Makhudu Sefara

South Africa

Editor-in-Chief @SundayTimesZA & @TimesLIVE. Chairperson @SAEditorsForum. Ex-STD Bank Sikuvile Editor of the Year award winner. Word artist. Work slave

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6 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Click on the image to access thee-edition. The latest edition of the Sunday Times. Dear reader,Would charging a star witness in the case against former defence minister and ANC stalwart Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula jeopardise the case against her?
Did the AfDB not matter, or did Godongwana sleep on the job?

6 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Did the AfDB not matter, or did Godongwana sleep on the job? That we are Africa’s most sophisticated economy is not translating into diplomatic heft and influence when it matters 01 June 2025 - 00:00 When the occasion demands, President Cyril Ramaphosa steps up and talks tough, especially when he is out of the country. He seems to find the chutzpah to speak truth to world power...
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1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Dear reader,We all know that our country has been grappling with the spectre of kidnappings. Today the Sunday Times reports on a new trend in which kidnappers use rape and sexual assault of victims — both men and women — as a way to secure quick ransom payouts. The criminals make videos of the assaults and send them to family members in a bid to force them to make expeditious payments.
Crime is our achilles heel, not the minions in AfriForum

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Crime is our achilles heel, not the minions in AfriForum Our leaders had no option but to make uncomfortable concessions about how bad crime is in our country 25 May 2025 - 00:00 We may blame AfriForum for the degrading treatment the country’s leaders were subjected to at the White House, debate to no end whether President Cyril Ramaphosa handled the tense meeting well, or find some other bogeyman to blame for our woes...
MAKHUDU SEFARA | Ramaphosa dodged a bullet, but was that the best Team SA could do?

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

MAKHUDU SEFARA | Ramaphosa dodged a bullet, but was that the best Team SA could do? Escaping the ‘Zelensky treatment’ does not cut it 22 May 2025 - 04:33 For many South Africans, it was sufficient that President Cyril Ramaphosa “dodged a bullet”, as it were, content merely with escaping the dreaded treatment Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was previously subjected to...
Read the Sunday Times e-edition

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Click on the image to access thee-edition. The latest edition of the Sunday Times. Dear reader,It is one of the most important foreign relations assignments for President Cyril Ramaphosa and certainly the most anticipated since he was elected in May last year.
Some rough road ahead for our Amerikaners

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Some rough road ahead for our Amerikaners Trump is essentially setting our purported refugees up for isolation and humiliation in the US 18 May 2025 - 00:00 Parents often relate how their children adopted other languages quicker than they could say, for example, “Amerikaners”. Can you imagine the influences on the small kids who arrived in the US this week as so-called “refugees” from a “genocide”?..
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3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Dear reader,A significant number of ANC MPs who are also members of its national executive committee (NEC) are none too pleased with the DA’s continued presence within the government of national unity. They had believed its decision to not vote for the ill-fated budget was a kiss of death. But, alas, the DA has survived in the GNU for more than a month since then.
Sort out the GNU, for stability's sake

3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Sort out the GNU, for stability's sake It’s the height of folly to postpone an NEC debate and put a decision on the future of the government of national unity in perpetual abeyance 11 May 2025 - 00:00 A significant number of ANC MPs who are also members of its national executive committee (NEC) are none too pleased with the DA’s continued presence within the government of national unity. They had believed its decision to not vote for the ill-fated budget was a kiss of death.
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1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Makhudu Sefara

Dear reader,Technology has without doubt changed the way we live. Our consumption habits have altered in ways not seen before. While much of this must be welcomed, we dare not throw caution to the wind when it comes to what we consume, or the type of conduct we encourage. In the broader communication ecosystem, a proliferation of gadgets meant readers became writers, just as listeners and viewers transmogrified into unregulated overnight broadcasters.