Opinion

Leaders who hold political office have to walk a fine line between state duties and political activities. However, far too often, those lines can become blurred — especially in an election year.

House 87 NPC successfully held the Quigney Cultural Festival in Quigney recently. The festival was a first of its kind in the area and is yet another welcome effort by members of the community to revitalise the historic seaside neighbourhood.

The attack on Iran by the US and Israel has plunged the world into seriously unstable territory. An already unstable global security environment has become worse.

Addressing gender-based violence in SA requires not only stronger criminal justice responses, but also sustained investment in social development, family support systems, mental health services, education, and community-level interventions.

Despite all the rights enshrined in the constitution and the Bill of Rights, residents of Phakamisa Township near Qonce have been living without access to clean water since January this year.

The Eastern Cape has long been plagued by high crime rates, with some policing districts earning the infamous tag of being the country’s murder capital.

Residents of any city should celebrate when informed that national government intended giving it a R200m shot in the arm for a project that would boost tourism, enhance the local economy and provide entertainment for local families.

South African sport fans have been plunged into a gloomy mood by the chastening loss suffered by the Proteas in the ICC T20 World Cup.

It is high time we had a serious conversation about the impact of irresponsible alcohol use in our communities.

The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by combined US-Israeli forces marks not merely another chapter in the grim chronicle of Western interventionism, but potentially the opening act of a global catastrophe.

If you want to see a political mob in operation, watch the mobilisation around the speech of a Wits professor last month.

It is not often that a government department effectively declares in a statement to the media that it is in wilful contempt of a court order.

At the stroke of midnight on each date of the termination of an employment or client relationship, the shutters came down on millions of South Africans unaware of the money owed to them as a result of retirement savings they have not claimed.

The difference in performance in the matric results announced by education minister Siviwe Gwarube earlier this year highlights a huge disparity probably, and arguably so, as a result of what I call “educational apartheid”.

“For the first time in 17 years, debt will stabilise and it will continue to fall in the coming years. The budget deficit has narrowed significantly and debt-service costs are also falling.