Friday, 21 August 2026

Wits management’s reported push for SRC candidates to wear plain white T-shirts instead of party regalia drew strong criticism as an attempt to depoliticise student politics and erase campus activism history.

The objection to depoliticising campuses was tied to South Africa’s legitimacy crisis, with youth turnout at elections cited as a warning that universities should be helping to strengthen democracy, not weaken it.

On the SADC summit, the biggest takeaways were push for freer movement of people, beneficiation of critical minerals closer to source, and more regional industrialisation instead of raw mineral exports.

The summit was also judged to have fallen short on migration, governance, unemployment and peace-and-security debates, with only limited progress noted on trafficking protocols, a panel of elders and a mini-visa pilot.

Gospel artist Fafa said her debut EP Hey Favor is rooted in Psalm 5:12, her music came from church, and she is targeting more recordings, bigger stages and collaborations with artists like Collen Maluleke and Tebs Teta.