Collen Mashawana embodies the spirit of Black Excellence. As a businessman, philanthropist and founder of the Collen Mashawana Foundation, he has transformed countless lives by providing opportunities in education, skills development and community upliftment.

Nkosana Makate’s fight against Vodacom reveals the quiet cruelty of South Africa’s justice system — a place where truth is measured in invoices. After decades of litigation, the inventor of “Please Call Me” faces a R13 million legal bill, showing how justice often favours those who can afford its price.

There are mornings when South Africa smells of gunpowder and grief. When dawn arrives, it is not with birdsong but with the crack of gunfire — that sharp, merciless punctuation mark at the end of yet another woman’s life.

On this October evening in 2025, as I reflect on the 39th anniversary of Samora Machel’s assassination—a ruthless murder orchestrated by the apartheid regime’s sinister operatives—my rage, nurtured over decades, erupts anew.

An opinion on Pieter-Louis Myburgh's media landscape which continue to serve entrenched interests, often portraying black professionals as corrupt while sparing powerful corporate figures. A call for fairer journalism that challenges all forms of wrongdoing and supports genuine transformation.

The Political Killings Task Team, led by Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, operates on a R31 million, seven-year budget. Supporting 139 members, it investigates politically motivated killings and corruption in KwaZulu-Natal. How was the money spent, and what impact has it had on justice and accountability?

19 October marked 39 years since the untimely death of Samora Machel, the revolutionary leader and first President of independent Mozambique, on October 19, 1986. His passing was no accident; it was a cold-blooded assassination orchestrated by the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa.