Joburg township residents powerless in lockdown
The residents of Phola Park are struggling with intermittent electricity supply as the presence of soldiers in the area causes old apartheid traumas to resurface.
President Cyril Ramaphosa
Covid-19 stimulus package is a missed opportunity
The economic stimulus package is a band-aid solution whereas South Africa could be using the coronavirus pandemic to address long-term issues of health, public transport and social security.
KwaZulu-Natal’s elderly go hungry
As the lockdown enters its fourth week, communities struggle to feed their families. With grant payments set to be delayed, many fear starvation at home and chaos in the queues.
Cartoon | Wrong call
In this week’s cartoon, the Bhekibot enforces the ultimate austerity. While Tories and Republicans rain money on their stalled economies.
The cost of looking for a job
While Stats SA has released a fourth-quarter survey that contains discouraging unemployment figures, a study shows that it costs almost R1 000 a month to search for work.
Cartoon | State of the galaxy
In this week’s cartoon, Cyril Ramaphosa receives yet another shock, this time from outer space.
Edwin Cameron’s fight for humane prisons
The retired Constitutional Court judge is the new inspector of prisons and he argues that South Africa’s courts should stop filling them up
Jobs won’t materialise until investment pledges do
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s second round of investment pledges from the public and private sectors doesn’t line up with official government forecasts, negating his five-year plan.
What happened to Ramaphosa’s job promises?
Twenty months after the president’s state of the nation address, which promised to eradicate unemployment, the crisis is now more severe than ever.
Cyril Ramaphosa remains mum about Kashmir
The Modi docket is still in limbo while the question of economic bias seems to taint the South African government’s silence on the situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
Affirm the Earth as a global commons
The current environmental cataclysm is entangled in a worldwide political crisis in which a small elite fight to viciously encircle land and resources that belong to all humanity.
Candid give-and-take with Dr Sex
In her new book Tlaleng Mofokeng, South Africa’s sex-talk expert, deals directly with decriminalising sex workers, the National Health Insurance Bill and the importance of sexual pleasure.