Opinion

April 2025: The "steady erosion of infrastructure has profoundly affected the quality of life in Gauteng". Our colleague Phindile Kunene calling for "genuine citizen engagement" and a sense of "responsibility towards the commons" in The Sowetan.

March 2025: Make your coalition work. Don't copy the far right's agenda or sound. Invest in a capable state, in public services and infrastructure. Some lessons from the German elections resonate. And the course of the future coalition is of interest to as well, argues our director Sebastian Sperling in Mail and Guardian.

March 2025: "Racial redress interventions such as land expropriation and redistribution are essential for transforming the country’s persistent racialised inequalities”, argues our colleague Dr Khwezi Mabasa in Mail and Guardian.

Dr Khwezi Mabasa argueing for a more progressive tax system at SABC News.

Our Head of Economic and Social Policy, Dr Khwezi Mabasa, arguest that the Democratic Alliance´s attack on racial redress undermines inclusive growth.

It is obvious that we are no longer living in the world of the turn of the century; the most unipolar moment if there ever was one, after the collapse of the Soviet Union...

Three Decades of South African Foreign Policy: Reflections on successes, challenges and way forward in a dynamic 21st century.

This year marks 30 years since the country transitioned to a democratic political system, which aims to preserve fundamental rights for all.

This generation is ahead of its parents in many respects, and armed with this knowledge must ensure SA heads in the right direction

Some argue that today’s democracies have competing constituencies: markets on the one hand and the people on the other. (By Phindile Kunene)