Other Opinions
Opinion: Reimagining public health service design in the era of National Health Insurance and digital health
5th June 2026 South Africa's health system carries the heavy imprint of history. The apartheid era bequeathed a fragmented, inequitable system in which race... →
Is local lagging?
5th June 2026 Billions are flowing into South Africa’s green economy. #PowerTracker investigates whether local manufacturers, workers and communities are truly... →
The cage, the bullet and the border: How Southern Africa punishes dissent and why our region must reclaim its institutions
4th June 2026 From Harare to Dar es Salaam to Mbabane to Lusaka, governments have learned they no longer need a guilty verdict to silence critics. They need a... →
Mbeki is not the 'super president'
2nd June 2026 Mpumelelo Mkhabela is not given to cheap political theatre. He is usually a level-headed analyst, with the rare gift of making his point without... →
Opinion: South Africa's Digital Identity Regulations: A Governance Crossroads
29th May 2026 Can new rules unlock integrated public services without eroding citizen control?, asks Mark Burke in this latest opinion article. For well over a... →
OPINION: How can South Africa leverage digital public infrastructure for improved educational outcomes?
22nd May 2026 South Africa’s education system has no shortage of policy ambition. It has strategies, data systems, institutional mandates, and a growing national... →
Africa’s crisis is institutional before it is continental
22nd May 2026 The Thabo Mbeki Foundation’s Africa Day 2026 theme, “Rebuilding African Unity in an Age of Fragmentation: Sovereignty, Solidarity, and the Renewal... →
South Africa cannot carry Africa’s migration burden alone
21st May 2026 A constitutional democracy founded on dignity, equality and the rule of law must hold firmly to those principles. Violence against foreign... →
The end of strategic ambiguity as Africa’s security alignments become operational
By: In On Africa IOA 20th May 2026 Analysis in brief: In pursuit of safe countries where citizens can prosper and investors feel secure, Africa is using its new geopolitical... →
[OPINION] The Digital Life of Citizen X: Information Highways, Data, and Digital Sovereignty
15th May 2026 This opinion article by Mark Burke looks at where South Africa's data is physically hosted and who owns and controls the infrastructure that stores... →
