Opinion: Johannesburg's water outages aren't a scarcity problem — they're a governance failure. And what happened there could happen anywhere infrastructure is neglected.
Opinion: with youth unemployment at 45.8%, South Africa's policy response keeps reaching for skills programmes. Here's why that's necessary but not sufficient.
Opinion: with local elections looming and ANC-DA tensions surfacing in public, is South Africa's Government of National Unity a stable partnership or a fragile…
Opinion: South Africa's NHI debate keeps circling ideology, but the question that actually determines whether it works is how it will be funded.
Eskom has gone 400+ days without load shedding. Opinion: is this a genuine structural fix, or a fragile reprieve that delays a harder reckoning?
Draft 2026 B-BBEE amendments propose a R20bn state-managed Transformation Fund. Here's what's being proposed, who it affects, and what's still just a draft.
Petrol and diesel prices dropped in July 2026 as global oil prices eased, but a reinstated fuel levy is offsetting some of the relief.…
Fitch upgraded South Africa's credit rating to BB in June 2026, its first upgrade in around 21 years. Here's what a credit rating actually…
Eskom has gone over 400 days without load shedding, but its own outlook warns the crisis could return within three to four years. Here's…
SASSA's permanent grants rose in April 2026, but the R370 SRD grant remains frozen for a third year. Here's what changed for the 26.5…