Columnists
SIBONGAKONKE SHOBA | Failed by the people we put in power
About three weeks ago, sewage began running down our street. A call was lodged with the municipality, and days later, a Johannesburg Water crew arrived.
By Sibongakonke Shoba
OPINION | Urgent need to make transition from boyhood to manhood safer
We cannot continue to allow unscrupulous practitioners to perform botched circumcisions.
By Sipho Komane
MALAIKA MAHLATSI | Gaslighting residents, lack of accountability final nails in coffin of ANC in Gauteng
It’s a mathematical certainty party will lose SA’s richest province
By Malaika Mahlatsi
SOWETAN | City failures worsen Joburg’s services crisis
The City of Johannesburg is in the grip of a service delivery crisis, and the symptoms of it are everywhere, with leadership seemingly absent to resolve the problems.
By Sowetan
OPINION | Reassignment of officials under probe not political protection, exoneration
The decision by the Gauteng government to reassign several officials who were suspended pending the outcomes of investigations into allegations of misconduct has been met with public scepticism in some quarters.
By Bongo Ntshangase
OPINION | An honest Sona would thank citizens for doing the state’s work
Is this a speech about recovery, or a well-mannered acknowledgement that the work of the state has been outsourced to its citizens?
By Joseph Sekhampu
OPINION | Legalising Gauteng’s traffic wardens boosts fight against crime
Peace officers’ new status bolsters safety in communities
By Nozipho Dlamini
SOWETAN | Safe scholar transport is non-negotiable
The deaths of 14 schoolchildren in a horrific scholar transport crash in the Vaal last month has jolted Gauteng into a familiar ritual of emergency meetings, stern warnings and promises of reform.
By Sowetan
MMUSI MAIMANE | SAPS must address officer shortages, resource constraints
Two weeks ago we celebrated National Police Day amid a crime and safety pandemic in SA. In 1995, SA formally established the SAPS as part of our new democratic dispensation.
By Mmusi Maimane
SOWETAN | Secure justice for Mbhense’s family
The death of ‘Witness D’ suspect highlights urgency in police investigation
By Sowetan
KENNETH DIOLE | Rapid migration to Gauteng sparks urgent social challenges
Long-term planning is urgently needed as thousands enter the province every month
By Kenneth Diole
S’THEMBISO MSOMI | ANC in Gauteng no longer a beacon of hope and renewal
The party will be punished at the polls for its poor management of the province
By S'thembiso Msomi
MIKE SILUMA | Sowetan integrally linked with the lives of its readers
Media brand can be proud of how it has served black community over 45 years of its existence
By Mike Siluma
SOWETAN | Can a new DA leader broaden the party’s support?
John Steenhuisen’s departure as leader of the DA has been a long time coming.
By Sowetan
TEBOGO KHAAS | Why the outcry, now that Motsepe has revived CAF?
The sudden moral fervour directed at CAF president Patrice Motsepe would be more convincing were it not so conspicuous in its absence during the darkest chapter of African football administration.
By Tebogo Khaas
