The Cape Town Post 
South Africa faces a serious crime problem, with high rates of murder, gender-based violence, and other violent offenses. As frustration grows, some citizens and politicians have called for the reinstatement of the death penalty as a way to deter crime and restore order. South Africa abolished capital punishment in 1995, when the Constitutional Court ruled … Read more
The Gaza-run health ministry has said that 27 people were killed after coming under Israeli gunfire for the second time in Rafah whilst waiting to collect aid packages. On the 2nd of June, 51 Palestinian civilians were killed at a food/aid distribution point in Gaza. The United Nations and associate aid groups have denounced the … Read more
Elon Musk captured global attention not only for his technological innovations, but also for his polarising public statements. One such statement, his amplification of the false narrative of âwhite genocideâ in South Africa. Another was that the Expropriation of Land Act is unlawful, whilst omitting the context of apartheidâs legacy (Group Areas Act of 1950) … Read more
On March the 19th 2025, the Trump Administration released a statement that read like a memorandum. It detailed a telephonic engagement between Trump and Zelensky, with a tone that continued to affirm and emphasise a cordial and respectful engagement between the two presidents. Given the catastrophe that was the previous Oval Office meeting, i.e., the … Read more
The past five years have been challenging to say the least. As a country, post-covid South Africa has been very slow to recover economically. In addition, we are seeing an increase in violence: contact and sexual crimes, there is an increase in kidnappings, and the online space is fraught with opportunists looking for a naive … Read more
