

Stakeholders are speaking, but is UCT listening?
- By Louise Bick
- . May 24, 2025
The University of Cape Town (UCT) alumni community is buzzing with petitions, calls to action, and open letters in response to the UCT Council’s June

The Squirrel and Donnie show, or, how I choose what to write about
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 23, 2025
I often get questions about why I cover this thing, but not that thing, or why I write about international politics when there is so

What was Rupert doing in the White House?
- By Simon Lincoln Reader
- . May 23, 2025
Every story is actually the same story: another weekend, another scandal, another former prominent Conservative MP. A decade ago I lost the capacity to be startled

From Pretoria to Washington: Is this the ANC’s last wake-up call?
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . May 22, 2025
Yesterday was a discomfiting moment for President Ramaphosa and the ANC. This could be a pivotal juncture for the party, a shock into recovery –

Macpherson’s defence of Expropriation Act betrays DA, endangers SA
- By Hermann Pretorius
- . May 22, 2025
Many South Africans were startled last week to hear the Democratic Alliance’s minister of public works and infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, defend the ANC’s Expropriation Act

DA faces greater moral crisis today than during Maimane years
- By Martin van Staden
- . May 22, 2025
Yesterday, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen formed part of a delegation that visited Donald Trump to plead South Africa’s case. Precisely what Steenhuisen’s contributions

Ramaphosa and Trump: what’s the deal?
- By Jonathan Katzenellenbogen
- . May 21, 2025
It is unlikely that a solve-it-all reset deal will emerge from the meeting between President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump at the White House

Copyright infringement – is AI just a common thief?
- By Steven Boykey Sidley
- . May 21, 2025
Among the many anxieties that have bubbled up in AI’s wake since ChatGPT launched in November 2022 (and ushered in the dawn of GenAI, or

The Trump Counter-Effect in national elections
- By Ivo Vegter
- . May 20, 2025
Several major elections have been held around the world, each leading to upsets widely attributed to anti-Trump sentiment. It’s only been four months, so there’s

SA’s once-in-a-century opportunity
- By Chris Hattingh
- . May 20, 2025
For a country as reliant on trade and investment from the US and European countries as South Africa, the government’s focus on ideology and past