3+ hour, 43+ min ago  (1217+ words) South Africa's unemployment crisis is often described as an economic failure. It is, more fundamentally, a failure of leadership. Millions remain excluded from the labour market and the data continue to reflect an economy that is not absorbing its people…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1171+ words) For years, concerns have been raised about governance failures at the University of Fort Hare. These concerns did not begin with the recent suspension of the vice-chancellor. They were flagged by the parliamentary portfolio committee on higher education and training…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (644+ words) Over the past 20 years, South Africa has done something remarkable. Through a range of healthcare and social interventions, we have cut child mortality dramatically, saving thousands of young lives in the process. But today, malnutrition threatens to undo all of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (283+ words) Yet acknowledging these constraints should not close the conversation. Instead, it should prompt us to ask a more difficult question: do we fully understand the social realities that make development so difficult to achieve? By the time these young people…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (572+ words) A new generation of black property professionals officially stepped into the industry on Saturday as part of Services SETA's ambitious drive to transform the real estate market in South Africa. A total of 537 young people graduated as certified real estate…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1061+ words) Ponte City's grand opening was in 1975. Standing at 54 storeys and 173m, she was the tallest building in Africa for 48 years straight. She was beaten by a skyscraper in Egypt, measuring a mere 5m taller. Her fall from grace to grimy led her…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (675+ words) Each year, South Africans listen to the national budget speech, hoping that billions allocated to public services will translate into meaningful improvements. On paper, the 2026 budget looks promising. More than a third of the national budget is earmarked for health…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1576+ words) The public service announcement that aired on Radio Sonder Grense, the Afrikaans arm of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, in October 2024, didn't mince words." "Fizzy drinks and fruit juice make our children sick," a speaker said in Afrikaans. With every…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (934+ words) You cannot force a square peg into a round hole, as the saying goes. And yet, at the start of each year, we are confronted with the same images of queues of young people outside the gates of universities and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (420+ words) The 88% national pass rate recorded for last year's matric students is nothing to be sniffed at. It is particularly encouraging that more than 656 000 learners passed the National Senior Certificate examinations, out of more than 900 000 who wrote the high school ending…...