Opinion
OPINION | Legal oversight body must clean up its own ranks
The Legal Practice Council is supposed to be the statutory watchdog ensuring lawyers act legally and ethically and in line with their professional rules. It has the power ...
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OPINION | Police bear final responsibility for fighting growing ...
Hundreds of Eastern Cape residents took part in two marches against crime recently. One group marched on the Elliotdale police station on Friday ...
The government simply has to do better on land ...
Drastic action needed against disgraceful Makana, ...
High hopes for SA teams in crucial matches
Two national teams face crucial matches this weekend, whipping the country into frenzied expectations to continue with ...
Workers responsible for water outage should face the music
On Tuesday, residents of South Africa’s second-largest township woke up to a widespread water outage. Several schools ...
Years later, debate still raging on over Qonce’s derelict Victoria Grounds
The Buffalo City Metro finds itself between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the Victoria Grounds in Qonce.
‘Silent war’ against extortion must become vociferous and effective
Extortion has become so commonplace in SA that it is referred to as a “shadow economy” and the fight against it as the ...
Residents of Makhanda subjected to cruel and unusual punishment
Makana municipality is crippling the city it is supposed to serve. In just one week, it has brought Makhanda to a ...
More ring action, less legal action needed in boxing
The decision by sports minister Gayton McKenzie to dissolve the Boxing SA board has left more questions than answers, ...
BCM security unit a good idea — but how will it be funded?
The vandalism and theft of infrastructure is a challenge municipalities across the country battle with on a daily ...
Tough talk must be followed by action on medical fraud
The Eastern Cape department of health has been hopping from one crisis to another. For years, it has become synonymous ...
Graveyards should be sacrosanct, but the living deserve better more so
The “invasion” of Buffalo City Metro graveyards by people who have built their informal homes on top of graves has ...
Metro needs to rethink hefty electricity surcharges
Businesses and individual households that could afford it have consistently been encouraged to ease the pressure on the ...
Why Sisa Dukashe Stadium revamp cannot be allowed to fail
Mdantsane, SA’s second-biggest township, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The township came into existence ...
Decisive action, not promises, needed to counter crime
New police minister Senzo Mchunu has made a solemn promise — soon, more boots will be on the ground to combat rampant ...
OPINION | Fate of MKP still centred around Zuma
The 2024 general election results marked a turning point in South African politics. The uMkhonto weSizwe party led ...
Rights to sanitation being flushed away by political leaders
Access to safe and hygienic sanitation is central to the rights of South Africans to their health and dignity and a ...
Athletes must be put first in road to Olympics
The funding saga involving javelin silver medallist Jo-Ane van Dyk has opened a can of worms on the hardships athletes ...
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