Zoubair Ayoob

The festive season is a time for goodwill, family, and escapism, but for millions of South African households, the year is set to end not with a bang, but with a blackout.

As Durban braces for a bustling festive season, marked by strong bookings and a surge in tourism, the city faces an unsettling challenge: beach closures due to pollution. Just days into the season, Blue Lagoon, eThekwini Beach, Country Club Beach, and Battery Beach were shut to the public, highlighting ongoing struggles with the city’s sewer infrastructure.

Central to this carnage is the country's pathological relationship with alcohol. The recent arrest of 7 000 drunk drivers, which was double the previous year's figure, highlights a crisis that education campaigns alone cannot fix. Alcohol does not just impair judgment; it fuels a blatant disregard for the sanctity of life.

The latest festive season statistics have once again laid bare the grim reality of South African roads: a landscape of lawlessness where the thin blue line has become dangerously transparent.

As April and Easter season festivities approach, South Africans are bracing for a calculated financial onslaught.

The recent wave of data breaches across South Africa does not constitute a series of isolated technical glitches, but rather a full-blown national security crisis.

As South Africa marked another Workers' Day yesterday, the annual occasion increasingly feels more like a sombre mourning of more jobs lost.

By declaring Parliament’s 2022 rejection of the Section 89 panel report unlawful and irrational, the apex court has dismantled the political shield that previously protected President Cyril Ramaphosa from genuine accountability.

The recent arrest of National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and a number of other high-ranking officers marks a low point for the South African

The escalating breakdown of Durban's water and sanitation infrastructure has progressed from a municipal embarrassment to an urgent structural crisis.