Opinion

Opinion

Reason to be optimistic for 2024/2025 summer crop season

After a scorching summer season that led to significant crop failure, the El Nino cycle seems to have ended.

Two Nelson Mandela Bay men behind bars for murder.

If you’re in the ANC and you did wrong, it was the devil that made you do it

Answers needed on George tragedy

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The sheer horror and devastation unfolding in George this week has raised many questions which we hope will be answered ...

This Proteas team can go all the way

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If the Proteas can ditch the nervous jitters that routinely accompany them to major cricket tournaments, they have ...

We cannot build a country without human dignity, honesty and compassion

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The greatest tragedy of this election is that we are bombarded with promises of what politicians claim they will do for ...

Community buy-in vital to support struggling schools

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About a year ago, The Herald carried a headline that read “Could your child learn here?”, along with a photograph of a ...

Universities must make stance on Palestine genocide clear

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Throughout the world, universities are grappling with how to respond to one of the greatest tragedies of the current ...

Horrendous ordeal for Kannemeyer family

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A family torn apart — children losing both parents at once and grandchildren left with so many questions that can never ...

More stakeholders must be brought in to fight gang-related crimes

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On Monday, The Herald published an article by reporter Brandon Nel, titled “Gang unit members suffer emotional trauma ...

Catalytic North End Lake initiatives take a critical step towards fruition

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While Eastern Cape and Nelson Mandela Bay soccer fans look forward to the crucial Nedbank Cup semifinal clash between ...

Coega cannabis project a great boost for the Eastern Cape

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A budding opportunity exists for the Eastern Cape with the cannabis industry and the R100m investment at Coega’s ...

What lies behind Zuma’s ‘Freedom Day coup’?

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What does the “Freedom Day coup” — in which former SA president Jacob Zuma overthrew and expelled the MK Party’s ...

No quick-fix solution to heartbreaking unemployment challenge

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The chaotic scenes which played out at the City Hall last week when hundreds of people pitched up to apply for a few ...

Not many sympathise, but listening to Afrikaner group won’t hurt

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While the ANC dismissed the concerns of a large group of institutions and leaders, it doesn’t dissipate the pressure

EP Rugby’s funding tap set to run dry

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If peace cannot be brokered between feuding EP Rugby executive members, much of the troubled union’s funding from ...