Opinion

While Dion George was not perfect, axing him at such an inconvenient time has repercussions

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani wasted no time calling out US President Donald Trump, formally kicking off the battle that will likely define relations between the 34-year-old mayor and the president whose celebrity is tied to the city.

The medium-term budget policy statement needs to boldly tackle the impediments to economic growth, writes Zingiswa Losi.

When people are jobless and hungry, when politicians enrich themselves while services collapse, democracy begins to look meaningless, writes Imraan Buccus

The labour department and the SAPS traded blows in parliament this week over the lack of a report 18 months after the George building collapse that killed 34 workers. Chris Barron asked labour deputy minister Jomo Sibiya.

Crime has been the bane of our lives for years and has to be tackled head-on, seriously and consistently, instead of being tinkered with at the edges, writes Barney Mthombothi.

The GNU parties may have declared it to be alive and kicking, in a manner of speaking. But the reality remains that the governing arrangement still faces formidable challenges going forward, which will continue to test its durability.

Across Africa and much of the so-called Global South, a new generation of citizens is redefining how political power is expressed and seized — and it is not at the ballot box, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko

Today’s test: write down the names of the 600 people whose faces are imprinted on your memory

Amid the fog of claims and counter-claims, it seems the appointment of Dineo Mokwele is at the heart of the turmoil in the SAPS, writes Peter Bruce

Divisions within the global community are increasingly undermining its capacity to respond to this planetary emergency, which knows no borders, writes Dorah Modise

The outcome of the Please Call Me saga demonstrates big companies cannot always bully their staff into toeing the line

Summit offers SA a unique opportunity to spotlight two of the world’s most urgent and connected challenges: violence against women and violence against children.

A court order provisionally sequestrating Roy Muleya, one of the main role players in illicit tobacco trade, is a boost for Sars’s efforts to combat the illicit tobacco trade

One way or another, we must ensure that Mogotsi makes it into the hot seat at the Madlanga Commission