Healing our Universities
South Africa is faced with myriad protests, often accompanied by violence. From service delivery protests to the students’ uprising, often...
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Catholic: A Time to Stand Up
When in 2012 the satellite TV service DStv ruled out the inclusion of Catholic broadcaster EWTN on its South African...
5000 Times to be Thankful
The publication of our 5000th edition this week marks a significant milestone for this independent and entirely unsubsidised newspaper. For...
Let’s Pray for our Bishops
Should an enterprising researcher conduct a survey of what quality lay people appreciate most in priests and bishops, humility would...
Behind Empty Eyes
For most people, one of the great fears is to suffer an accident or health crisis that would leave them...
Is South Africa a Nation of Rape?
While President Jacob Zuma took to the podium to sign off the results of last month’s municipal elections, a protest...
New Political Realities in SA
Before the local government elections in August, the African National Congress controlled five out of the six metros with populations...
Will there be New Kinds of Priests?
There recently has been talk that the next Synod of Bishops might engage with the question of certain categories of...
Thank You, Missionaries
The Church in Southern Africa was built by missionaries. Men and women belonging to diverse religious orders left home and...
