Opinion

The ANC’s court bid over its missed candidate-list deadline revives a question the Constitutional Court left open in 2024 and one that will keep resurfacing for every party until it’s settled

With five women killed in the area in under two months, now is a good time to ask what became of Gauteng’s promised CCTV cameras, panic buttons and command centres — and why women are still being told to protect themselves, writes Oliver Meth

Is the talk about endless profits and human extinction just huffing and puffing from tech bros who want a creamy IPO premium?

One wouldn’t be too cautious to view last week’s exposé and its timing with some suspicion, writes Tom Eaton

Fifty years after Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’, a new statistical framework maps the slave trade and colonial extraction onto today’s poverty patterns — and proposes a formula to reverse the drain

Spate of killings in Kempton Park exposes deep-rooted failures in women’s safety

Leaders call for inclusive global governance and economic equity

Governing parties can claim credit, but must accept accountability, writes Lucky Mathebula

The government is dragging its feet on regulatory reforms that could open affordable health insurance to millions of South Africans, writes Katlego Mothudi

State lawyers face a dilemma over confidentiality and the duty to report wrongdoing, writes Tebogo Khaas

The international group of nations meets in Cape Town this week at a time when the world faces challenges ranging from fears about AI to cracks in support for parliamentary democracy, writes Stephen Twigg

Shooting herself in the (foot)

Jewish business leader faces renewed protests despite court victory, writes Peter Bruce

As election day drew close, Zungu showed a feudalist side of him that left Hogarth wondering if he’d be an improvement on Jordaan at all

Good intentions, political mandates and expert authority do not make a diagnosis correct — or a remedy effective, writes Setumo Mohapi