Mugabe’s Lost Destiny
The outcome of Zimbabwe’s parliamentary and presidential elections in March took many commentators, including this newspaper, by surprise.
Editorials 2008
The culture of impunity
The distressing attacks on African expatriates in many parts of South Africa can be explained partly with reference to poor...
Catholic education today
Special editorial by Michail Rassool Addressing Catholic educators in Washington DC in April, Pope Benedict said education is integral to...
Talking with atheists
There is much merit in the suggestion by England’s Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor that Catholics should seek dialogue with atheists to...
Rule by divine right?
The president of the African National Congress (ANC) is profoundly mistaken in claiming that his party has been anointed by...
Shame on South Africa
Shame on South Africa. Shame on a country in which mobs are attacking, robbing, driving out and even murdering those...
Abuse: Let the healing begin
When Pope Benedict met five survivors of clerical abuse—representative of all victims of predatory Church personnel—he communicated a powerful message:...
Mbeki: A squandered legacy
When South Africa’s parliament adopted the country’s exemplary Constitution in May 1996, then-Deputy President Thabo Mbeki delivered his powerful “I...
Give us our voice
Radio Veritas, it seems, cannot win. When South Africa’s Catholic radio station previously applied for a national broadcast frequency, the...
