Opinion and Analysis
How history of “Kill the Boer” has been distorted
Nationalists on both sides of South Africa’s main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means
By Terry Bell
Opinion | 2 June 2025
Open letter to Minister Aaron Motsoaledi: Please explain the HIV numbers
Because we can’t make sense of them
Anna Grimsrud, Sibongile Tshabalala-Madhlala, and CHANGE South Africa
Opinion | 21 May 2025
Mediation will unclog court backlog
There are far too many cases in which the litigants don’t know what they want the judge to decide
Judge Stuart Wilson
Opinion | 17 May 2025
Mining companies are breaking their promises - and the state is doing nothing about it
MACUA report finds mining companies are not sticking to their Social and Labour Plans
Opinion | 15 May 2025
Trump’s great talent: Diversion
The Afrikaner refugee spectacle is so much more entertaining than AIDS and Israel
Opinion | 14 May 2025
Yoliswa Dwane Lecture: the war on Palestinian children
“A nuclear power considers a sick baby to be a security concern.”
By Noam Peleg
Analysis | 9 May 2025
Workers’ Day: have trade unions lost their way?
Remembering the heritage of the Haymarket Martyrs
By Terry Bell
Opinion | 1 May 2025