Opinion
Comprehensive strategy needed to combat alcohol abuse
It is high time we had a serious conversation about the impact of irresponsible alcohol use in our communities.
By Pumlani Fani
Myth of international community exposed in attack on Iran
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.
By Innocent Chigume
Disgraceful response to academic’s comments threatens freedom of speech
If you want to see a political mob in operation, watch the mobilisation around the speech of a Wits professor last month.
By Jonathan Jansen
Denying needy pupils scholar transport is a travesty of justice
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.
By Daily Dispatch Editorial
Urgent efforts must be made to trace people owed pension benefits
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.
By Nkosikhulule Nyembezi
Reformed policies needed to eradicate ‘educational apartheid’
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”.
By Clive Chikomo
FRANKLY SPEAKING | Powerful lessons to be learnt from Godongwana’s successful budget
“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.
By Bantu Mniki
EDITORIAL | Transparency will be key in investigations at Stirling High School
Parents have to demand full transparency during the investigation and assurance that the school takes a zero tolerance approach to any improper behaviour by pupils or staff members.
By Daily Dispatch Editorial
SA must adopt policies that promote expanded economic activity
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana delivered what was a highly anticipated 2026 budget speech.
By Sinalo Ngcotsho
Disease and dispossession the catalyst behind Great Cattle Killing
In the mid-19th century, amaXhosa of the Eastern Cape stood at the edge of collapse.
By Mphuthumi Ntabeni
EDITORIAL | Guardians of Hope simply cannot be allowed to fail
Guardians of Hope, a home that cares for abandoned and critically ill infants and young children in the Buffalo City Metro, has sent out a distress call.
By Daily Dispatch Editorial
Jesse Jackson a global architect of black dignity, independence, solidarity
Reverend insisted liberation require ownership and participation within economic systems
By MLANDU KONA
EDITORIAL | Oscar Mabuyane’s Sopa leaves too little to brag about
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane’s Sopa was understandably short on his government’s achievements, though he did his best to paint a silver lining around what has been a dark cloud of a year.
By Daily Dispatch Editorial
Signs of success at national government level saluted
There is a national coalition government that is beginning to gel, to cohere into one entity pulling in one direction, and which is beginning to give hope and confidence — through deeds and not just words — to many citizens, commentators and analysts.
By Justice Malala
Soweto Derby piles pressure on wounded Chiefs, Pirates
Orlando Pirates take on rivals Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium on Saturday in yet another edition of the storied Soweto Derby.
By Daily Dispatch Editorial
