town.' He appears to judge it by its title.
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ANALYSIS: Namaqualand daisies are flowering earlier: why it’s a red flag
Jennifer Fitchett looks at how the changing climate is affecting the Namaqualand daisies and the impact that it will have on the industries that have sprung up around the flowers.
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CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Parly fire showed how strongly citizens feel about democracy
In his first newsletter for 2022 and in the wake of the fire at Parliament President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africa's democratic institutions were not defined by the buildings that housed them but by the work they did and the confidence they inspired.
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YONELA DIKO: Lindiwe Sisulu and the mischief of failed ANC leaders
Lindiwe Sisulu's attack on the judiciary is widely unreasonable. In multiple seminal court cases, our judges have proven to be ideologically sound, politically mature and deeply invested in redressing the injustices of the past, writes Yonela Diko.
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MCEBO DLAMINI: Sisulu’s op-ed on the derelict state of SA a breath of fresh air
We prayed for justice, equality and freedom but that prayer was never answered. Not by the judiciary, the executive, nor the legislature.
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MELISSA DU PREEZ: Is COVID South Africa's ultimate horror movie?
There are many reasons why COVID is the perfect horror. We have it all: desperate scientists, stubborn masses and conspiracy theorists, writes Melissa du Preez.
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YONELA DIKO: The fall of white domination is not the fall of UCT
Professor David Benatar's book 'The Fall of the University of Cape Town' is a journey of one bitter man who wants his colonial rights back and not a true reflection of what the University of Cape Town is going through.
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It’s imperative that SA moves fast on state capture prosecutions. Here’s why
Penelope Andrews lays out why prosecutions related to state capture need to happen fast.
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South Africa has changed tack on tackling COVID: why it makes sense
The South African government has decided to take a more pragmatic approach while keeping an eye on severe COVID and whether or not health systems are imminently under threat. Shabir Madhi and colleagues reflect on the boldness – and the risks.
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SA and UK hospitalisation data: what it tells us about how deadly omicron is
Does omicron cause less serious disease than delta and will omicron waves be shorter in duration than delta waves?
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Moving African rhinos: what it takes to translocate an endangered species
Rhino translocations have become a critical tool in the arsenal for the protection of these endangered animals. But moving rhinos to new landscapes and countries is complicated and expensive.
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What South Africa needs to do to exit the pandemic state of disaster
The global COVID pandemic not only heightened interest in the field of disaster risk management, but in several instances required the use and implementation of emergency laws. South Africa was no exception.
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SA’s political risk profile up a few notches: but it’s not yet a failed state
Has South Africa become a failed state? The issue has come up and warnings sounded before this year’s events.
