Category: Opinion

Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand Former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe, one of the saner voices in the ruling African National Congress (ANC), has recently given voice to heresy. … Read More

Jessica Maddox, University of Alabama On April 25, 2022, Twitter’s board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s US$44 billion hostile takeover bid. Twitter’s statement announcing the deal included comments from the … Read More

Siphiwo Mahala, University of Johannesburg Siphiwo Mahala is well known as a South African short story writer, novelist, playwright and literary organiser. He is also an academic. In fact, his … Read More

Garhe Osiebe, Rhodes University and Austin Emielu, Rhodes University If there is one musician as commonly associated as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti with the West African musical movements Afrobeat and Afrobeats (never … Read More

Joleen Steyn Kotze, University of the Free State South Africans believed that the introduction of democracy in 1994 would transform their lives for the better through equality of opportunities. This … Read More

By Tshegofatso Seoka Reminiscent of an archaic African tradition of sweeping the ground every morning, it was believed that to sweep one’s yard every morning, was a spiritual practice of … Read More

Tim Luckhurst, Durham University In his authoritative history of war correspondents, The First Casualty, journalist and historian, the late Philip Knightley, identified a dilemma that has long confronted journalists reporting … Read More