OPINION

We need to acknowledge that if we are going to have constructive conversations, promote causes and identify and solve issues on a societal or personal level, that it will not happen on social networks, writes Tian Alberts.If there is anything that Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms influencing elections have taught us, it is that…

The tipping point for our freedom may have been in 1976, but it would be another two decades before those ideals were realised, writes Anant Singh.The last 20 days since the slaying of George Floyd in the USA has been a revelation, with an outpouring of humanity all around the world, a solidarity that is…

Youth Day reminds us of the role the young people have played in the past to drive change. In a world that is battling the Covid-19 pandemic, their vibrant energy and mobilising ability is needed more than ever – especially on the African continent, write Dr Hillary Masarurwa, Lee-Hendor Ruiters, Maurisa Moloto & Fergus Turner.It had…

There is still no guarantee that a future electoral system will ensure that elected representatives will be accountable to voters. But, then again, the search for a perfect electoral system is a chimera, writes Ivor Sarakinsky.A small change can have significant consequences. That is the point of the "Butterfly Effect", the metaphor that popularised Chaos…

The responsibility of changing the world rests on the shoulders of all of us, but more so on the shoulders of young people, who are the future of the world, writes Professor Alphose Zingoni.The responsibility of changing the world rests on the shoulders of all of us, but more so on the shoulders of young…