Nicholas Woode-Smith

The Democratic Alliance (DA), despite its fear over a doomsday coalition between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) or uMkhonto

In the middle of May, over the course of 24 hours, three people were killed in gang-related violence in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. The violence

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has an opportunity to save South Africa from continued poverty, corruption, and ruin. It must not squander it with weak compromises

The South African government has clearly picked a side in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Its incredibly shameful accusations against Israel at the International Court of Justice

South Africa needs federalism. Provinces, municipalities, and local governments are far better equipped than the national government to combat the many crises affecting South Africans

The Department of Home Affairs demonstrates an incompetence endemic to the national government and its culture of corruption, partisan loyalty, and centralised failure. Earlier this

Transparency International has classified South Africa (SA) as a “flawed democracy” in its recent Corruption Perception Index (CPI). ‘Flawed democracy’ is definitely correct – but

On 29 May, South Africa will be faced with its seventh general election since 1994. While the 1994 election saw this country escape the dark

A country as large and as diverse as South Africa  is far too large to be run by a single, central government. And insistence by

Crime seeps into every aspect of South African society. Violent crime takes lives, sexual assault destroys them. Gangsterism imposes a brutal dictatorship on swathes of