Opinion

Forget Christmas – The Real Gifts come on 1 January!

Be inspired by the great and humble Pelé

As 2023 dawns, we need hope as citizens to get through tough times

Year in review: Stories that moved South Africans in 2022

Our corrupt and inept politicians won’t sort out Eskom’s challenges

Proteas in crisis: Cricket SA must hone players’ skills

ANC elective conference: Politics is a stinking business

Education system is failing SA’s kids, and we owe it to them to fix it

Timid Cyril has no choice, he must act now

What a world it would be if ANC could also do DA bare minimum

Boksburg truck blast needs to be thoroughly probed

Instead of a cabinet reshuffle, Ramaphosa needs to clean house

Take a chill pill, it’s the silly season

Time to collectively deal with racism, or Maselspoort incident bound to be repeated

ANC may be heading toward a necessary purge

Guide to surviving Christmas movies: Just kidding, but now that you’re here…

Five Christmas presents I want from Ramaphosa

Wives across SA go on strike during festive season

Ramaphosa needs to work with team that he can trust

More than just a dark Christmas awaits

South Africans haven’t had much to cheer about of late

No relief from load shedding

’Tis the season to be jolly

Ramaphosa needs to sleep with one eye open

Muti spells doom for our vultures

ANC will continue to protect Ramaphosa, at the expense of South Africans

Spread a bit of happiness this Christmas

South Africa a broken country in the doldrums of a long-drop toilet

Children risk going hungry, thanks to Gauteng government

Men accused of rape must be charged and plead as soon as possible

Getting ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe to respond like squeezing a stone for water

Health of ANC is our concern

Bridging the gap in youth education

Re-elected Ramaphosa must watch his back where Mashatile lurks

KZN beaches a health disaster in waiting

Green shoots of hope from Nasrec

ANC has Santa in a spot

Tense moments leading up to Ramaphosa’s emphatic win

Ramaphosa must use the time fruitfully and try to redeem his image

Can Ramaphosa’s team do what’s needed to avoid poll loss?

Taking the rug out of rugby

Donald Trump: Putting the gift in grift

A principal’s perspective on online schooling in South Africa

André de Ruyter: Set up to fail from the start

Proteas fans may need to write Australia loss off

Lessons from ANC55: It’s time to purge this entire party

De Ruyter must do SA a favour and go to the CCMA

Only hire women if they’re as good as their male counterparts

Ramaphosa has no excuses

Effective low-tech against car theft

#ANC55: From Zuma to Ramaphosa, SA is still on the road to nowhere

What De Ruyter’s resignation says about Ramaphosa

Dlamini-Zuma’s Phala Phala vote a miscalculation

ANC clearly decided to throw De Ruyter to the wolves

Potential investors will be looking at reports of business extortion with horror

Bonga is proof there is power in the English language

Phala Phala vote turns parliament into a joke

If Ramaphosa wins re-election, he will earn the privilege of burying the ANC

Ramaphosa’s foes have a mountain to climb

Eskom has forced us back to offices

What to do with a hot potato?

Mkhize emerging as ANC president will not revive Mbeki’s mythical cadre

Eskom is set up for failure

ANC purges show where power lies

Joburg needs all the help it can get. Are you listening, Eskom?

Who knew social media could do so much good?

The sky’s the limit for Morocco

Mother Nature slaps back… maybe it’s time to give back

Legalising sex work is a humane decision regardless of religious standards

What a ‘joke’ Covid-19 is now

Christmas is coming with a pothole, fallen tree and a lot of promises

Delays in Phala Phala saga will allow Ramaphosa and ANC time to regroup

SA leaders need to put fundamental human rights above politics

It’s a long walk to honesty for ANC

Harry and Meg soap – who cares?