In this episode of 'How I Make My Money', Stephen Grootes takes you inside the mind of Dr Ralph Mathekga, one of SA’s most ...

In the ongoing quest to understand South Africa’s political and economic stagnation, it may be helpful to look at other postcolonial states that have travelled further along the path of independence.

As South Africa faces a growing sense of political apathy, the consequences could be dire. Against a backdrop of declining ...

At the beginning of 2025, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was able to look out on the year ahead with some optimism. At home, the awkward and fractious coalition government Ramaphosa was ...

At a time when there is a rapid digital uptake in Africa, women in particular are singled out for hate crimes perpetrated ...

The recent revelation by former uMkhonto weSizwe Party Secretary General Floyd Shivambu, who claims he was sacked on the basis of a fake intelligence report, is neither new nor surprising in the ...

President Donald Trump ambushed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in a May 21 meeting with debunked claims of a "White genocide" in his country. It was not Trump's first Oval Office clash with a ...

Colluding with high-level crime syndicates, disbanding the political killings task force to protect the powerful, and the implosion of the police’s crime intelligence unit under his watch. These are ...

South Africa’s post-apartheid Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies re-ignited debate when billionaire businessman Elon Musk complained that these policies are racist and are preventing him from ...

Amanda Gouws receives funding from the National Research Foundation through her SARChI Chair in Gender Politics. Joseph Ayodele Kupolusi receives funding from the National Research Foundation through ...

A TikTok video showed two South Africans turning the US-SA G20 tension into a light-hearted, viral song that mixed humour, ...

Gina Ortiz Jones speaks to the press during her mayoral campaign. Credit: Facebook / Gina Ortiz Jones In an unusual move, Mayor-elect Gina Ortiz Jones has tapped her former campaign director, who has ...