This year marks the 25th year of our constitution coming into effect, and there is no better way to celebrate than by bearing witness to the effective and deliberate affirmation of section 179 of…
Government Opinion Pieces
Job Creation needs both a developmental state and a vibrant private sector
Dear Fellow South African,As we work to grow our economy and create employment, there is much debate about the…
Good Governance is essential for Peace and Prosperity
Dear Fellow South African,Over the past weekend, at the 35th African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, South Africa’s…
New laws strengthen the fight against Gender-Based ViolenceDear Fellow South African,Late last year, I received a letter from a group of concerned citizens calling on the government to protect the…
Dear Fellow South African,Science and innovation vital for our economic recoveryAs the country strives to recover from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing science and innovation…
Dear Fellow South African,As South Africa entered the new year, we were confronted by two profound events that reminded us, in different ways, of what brings us together as a people.On the first…
Dear Fellow South African,As the country heads into a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, we are experiencing a rate of infections that we have not seen since the pandemic started. The Omicron…
Dear Fellow South African, If a nation’s character can be judged by how it treats women and children, then we are falling desperately short. A week before the launch of the annual 16 Days of…
By Phumla Williams
THE socio-economic success of Africa depends on the commitment of African countries to invest significantly in the development of their infrastructure. South…
Dear Fellow South African, If a nation’s character can be judged by how it treats women and children, then we are falling desperately short. A week before the launch of the annual 16 Days of…
Dear Fellow South African,
Just as the COVID-19 pandemic has tested our resolve as a nation and united us as a people, it has also illustrated once more that community-based and civil…
Dear Fellow South African, Normally, this is the time of year when we bring together investors from across the country and around the world for the annual South Africa Investment Conference. We…
Dear Fellow South African,
As South Africans went to the polls yesterday to elect our local government representatives, delegates from across the world were gathering in Glasgow, Scotland…
Dear Fellow South African,
In exactly one week from today, South Africans will go to the polls to elect their local representatives.
These elections are an opportunity for people to…
Dear Fellow South African,
The launch of the second phase of the Presidential Employment Stimulus this past week represents great progress in our quest to create job opportunities for…
Dear Fellow South African,
It is no exaggeration to say that the world is facing a climate crisis of unprecedented proportions.
The latest report from the world’s leading climate…
Dear Fellow South African,
If we are to achieve meaningful equality between men and women, which is one of the principal aims of our Constitution, we need to ensure the full and equal…
Dear Fellow South African, The revelation in Parliament that thousands of public servants have been illegally receiving social grants every month shows we still have a long way to go towards…
Dear Fellow South African, We have just finished the final voter registration weekend ahead of the local government elections on 1 November. As I met with residents in parts of Gauteng and…
Dear Fellow South African, A year before the first democratic elections, President Nelson Mandela wrote an article in Foreign Policy magazine on the new South Africa’s future foreign policy. …
