Ideas
EDITORIAL | Closure at last for families of drowned Daveyton pupils
Education Labour Relations Council award should spur department to follow up on progress of other cases probing deaths of pupils
By TimesLIVE Premium Editorial
EDITORIAL | Start of Women’s Month shines light on Banyana’s plight
Given the challenges besetting the women’s team, it’s no surprise the former champions placed fourth at this year’s Wafcon
By TimesLIVE Premium Editorial
TOM EATON | So those ‘acquisitions’ popping up around Mashatile ... does it need to be said?
These coincidences prove nothing except that the Mashatile family is very sociable and very lucky when it comes to lucrative lines of work, writes Tom Eaton
By Tom Eaton
JONATHAN JANSEN | No black person was part of the SA maths Olympiad team — let’s talk
The medal-winning team has triggered a storm as social media users question the absence of ‘native South Africans’ and their intelligence
By Jonathan Jansen
EDITORIAL | Oxygen tender probe a win for accountability
But will heads roll? It's an encouraging development we will watch closely
By TimesLIVE Premium Editorial
ONKGOPOTSE JJ TABANE | Prof Firoz Cachalia’s inbox
The acting police minister should fire all police officers with criminal charges, among several other measures, writes Onkgopotse JJ Tabane.
By Onkgopotse JJ Tabane
MIMMY GONDWE | Mandela Day is for giving back — not just for 67 minutes
Community Education and Training students best embody what Madiba said about education having the potential to change the world, writes Mimmy Gondwe.
By Mimmy Gondwe
LUCKY MATHEBULA | South Africa, August 1 2025: we’re not informed enough about this reality
Whether or not our leadership gives in to Donald Trump’s demands may be felt six or 10 months later, writes Lucky Mathebula
By Lucky Mathebula
EDITORIAL | No crime, petty or not, ‘grey area’ or clear as day, should go unpunished
Running a red robot may seem small, exercising corporal punishment may sound necessary, but they do not reflect the society we aim to be
By TimesLIVE Premium Editorial
WATCH | Just two visits a year: longer ARV scripts, shorter clinic lines
From August, clinics countrywide will issue patients who are doing well on their ARVs, a six-month supply, twice a year. How will it work? Health Beat catches up with two Cape clinics
By Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Mia Malan, Jessica Pitchford, Thatego Mashabela, Tim Wege, and Jeannine Snyman
TOM EATON | A Liberation Movements Summit that invites a despot and enablers — huh?
Meanwhile, not a peep on Eswatini, a monarchy ruled by a cynical tyrant who just welcomed 150 ‘terrorists’ from Donald Trump, writes Tom Eaton
By Tom Eaton
