Editorials

Hardly a month into his new role, US ambassador to SA, Leo Brent Bozell, has been ignominiously summoned by Pretoria for comments deemed “undiplomatic”.

We predict — based on The Herald’s visit to the line in February — the latest pylon collapse will not be the last unless something is urgently done to evaluate the extent of the problem and measures are put in place to address it.

In January 2023, the Animal Anti-Cruelty League uncovered severe neglect at Unathi Mafuya's Uster Rangers Hill Piggery in Kariega, where pigs were found in dire conditions, with many already dead.

Another galling World Cup failure has triggered the inevitable post mortems into why the Proteas always stumble when cricket’s biggest prize is within touching distance.

One of the reasons there is a lack of trust between authorities, the national government in particular, and the general public is the tendency to take long for important decisions to be implemented.

That Nelson Mandela Bay’s safety and security directorate has spent just 5% of its capital budget is, quite frankly, laughable.

No matter what one might have thought of Patrick Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota’s politics, his immense contribution to the building and strengthening of SA’s democracy cannot be ignored.

The controversy around a leased R25m municipal transformer has now landed in the Gqeberha high court, posing troubling questions about governance, accountability and public trust.

EP Rugby bosses would do well to take a leaf out of the successful playbook of their cricketing neighbours the Sunrisers EC when the Elephants begin their quest for promotion to the Currie Cup Premier Division on Friday.

Just as economic indicators were beginning to suggest that the world was slowly adjusting to the realities of Donald Trump’s second stint as the US president and his tendency to make rules with international implications as he goes, it is plunged into a n

The Eastern Cape is home to thousands of emerging and commercial farmers whose livelihoods depend on healthy livestock so news that foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has spread in the province should not be taken lightly.

This is partly due to the R28.8b of tax revenue that has been accrued from the current boom in commodity prices.

As if proceedings at the Madlanga commission and parliament’s ad hoc committee were not enough, this week we had more revelations that explain why our country is overwhelmed by criminal activity.

Can South African cricket fans dare to start dreaming about eventually winning a World Cup?

President Cyril Ramaphosa deserves credit for securing the return of four South Africans lured into fighting in Ukraine