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PARLIAMENT: Didiza survives no-confidence vote, but questions remain over Parliament’s authority 26th August 2026
The defeat of the EFF no-confidence motion against the National Assembly Speaker, Thoko Didiza, was predictable. More unexpected was how Wednesday’s debate underscored concerns across party political lines about Parliament’s institutional independence and how it conducts its business.
Flyleaf fortuity: The threads of joy and learning that run through books 26th August 2026
In a tattered copy of Flaubert’s letters, discovered in Doron Locketz’s bookshop, are the humorous scribbled exchanges between South African poet Lionel Abrahams and Vivienne Miller. Shared banter that tells how books can preserve a brief human encounter that transcends the digital age.
HUNGER EMERGENCY: South Africa needs an emergency food plan — now 26th August 2026
The question is no longer whether we have enough evidence of hunger. We do. It is whether we have enough political will to act on it.
Not everyone who teaches is a teacher — the problem with robot tutors 26th August 2026
The robots are coming with the plan to have AI robotic tutors in 23,000 schools, but will this technology stand up to the rigors of a South African classroom and will it reduce the gap between the haves and have-nots?
MADLANGA COMMISSION: Matlala claims Fannie Nkosi collected cash for Sibiya, but refuses to name names 26th August 2026
Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala said he never paid money to suspended deputy police chief Shadrack Sibiya, but claimed Sergeant Fannie Nkosi collected money from people in Gauteng on Sibiya’s behalf.
SA’s future jobs demand occupational qualifications, not outdated credentials 26th August 2026
If South Africa is to beat its unemployment crisis, there needs to be a shift away from pre-2009 occupational qualifications to a new system that connects skills to employment, self-employment, entrepreneurship and lifelong learning.
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 ANALYSIS: ANC manifesto: Good to look at, nice to read — but hard to believe 26th August 2026
The ANC acknowledges its failures, but can it fix the problems it created? We put its local government election pitch through our Manifesto Test.
A RECKONING: Biko family wants ex-apartheid spy Craig Williamson compelled to testify at reopened inquest 26th August 2026
Steve Biko’s family wants a former apartheid spy back in the spotlight as the long-awaited inquest into the anti-apartheid activist’s death gets under way, nearly five decades after he died in police custody.

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