Expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema’s erstwhile friends have vehemently distanced themselves from his new party initiative.

Mandla Mandela has butted heads with AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo over a prayer meeting for his grandfather.

The University of Johannesburg’s decision to confer an honorary doctorate on President Obama has split the institution.

Nelson Mandela’s brand is far deeper than the commercialisation of his legacy, writes Thebe Ikalafeng

Thami Ka Plaatjie has some advice for expelled ANCYL leader and “son of Africa”, Julius Malema

The process to select vice-chancellors is fraught with corruption. Mediocrity is celebrated and scholarship and leadership are not valued, writes Paul Ngobeni.

The end of apartheid saw an accelerated segregation among blacks, with the rich not identifying with the plight of the poor, writes Mcebisi Ndletyana.

There's something empty and dishonest about the way we preach to today's youth about 1976, says Nomalanga Mkhize.

Musicians who undermine campaign for democracy must feel pain in their pockets, says Lucky Lukhele.

Selective cultural boycott is not principled and a vendetta against one annual event, says Sipho Sithole.