The economy is officially in recession for the second time in the past two years. It contracted by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019,

Government and the unions are heading into a battle royale over the bloated public sector wage bill. The trade union federation, the Congress of South

Shortly before his resignation, former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba spoke very dismissively of a resident complaining about grass verges not being cut.  Mr Mashaba’s implication

Last month a report published by The Lancet declared that ‘wealthier countries threaten the future of all children through carbon pollution, on course to cause

I don’t usually play requests, but when 805 people clamour for the same song, what is a guy to do? It all started last week

Outside parliament before the budget speech, I saw protesters chanting loudly and bearing posters that read: ‘Fight mass unemployment!’, ‘Demand million climate jobs!’, ‘Unite for

It’s very likely that everyone is heartily sick and tired, now, of the debate about crimes against humanity – but that’s all the more reason

The one thing that President Cyril Ramaphosa failed to mention at all in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) this month, or in the

In spite of its name – Xhosa for ‘home of the hippo’ – the Mzimvubu Project is a white elephant (originally a gift from the

As I’ve argued before, United States Ambassador Lana Marks must be a difficult person for many South Africans to understand. Her appointment by President Donald