15+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1674+ words) – September 14, 2026 A few weeks ago, a first-year politics student at the University of Cape Town sent me a folder containing a set of seven audio recordings, each about 45 minutes long, of lectures recently delivered by Dr Lwazi Lushaba during the…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (335+ words) – September 10, 2026 There has been no starker case study of this than the multi-year lobby and court action the two groups have run against the introduction of what is, in practice, a variation of the charter school model for South Africa,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (374+ words) – September 8, 2026 A prisoner serving a 20-year sentence has escaped from Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre in the North West while already facing a charge relating to a previous escape. Edward Khomotso Madiba broke out of prison on Sunday. The Department of…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (540+ words) – September 8, 2026 In a month, the eastern regions of South Africa will begin summer grain and oilseed plantings. These are mainly yellow maize and soybean-growing regions. The soil moisture is good in these regions following a longer summer rainfall period through…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (490+ words) – September 7, 2026 Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has warned that organised crime and syndicate activity pose a growing threat to the integrity of South Africa’s law-enforcement institutions. Speaking at the University of Johannesburg’s Combating Corruption Summit last week, Kubayi punctuated an otherwise…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (71+ words) The Common Sense In this clip from Talking Sense James Myburgh discusses the latest crime statistics which show the number of murders in South Africa declining. South Africa has a completely dysfunctional police service and yet murders keep falling. James…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (843+ words) – September 5, 2026 The time may finally have come to state what has long been obvious: South Africa’s flawed foreign policy has been years in the making. It is the result of ideological rigidity, weak and indecisive leadership, an old grudge against…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (568+ words) – September 3, 2026 What do the construction mafia, zama-zamas, March and March, vigilante organisations, the Trump administration, AfriForum, and the rise of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) have in common? They represent a spectrum of hardline actors whose influence rose in response…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (104+ words) – September 2, 2026 The retailer’s expansion shows that South Africans reward companies that keep prices down, improve convenience, and respond to customers instead of instructing them. Pretoria has returned to the ICJ to increase pressure on Israel and the US just as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (127+ words) – September 2, 2026 To support our journalism, and unlock all of our investigative stories and provocative commentary, subscribe below. Full access to insight, analysis, and data. Help shape an organisation committed to our values. We asked voters how they feel about South…...