On Air This Season
All episodesA regular knowledge feature on Woza Nabangani Bakho, unpacking the systems that shape daily life, in isiZulu, for the country's biggest radio audience.
- The SA court system explained
- Marriage traditions and the law
A sharp, ideas-driven review of the week's political and economic headlines, with context on what the stories mean for South Africa's interests.
- Roelf Meyer and the Washington posting
- Anti-intellectualism and vigilantism
Latest From The Blog
View allThe Party Is Expensive. Being Left Out Costs More.
What coalition maths really costs parties that stay outside the tent.
Eskom Survived Load-Shedding. Now It Must Survive Success.
The harder task begins once the lights stay on.
Before South Africa Reopens the Gallows, It Must Answer the Hard Questions
The death penalty debate, and the questions that come first.
The ANC's Courage Stops at the Minister's Door
Accountability that ends where it matters most.
In The Papers
Sunday Tribune · IOLFrom debate to division: the rising intolerance of dissent
Why disagreement is now treated as disloyalty, and how to restore open debate.
After the ANC: can South Africa save the dream of 1994?
The democratic project beyond a single party's decline.
The myth of rational choice in a world of inequality
Economic theory meets the lived reality of poverty.
South Africa After The Miracle
Three decades after 1994, what is left of the miracle, and what comes next? Nco Dube's book draws on years of commentary on coalitions, the economy and public institutions to ask what a second chance for the country would require.