Editorials

Ship Democracy has passed

President Thabo Mbeki and his foreign minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, have gone to extraordinary lengths to assure parliament, the public, and...

War on crippling debt

Many South Africans will be familiar with the debilitating effects on the home budget of accumulated debt mortgage, car finance,...

Time for a make-over

Among the abundance of contemporary reality TV shows, the sub-genre of make-over programmes evidently enjoy a particular popularity.

Elections in Iraq

Kidnappings feature among today’s news items. The abducting of the archbishop of Mosul was initially labelled a “terrorist act” by...

A crucial apostolate

In its 85th year of serving the Catholic public, The Southern Cross continues to be in good health, notwithstanding uninformed...