‘Egos at play with Zuma, Malema’

By LEBOGANG SEALE Johannesburg – The unsavoury events in Parliament in recent times are a manifestation of the personalisation of politics arising from the...

Cosatu criticises EFF

Cosatu criticised the actions of the opposition EFF during the opening of parliament in Cape Town on Thursday. “No-one I know have disrupted any...

Democracy the victim of Parliament chaos – analysts

Cape Town – South Africa’s hard-won democracy, symbolised by the late liberation hero Nelson Mandela, was the main victim of the chaos in Parliament...

Civil society wants Zuma to discuss…

By SHANTI ABOOBAKER — Cape Town – Much of the focus on President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address tonight has been on...

Zuma to deliver State of the Nation address amid threats

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma will deliver his eighth State of the Nation address on Thursday amid tight security following threats of disruptions....

Massive boost for SA civil society as $25 million long-term fund to advance Constitution announced

By Marianne Thamm — South African civil society has received a substantial shot in the arm with the announcement on Thursday of a $25...

Alternative Mining Indaba calls for inclusion of communities

By Jo Seoka — Alternative Mining Indaba calls for inclusion of communities – City Press ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Change in mining is needed...

Fight against Ebola: After a year of darkness, some cautious optimism

By SIMON ALLISON — There’s good news in the fight against Ebola – or, at least, some cautious optimism. The spread of the virus...

History, Distorted: Forgiving and airbrushing Apartheid’s protagonists

By RANJENI MUNUSAMY — The granting of parole to Apartheid killer Eugene de Kock and the renaming of a Cape Town street after FW...

South Africa: Where 12 million live in extreme poverty

By GREG NICOLSON — Reducing poverty is seen as the world’s greatest challenge and in South Africa it is counted as one of the...

Life during NPA Wartime (again)

By STEPHEN GROOTES We have all become so accustomed to fights around control of our justice system, the intelligence services and the police, that...

Op-Ed: No ‘dark sarcasm’ in the classroom

By ALEX ELISEEV — Today, Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, is due to visit the Curro private school in Roodeplaat, Pretoria. Despite denials from the...