ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: Bad, ugly, and WTF? IMF outlines three global economic scenarios from Iran war LONG FIGHT: Sactwu-Sekunjalo clash escalates as court ruling and R628m lawsuit collide ‘Tower of Babel’ - how four conflicting ‘languages' keep SA’s wildlife conservation debate deadlocked THE CONVERSATION: Focusing on how and why you eat may be the key to healthy eating US-SA RELATIONS: US expected to accept Roelf Meyer as ambassador as his appointment widely praised 20 Questions: 20 Questions with Kyran Blaauw TAPPED OUT: Gauteng’s deepening water crisis sparks Human Rights Commission investigation — have your say Hungary's Magyar vows to suspend state news broadcasts pending press freedom reform EU age verification app ready as Europe moves to curb children's social media access Back to square one? Markets bet Iran war is over PLAYER EXODUS: Springbok departures highlight depth-building challenge for SA teams AMBASSADOR APPOINTED: Ramaphosa taps fishing buddy Roelf Meyer as US ambassador NHI is not the distraction — piecemeal solutions cannot resolve urgent health system issues ZULULAND WHODUNNIT: KZN’s Ghost Mountain, muti and the mystery of missing UK tourist Lorna McSorley TRC Roulette : Old spook habits: The Crime Intelligence head and the secret TRC recordings King Charles to head to US to woo Trump and restore ‘closest of friendships’
US, Iran may resume talks this week despite port blockade BREAKING THE CYCLE: How the education department plans to keep pregnant learners in school Ukraine to produce drones in Norway, Oslo says SA-US RELATIONS: Ramaphosa chooses Roelf Meyer as SA’s next ambassador to US MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION: Burnt, looted and abandoned — how NMB storage depot went to rack and ruin GANGSTERISM ANALYSIS: Western Cape army deployment — a plaster on gaping gang gunshot wounds Right of reply: Governance, integrity are central to Wilgenhof reckoning, so Stellenbosch council chair had to go CASE EXPANDS: Insurance broker joins client in dock as Nxuba funeral policy fraud case deepens Not in our name — an Iranian response to war, from within the diaspora DRIER STRAITS: Hundreds of jobs at risk as Selby businesses struggle through Joburg’s water crisis ‘Tick-box democracy’: Joburg’s Integrated Development Plan meetings are failing residents — Here’s how to contribute meaningfully BUSINESS REFLECTION: After the Bell: Many of Joburg’s informal settlements are a legacy of mining’s exploitative history The fall of Hungary’s Orbán shows how populism can be beaten Why emerging market peers have outpaced a collapsing SA INVESTIGATION: Exclusive: Second Cabinet minister implicated in Chinese SUV scandal TOXIC BATTLES: How war weaponises environmental destruction and the case for legal accountability Lions, law and the limits of the ‘sustainable use’ concept
Five warnings, one crisis — the betrayal of public trust in SA’s water law The quiet crisis of fatigue is imploring us to slow down SA’s farm machinery slowdown masks a more resilient agricultural picture Reading is work, but it’s the only way to figure out complex issues The lie of media neutrality and price of silence when the truth is dangerous Women, the first ‘kombuistaalers’, ensuring the vitality of Kaaps as empowering tool of agency From Dr Google to ChatGPT — the illusion of expertise in digital health Is the National Health Insurance just a distraction from urgent healthcare issues? Civil society is increasingly signalling virtue over earning it through engagement and action Challenge to the Joburg City Council: Find an interim mayor with integrity and honesty A tale of two outcasts: Iran and South Africa BOOK EXTRACT: French-inspired cuisine in the bushveld — watch out for cheeky hungry monkeys
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