Michael Morris

From the word go, the Covid-19 crisis was always going to be about the future, if only because its biggest impact – the economic one

I wrote a column many years ago about growing up with the distinct impression that there was something unpleasant about money. Going on holiday as

I’m sure I’m not the only one worrying about the company Bheki Cele keeps. Some don’t have much choice, but all are at risk. It’s

Seldom before has a South African administration confronted so pressing a challenge to lead the country boldly towards a genuinely fresh and hopeful start, based

I have never been convinced by the argument that contemporary race-based measures intended to empower and affirm black South Africans amount to ‘apartheid in reverse’,

Two things this week brought home to South Africans the potential reach of the state in defining the condition of national life – the government’s

Sensible South Africans were dumbstruck on Friday by the news that a leading mining executive had been hauled before a court and made to pay

Policymakers in South Africa should be made to frame a 125-word passage from near the end of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s televised address on Friday evening

I have found myself thinking about Alex this week, though I haven’t seen him for years. In the early 2000s, he was a familiar feature

The next three weeks will likely prove to be something of a litmus test of the legitimacy of state authority in South Africa. For obvious