It’s January and the debt burden is biting
South Africans suffer from high levels of household debt and lack of savings, both inhibiting economic growth. Only radical change will ease the load.
Stories by: Nivesh Rawatlal
Sons and daughters of no country
The children of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers could be further jeopardised by changes to regulations governing birth certificates.
Nothing festive about more debt
Knowing that consumers are struggling, grocery retailers are offering store credit. But experts estimate that up to 40% of all credit granted in South Africa could be reckless.
Players fight for racial equality in hockey
A group of black players have publicly challenged the South African Hockey Association on slow transformation in the sport.
Migrant doctors are ‘sitting at home’
A lack of funding is preventing migrant medical students from finding community service internships.
The derby heads to Durban
South Africa’s biggest sporting event is a celebration of past glories played out by fading footballing powers.
DA’s populist immigration campaign condemned
As the 2019 elections approach, political parties are turning on migrants to displace popular anger and earn votes.
Witches, witch-hunting and women
An international and historical perspective on globalisation, capital accumulation and violence against women, from a leading feminist thinker.
Are charter schools on the horizon in the Western Cape?
The Western Cape Schools Amendment Bill, nearing the end of its consultation phase, is a dangerous step toward US-style “charter
Even apartheid couldn’t kill TV’s splendour
In isiZulu, there’s a word that aptly captures television’s ability to transport a viewer to faraway worlds – umabonakude. As a child television was a magical world, a fantastic reality beamed into…
Haiti’s new dictatorship
How an entitled ‘civil’ society has ransacked and raped a country on the brink for almost 30 years.
Modi’s India: Fascism, fundamentalism and farce
Narendra Modi ascended to political power on the back of a bloody pogrom. But Indian society has not surrendered before Modi’s fascism.
FPB ‘overreaching’ on child porn
Concern is mounting about attempts to deal with child pornography as a media, rather than a criminal issue.