In South Africa we have watched a quiet but relentless slide into lawlessness. Jumping traffic lights has become commonplace. Driving under the influence is often treated lightly. Pedestrians cross roads with little regard for the danger. Informal settlements spring up overnight on any open piece of land. Illegal electricity connections are no longer treated as serious offences - they are simply accepted as part of daily life. Informal traders claim pavements and intersections as their own. Prisoners somehow manage to keep smartphones. Driving without a licence is widespread.
One could go on forever. The point is simple: there has been a clear breakdown in law and order.
On the surface, the relaxation of rules is understandable. For decades, harsh and often humiliating laws targeted black South Africans in particular. So society swung from one extreme to the other, from rigid control to an “anything goes” environment.
In many ways this chaos is presented as freedom, the freedom that was denied to the majority for so long. We even open our borders to illegal immigration with the argument: “They took us in when we were running from the apartheid police.” A noble memory, but a problematic policy.
I once listened to a Minister of Correctional Services speaking about prisoners. The minister spoke much like a principal talking about learners, our collective duty to help them reach their full potential. The fact that some of these individuals were rapists, hardened killers and career criminals seemed to fade behind the focus on rehabilitation. We appear to have confused ordinary criminals with the political prisoners of the past. In our emphasis on ubuntu there is often little room left for the discipline that law and order require. It is as if, as a nation, we struggle to hold both compassion and consequences together.
This confused state is not progressive. It is setting us backwards. I know of no country that has ever become successful on a foundation of chaos. We urgently need to strike the right balance, one that honours our painful history without using it as a permanent excuse to abandon the very rules that keep a society from falling apart. #ProudlySA
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Roberto Carlos reveals why Ronaldinho never fulfilled his full potential
John Obi Mikel: "Why isn't Ronaldinho mentioned alongside Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldo Nazário? How good was he, and why isn't he always in that conversation?"
Roberto Carlos: "Ronaldinho knew his limits. When he reached his peak, I think he just wanted to have fun. He didn't want to be a professional in the same way anymore. He thought, 'I'm going to keep playing football, but I'm also going to enjoy my life.'
He had already achieved everything in football. People loved him everywhere he went. I don't think it was really about the parties. I think it was more that he became tired of carrying that responsibility and always having to prove he was one of the best."
John Obi Mikel: "So it wasn't a lack of ability?"
Roberto Carlos: "No. He wanted to slow down and enjoy life a little more. That's what stopped him from reaching his absolute full potential. Even so, he'll always be remembered as one of the greatest players in football history."
On 1 August 2026, Sollly Moeng posted on social media about the state of two Soweto landmarks. He said he drove past what used to be Bakgomana Primary School in Zone 4, Diepkloof, where he studied for one year, and asked “Who has been (mis)governing that Municipality?”
Moeng also visited the remains of Diepkloof Hall. He recalled it “boasted the most fabulous gardens” in the 1980s where he worked as a young photographer to make pocket money. He described it as “a facility for local communities... during you know what!”
“You be the judge. Whom do we blame for this criminal neglect?” he wrote. Moeng also questioned why the community living in the former school yard does not “organise itself to keep it cleaner,” suggesting small monthly contributions could pay a caretaker and gardeners.
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“En los próximos 6 a 12 meses vamos a poner los primeros implantes de visión. Aunque estés 100% ciego de nacimiento, vamos a escribir directamente en tu corteza visual… y vas a ver.”
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