South Africa

Mathews Phosa's memoir is a bold narrative of political influence and resilience

By Tinyiko Maluleke

South Africa

Focusing on our formal colonial past obscures the inconvenient present (Part 1)

By Jeff Rudin

South Africa

As Trump upends world order, SA needs to recalibrate foreign policy to be more responsive

By Azwimpheleli Langalanga

South Africa

The South African Communist Party takes itself by surprise (Part Two)

By Jeff Rudin

Op-eds

Decoding the SACP's independence: the historical context for its 2026 election strategy (Part One)

By Jeff Rudin

South Africa

Critical that a national dialogue does not just involve South Africa’s elites (Part Two)

By Raymond Suttner

South Africa

How activism reshaped South Africa's fight against HIV/Aids over a quarter century of change

By Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism

Maverick News

Pretoria Girls racism row — criticism pushes Lesufi to call urgent meeting

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Business Maverick

Burying neoliberalism before climate change buries the whole of humanity (Part 3)

By Jeff Rudin

South Africa

SA government hearts Big Business; Big Business hearts SA government

By Stephen Grootes

South Africa

Glenda Gray’s fierce fight for science, the Covid-19 ruckus, and the bathroom row about HIV drugs

By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight

Maverick News

Thabo Mbeki’s powerful words of anger point to the ANC’s bleak future

By Stephen Grootes