Opinion

By Sello Hatang: Mercy is a spiritual gift, a higher calling that asks more of us than justice ever will. Justice keeps score. Mercy, let's go. Justice measures what is owed. Mercy considers what is needed. And in a world that often feels transactional, mercy restores something deeply human in us. A few months ago, I bumped someone’s car. It was the kind of moment that normally spirals, with raised voices, demands, the exchange of details, and the quiet tension that lingers long after. But this time, none of that happened. No shouting. No drama. No attempt to hold me hostage to the moment. The owner simply let it go. A quiet, dignified release. I drove away feeling something I could not quite name at first. It was not relief alone. It was something deeper. ...

By Sello Hatang: As we mark Freedom Month, I am reminded of a simple but powerful moment this past week. At my mother’s home, in her chicken coop, I caught pigeons on two separate occasions. At first, they fought hard against my grip, wings flapping with urgency, bodies resisting confinement with everything they had. But after a while, something shifted. They went still. They surrendered. It was as if they had accepted that this was now their reality. And yet, when I opened my hands to set them free, they did not fly. They remained there, frozen in a freedom they no longer believed in. The door was open. The grip was gone. But in their minds, they were still captive. How often are we in the same place? There was a time when we fought. We fought f...

By Katlego Rammusa: We saw a lot of politicians hopping from one church to another during the Easter period, and you wonder what the motive is behind all these sudden church visits? Because if one is a true believer, they must go to church every Sunday and not make a fuss about it or pose for pictures merely to be seen to have been at church.  Easter is a sacred Holy time when Christians all over the world commemorate the death, the burial and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Concerning these sudden visits, some Christians would comment and say, "You heard politician so and so loves God", "did you hear his speech and that he mentioned Jesus and God", " he also quoted a verse from the Bible", "he is a Godly man and he loves God." I was pondering u...

By Sello Hatang: Ghosts are not only the spirits we imagine in the dark; they are the memories, regrets, missed chances, and unresolved pain we carry within us. They linger in quiet moments, in familiar places, in the echoes of what could have been. But here is the truth: ghosts only have power when we choose to keep entertaining them. Healing begins the moment we acknowledge them, learn from them, and gently release them. Remember, ghosts don’t haunt us by force; we give them a home by choice. They live rent-free in our minds because we let them.What are the ghosts you are facing, and why have you given them a place to stay? Will you keep feeding their shadows, or will you finally lay them to rest with courage and grace? Choose wisely, for the life yo...