6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (557+ words) It is easy to start a war. But ending one is far more difficult. Still, it is worth the effort. Early this month, US President Donald Trump sent two peace envoys to Moscow and Kyiv, apparently to try to end…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (497+ words) In 2026, a wave of Afrophobia swept through South Africa’s higher education sector, reflecting trends in wider society. The scourge of xenophobic attacks has been a perennial feature of post-apartheid South Africa. Between 1994 and 2025, Wits University’s African Centre for Migration and…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (362+ words) As it was happening, 9/11 had the quality almost of impending Armageddon, if not strictly, on a scale even remotely comparable with the terminal biblical mayhem of the fundamentalist imagination. Still, something was shaken in those moments. Perhaps what it came…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (713+ words) South Africa’s democratic future may depend on whether its political leaders can move beyond the politics of permanent confrontation and embrace a new era of co-operation. The reality facing voters is clear: unstable coalitions, fragile alliances and governments built around…...

15+ hour, 14+ min ago   (586+ words) The events at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) over the past week should force South Africa to confront a difficult question: what happens when legitimate grievances become destructive, and who ultimately pays the price? The burning of CPUT’s…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (657+ words) South Africans head to the polls on November 4 in what the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has called the toughest pre-electoral climate in three decades. Trust in local government has collapsed from 55% in 2004 to just 18% today. Only one in…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (578+ words) Kamohelo Chauke asks why Section27 has represented Tlaleng Mofokeng, an accomplished doctor and, until July, UN special rapporteur on health, in her defence against a complaint made to the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) (“Section27’s troubling choice in representing…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (604+ words) Health & Science Correspondent Stats SA has defended the integrity of its population estimates, which the health department said earlier this week may have skewed its estimates of childhood vaccination coverage. Public health experts in multiple provinces have questioned the crisis…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (89+ words) Business Day CARTOON | SA’s ticking bomb Today’s cartoon by Brandan Reynolds Would you like to comment on this article? Please read our Comment Policy before commenting. RAYMOND PARSONS AND WALDO KRUGELL | The 2026 medium-term budget: halo or a noose? ANTHONY BUTLER…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (571+ words) There is no arguing that South Africa needs data centres to power its digital economy. As one industry executive argued recently, the digital computing and storage hubs support services including banking, e-commerce, health care, government services and digital businesses. And…...