Opinion

Official compassion without accountability enables institutional failure, protects perpetrators behind masks of respectability and leaves women to pay the price, writes Lucky Mathebula

Public protector links poor hiring practices to corruption and operational chaos

Say what you will about Carlson’s persistence, but it’s clear a dangerous lie is being told in the name of white South Africans, and it’s time for them to push back, writes Tom Eaton

SA wants to make the six-monthly HIV prevention injection lenacapavir locally. But cheaper generics made elsewhere are expected from 2027

Recent mass shootings in Carletonville and Cape Town have highlighted the severity of violent crime and the dangers of illegal firearms in South Africa, writes Elijah Mhlanga

Cosatu has never been politically neutral. Nor should it be. The real question is whether its politics deepen worker unity or narrow the federation into a test of partisan obedience, writes Dr Mugwena Maluleke

Calls for transparency and accountability grow as rugby’s racism wounds resurface

Political priorities clash with business realities in local government

The party's campaign in Johannesburg, led by Helen Zille, is undermined by its poor coalition governance record, writes Greg Schneemann

The next biotech boom could start with drugs everyone gave up on, writes Heath Muchena

South Africans need to step up at the local government elections to wipe out the triple cocktail of corruption, collusion and greed

As the polls approach, the former statistician-general argues South Africa’s political manifestos are hollow and proposes a data-driven framework to replace campaign rhetoric with street-level evidence

New research urges a shift from reaction to prevention in tackling GBVF

The unity and strength of Cosatu are seen as essential to resisting forces that benefit from a weakened labour movement, writes Justice Nkomo

Migration and xenophobia test the nation’s commitment to equality and human rights, writes Mmamoloko Kubayi