Letters
READER LETTER | Govt must counter Starlink
The government should intervene and allocate capital for Telkom to venture into the satellite service space in a similar fashion it entered the mobile telephone market.
READER LETTER | Adams’ death a wake-up call
Jayden Adams' death highlights need for soccer clubs to prioritise players' mental and emotional wellbeing.
READER LETTER | South Africans forgetting their roots
The tragedy of this xenophobic sentiment is its profound ignorance of our own history.
READER LETTER | Huawei WC advert offline
The SA taxi industry is trying hard to forge a good relationship between drivers and commuters, and this advert is not assisting in that regard.
READER LETTER | Cape Town trapped in apartheid past
The Western Cape, and in particular Cape Town, has remained stubbornly trapped in the apartheid past
SOWETAN | Time for fresh leadership in SA football
The next chapter of South African football should be shaped not by personalities or political manoeuvring.
READER LETTER | Leadership quality key to councils’ work
Leadership must be judged by lived reality; whether water runs, roads are maintained, clinics function, and municipalities are financially stable
READER LETTER | Empires rise and fall
Mankind continues to drift toward lessons already paid for in blood.
READER LETTER | Mutharika must be applauded
On June 29, president Peter Mutharika of Malawi returned home after a two-week visit to SA for discussions with President Cyril Ramaphosa about the immigration crisis in this country.
READER LETTER | Pay waitrons fairly
The treatment of food and beverage waitrons at Gold Reef City, an entertainment centre in Johannesburg, raises an important labour relations and corporate governance issue that deserves public attention.
READER LETTER | Dina Pule: What consequences for wrongdoing?
Placing a figure with such a controversial governance history at the helm of social development risks undermining public confidence, says the writer.
READER LETTER | Pay increase sends wrong message
Rewarding senior office bearers while many departments continue to underperform creates the perception that mediocrity is being compensated rather than excellence being rewarded.
READER LETTER | Valiant citizens save the day
When uncertainty threatened to overshadow our nation’s principles of democracy and rule of law on June 30, courage, discipline and unwavering resolve prevailed.
READER LETTER | How does Netanyahu sleep at night?
Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks about taking 70% of Gaza like he is dividing property and not standing over a graveyard he helped create.
READER LETTER | Illegal migration poses security threat
If the country’s laws are not worth the paper they are written on, then let’s discard the constitution.

























