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.
Practice safety to fight virulent flu
OpinionA wave of panic swept across Nelson Mandela Bay early last week when a letter ...
Children don’t really go to school to learn
OpinionWhy do children go to school? I know what you’re going to say and I know what ...
Answers needed on George tragedy
OpinionThe 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
OpinionIf 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
OpinionThe 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
OpinionAbout 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
OpinionThroughout the world, universities are grappling with how to respond to one of the greatest tragedies of the current ...
Horrendous ordeal for Kannemeyer family
OpinionA 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
OpinionOn 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
OpinionWhile 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
OpinionA 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’?
OpinionWhat 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
OpinionThe 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
OpinionWhile 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
OpinionIf peace cannot be brokered between feuding EP Rugby executive members, much of the troubled union’s funding from ...