I have a picture for you! 27 July-01 August 2026 RADICAL RETHINK: Commonwealth Games face reinvention or decline as Africa and Asia rise Power Play: Fifa, Infantino face global resistance over private investment plan FOOD BASKET: Hot showers or supper — tariff hikes hit your food basket SA needs sovereign tech infrastructure, not just foreign server farms on its soil Winter’s Tales: Journey between the covers — from SA, to the US, Middle East… and back High noon for SA’s criminal justice system VIEW FROM THE PASS: A bright young talent blooms at the foot of Helshoogte FIRE POWER: The secrets of piri-piri, from a chef who knows how South Korea records highest-ever temperature of 41.4 C as heatwave intensifies China coast guard patrols east of Taiwan, angering Taipei Sleepless night near border of Spain's Ceuta as migrants torch vehicles Former AC Milan and Italy defender Baresi dead at 66 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Black Burns Fast: The local film reimagining the representation of queer, black girlhood Death toll from Japan earthquake rises to 34 Blast at Pakistan coal mine complex kills at least 18 Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests Trump says deal reached to disarm Hamas, Israeli support for plan remains uncertain MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION: Joburg blames ‘service provider migration’ for Telkom mobile and landline cutoffs fiasco Women need more than just a journey home in SA’s migrant exodus Things fall apart — decay and scandal push SA’s democracy to the brink ICEBREAKERS: How SA scientists put the Southern Ocean on the climate map After the Bell: When fuel costs soar, flying habits become strangely elastic EFF BRIEFING: Malema denies shielding Khan, defends controversial praise for former Idac chief FINANCIAL CRISIS: SA’s oldest newspaper faces uncertain future while new owners leave staff unpaid ‘Watch out’: Witness in former defence minister’s corruption trial reveals anonymous threat MADLANGA COMMISSION: ‘It’s going to be a shitshow’ — Andrea Johnson allegedly advises witness to flee IDAC AUDIT: Government launches six-month rescue ‘reset’ for battered anti-corruption unit SOLID PLANS: Business forums, civil engineers in sync over municipal first aid LIFELINE: Little Maverick’s life saving journey honours SANBS Awards recipients in Nelson Mandela Bay PUBLIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION: Cabinet moves swiftly with new PIC board, but political questions plague chairperson City of Chaos and the fight for Jozi’s mayoral chain Why a party can lose a city’s water and keep its ward What young SA voters can learn from Liberia and Zambia Here’s what El Niño means for markets and South Africa Levy failure: There must be a total ban on single-use plastic bags in SA What Montesquieu missed: Why democracy must be protected from economic power Youthquake — unlike India’s targeted protests, SA’s young people are misdirecting their economic fury South Africa must incentivise technology investment to keep local manufacturing competitive Migrant exodus exposes the hidden truth behind SA’s unemployment paradox The AI era ban is over — SA schools must embrace the leapfrog generation How SA’s draft procurement regulations will raise costs, deepen corruption When a journal falls off the education department list, academics shouldn’t pay the price Unwitting whistleblowers: The compliance paradox facing employers of foreign nationals Is ‘sorry’ enough? The Mokwele case and the limits of institutional apology Watch — Inside the capture of Cape Town’s Planning Tribunal Watch – Did SAPS Crime Intelligence burgle investigative reporter Marianne Thamm’s home? Watch – The invisible children: South Africa’s late birth registration backlog Watch — Properties threatened by sinkholes as illegal mining hollows out Joburg Watch – Is Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden dying from the inside?
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