El Niño threatens to deepen southern Africa’s poverty crisis CYBER SAFETY: SA Human Rights Commission urges stronger laws to protect children online TRC Roulette : Apartheid chain of command: ‘I know everything,’ Eugene de Kock tells TRC inquiry Venezuela opposition leader Machado returns home after fraught year away North Korea-South Korea tensions high as letters lodged with UN, howitzer spotted Officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack, state media says CRUCIAL ELECTIONS: ‘Sick and tired of being sick and tired’ — US limbers up for midterms STROKE OF STARDOM: Coach Rocco Meiring’s formula fuels swimmer Pieter Coetzé’s rise Lula’s Brazil election win has given the world breathing space CAUGHT OUT: Gayton McKenzie’s Blu Label visits raise fresh questions over Ticketpro sale WELLNESS: Why your efforts to improve your sleep may be keeping you awake Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from Congo Lula, Brazil’s iconic working class president, wins historic fourth term in dramatic comeback JSC’s October 2026 interviews reveal leadership and judicial appointment challenges ANALYSIS: Inside the big shiny plan to change how local government works TRANSACTION TECH: Settling up: The state of digital payments in South Africa POLITICS & POLICING: From EFF’s Malema to ANC’s Carrim — the politics permeating SA’s cop collusion scandal Watch – Top Court puts ANC candidates back on ballot after missed deadline REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Ekurhuleni after dark — unlit streets, empty promises and women’s lives on the line France’s Le Pen launches presidential bid as protests rattle the nation NOT A DROP: ‘This thing is killing us’ — Bronkhorstspruit bears the cost of Tshwane’s water failures SHOT IN THE ARM: Doctors break ground on new R528m Baywest hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay SIGNS OF INCOMPETENCE: IEC under fire after unqualified sign language interpreter used at election workshop Saudis say Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats GREEN CORRIDOR CHAOS: Cable thieves, sewage spills and invasive plants are choking the Baakens Valley UNHEALTHY ALTERCATION: Union demands Kariega hospital security upgrades after violent trauma unit clash OBITUARY: Liza Key — a ‘dizzying disruptor’ at the heart of South Africa’s film scene BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires: Multiple Gutenberg moments and the defining question of our age INVESTMENT OUTLOOK: The investment tide has gone out in South African retail The fundamental flaw in SA’s water financing model South Africa’s AI strategy must be pro-employment Route 67 shows how Nelson Mandela Bay gets in its own way ANALYSIS: Simon Sebag Montefiore’s ambitious attempt to make sense of the Middle East Defying the cynics — how purpose, reality and action unlock human potential TIP-OFF AND BUST: Baobab trees seized in Durban ship warehouse probe SMOOTH OPERATOR: Gayton McKenzie’s gift of the gab is both his blessing and his curse THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: The ‘things were better under apartheid’ narrative is a cry for help Response to sardine mortality must be grounded in science and evidence Preparing for the storm — grassroots action drives Durban’s climate disaster response SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted Brazil may turn right-wing again — this is why South Africans should care The mini budget keeps SA diplomacy afloat, but structural rot still festers Xenophobia’s high price — why ConCourt’s defence of refugees matters for us all Watch - Ramaphosa’s reform message as polls show continued ANC decline A 100-day plan to keep Joburg’s lights on Watching the watchers — the Mother City’s expanding surveillance network demands voyeurism scrutiny Trump Inc, American kleptocracy and the art of US State Capture Watch – Ferial Haffajee and Ernst Roets on Agoa, crosses and autonomy When killers earn sympathy, society’s moral compass has truly collapsed
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