Opinion & Analysis

LATEST S'THEMBISO MSOMI | Were the Gauteng ANC 'good guys' ever really that ...

It is hard to believe it now, but there was a time when David Makhura and the Gauteng ANC were seen as representing the ...

Opinion WILLIAM GUMEDE | Ramaphosa wasted his ... WILLIAM GUMEDE | Ramaphosa wasted his first 100 days in power The president lost the opportunity to force through difficult structural reforms when he was at the peak of his powers in his first year in office, writes William Gumede.

Opinion EDITORIAL | Delays in repairing ... EDITORIAL | Delays in repairing Charlotte Maxeke are a symptom of serious malaise in government The announcement that the project of repairing Charlotte Maxeke Hospital has been handed over to the national department of health represents merely another chapter in a sorry ...

Opinion MAKHUDU SEFARA | Cash for votes is the ... MAKHUDU SEFARA | Cash for votes is the real reason for the ANC’s slow, painful death Attempts to reform the ANC are doomed to failure unless the practice of buying votes for top positions is ended, writes Makhudu Sefara.

Opinion BUSANI NGCAWENI | The breathtaking ... BUSANI NGCAWENI | The breathtaking indifference of those who scoff at the need for a minimum wage Busani Ngcaweni responds to the views of economist Isaah Mhlanga on a national minimum wage

Opinion LINDIWE MAZIBUKO | Tshwane's debt rodeo shows up our broken social ... The metro's disconnection blitz on entities that owe it billions of rands in unpaid utility bills shone a light on an unsuspected side of SA, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko.

Barney Mthombothi Columnist

Opinion BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | ANC’s hard left faces a reality check That the president’s remarks on job creation elicited heckles and groans from the Left shows they realise their world of make-believe is about to collapse, writes Barney ...

Opinion EDITORIAL | The RAF is little more than a crash site The Road Accident Fund is beset by long-standing money problems and appears more likely to help lawyers than indigent accident victims.

Opinion SA’s international loans: an open letter to Enoch Godongwana Concerned academics and leaders of NGOs urge greater transparency and consultation in SA's dealings with international finance institutions such as the World Bank.

Opinion TERESA OAKLEY-SMITH | Uproot racism in schools with two simple steps The emphasis should move from assimilation, or making everyone fit in to resemble the old guard, to integration — embracing a new inclusive culture, writes Teresa Oakley-Smith.

Opinion MMUSI MAIMANE | We are entering a season of Afrophobia that could ... Attacks on foreign nationals do irreparable harm to efforts to attract skilled labour and international investors, revitalise tourism and rebuild our economy, writes Mmusi Maimane.

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist

Opinion PETER BRUCE | Smaller parties jostle for position as the ANC topples ... President Cyril Ramaphosa's inability to defend his state of the nation speech must be a milestone in the slow collapse of the ANC as a plausible government on its own, writes ...

S'thembiso Msomi Editor: Sunday Times

Opinion S'THEMBISO MSOMI | An emboldened Ramaphosa shops for a new team Perhaps President Cyril Ramaphosa has deserved being labelled a wuss, given the number of times he has hesitated to take decisive action even in instances where he was clearly ...

Opinion EDITORIAL | The president understands the state of the nation, but ... Ramaphosa had many admirable things to say in the Sona, but the government's record of lethargy bodes ill for implementation.

Peter Bruce Editor-at-large & columnist

Opinion PETER BRUCE | A Sona that even the World Bank can applaud What was striking about the Sona was how much it resembled an obscure document SA agreed with the World Bank last year, writes Peter Bruce.

Opinion ZWELINZIMA VAVI | Taking care of business, rather than the people The 2022 state of the nation address is proof that the ANC has abandoned all pretence of being a centre-left social democratic liberation movement, writes Zwelinzima Vavi.

Mike Siluma Sunday Times deputy editor

Opinion MIKE SILUMA | Ultra-cautious Ramaphosa ought to know there's no long ... In his state of the nation address on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa undertook to implement the recommendations of the state capture commission, and to present a plan of ...

Opinion DINGA SIKWEBU | The personal cost of state capture For workers who lost their jobs to Gupta-linked criminality, life has taken a devastating turn, says former trade unionist Dinga Sikwebu.

Barney Mthombothi Columnist

Opinion BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | SA should take its lead from UK on how to dismiss ... Cressida Dick is probably a name many South Africans won't readily recognise. She was, until this week, head of London’s Metropolitan Police, Britain’s biggest police force and ...

Opinion LOUISE ALBERTYN and ALLISTAIR WITTEN | We need to recruit wider ... Teachers alone can't be expected to shoulder reponsibility for keeping struggling pupils at school, write Louise Albertyn and Allistair Witten.