Opinion: Mugabe - the visionary turned monster

Kanthan Pillay|Published

Under his leadership, Zimbabwe became heaven for some, hell for others

Opinion - Given Eskom’s current form, let’s switch to a solar/battery option

Kanthan Pillay|Published

Let me make a controversial suggestion: it’s time for drastic action around Eskom - and that requires writing off its debt.

Men's underwear reveals a lot about the state of the economy

Kanthan Pillay|Published

When finances get tight, one still has to replace a shirt with a hole in it, but tattered underwear can be worn for longer, writes Kanthan Pillay.

Proposed NHI an unmitigated disaster waiting to happen

Kanthan Pillay|Published

It allows the government, which failed to meet basic targets of improving health, to create a monopoly

India reaches for the stars

Kanthan Pillay|Published

This month, 50 years after Apollo 11, India launched Chandrayaan 2 - a spacecraft heading for the moon, where it will deploy a lunar lander to the moon’s south pole, ...

Dear journalists, keep the news accurate, objective and fair

Kanthan Pillay|Published

If we stick to the basics of journalism, one can never be racist, sexist, or biased no matter whether we hold those views in our personal capacities.

Live long in our memory

Kanthan Pillay|Published

An ode to Spock and Star Trek: the show that boldly took us into the (present) future.