Johannesburg: It is confidence that really matters

If Helen Zille, the DA candidate for Mayor of Johannesburg, is able to rule with a workable coalition after the 4 November election, she will still have a hard time turning around the city.

The Nobel Peace Prize offensive

On 9 October 2026 the Norwegian Nobel Committee ("the committee") awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem (Navi) Pillay "for her efforts to promote peace and international law", and announced that "Peace requires justice".

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Deeds to privatised land not all they’re cracked up to be

President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised black farmers title deeds to 2.5 million hectares of state land. It sounds like a good land reform idea, but it is hobbled from the start.

What Denel and Armscor carefully left unsaid

On Friday, 9 October 2026, the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans received the Annual Report presentations of Denel SOC Ltd and Armscor SOC Ltd as part of the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR) process. What emerged was

Wearing a loud shirt to a funeral

‘If it’s sunny in Prague, it’s like wearing a loud shirt to a funeral.’

Some political parties are already secretly playing games with us

From: Manny de Freitas Johannesburg There has been much attention about political parties who submitted only 1 name of the proportional representative (PR) list for municipalities for the November local government elections.  It’s interesting how some parties are using a

Demagogues vs journalists

Makone Maja and Nicholas Lorimer discuss the public clash between News24 journalists and Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma. They also discuss Jacob Zuma’s health and the potential implications for the future of the MK Party. https://youtu.be/naY-x9yPKMA