Power Guzzlers: Data centre deal — Cape Town forced back to the drawing board RETIRE IN STYLE: Making sure that where there is a will, there is clarity, not chaos LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: FF Plus stands by its man as mayoral candidate’s apartheid-era murder conviction resurfaces LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Elections will tear the ANC apart RUNNING — TO HER DEATH: Tsontso’s final run on lonely Ekurhuleni route where she probably faced killer IN PICTURES: ‘We miss Happy Valley’ — Gqeberha residents refuse to let the magic die LONG ARM OF THE ’LORD’: Serving 175 years, 'the Lord' still rules South Africa's gangs from his cell new arbiter of truth op-ed: What happens when we start asking AI instead of each other? When women live in fear, none of us can remain neutral BABOONS OP-ED: Cape Town risks ‘monument to management failure’ just before municipal elections COMING IN HOT: Very strong El Niño is a ‘stress test’ for SA’s food systems Beyond broken cameras — the surveillance tech needed to protect SA women LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: ‘Anger and apathy won’t fix NMB’ — New movement urges residents to vote INQUIRIES LAUNCHED: Top SA investigative journalist goes missing in Djibouti SOCCER: Ahead of the game: How Safa chief Danny Jordaan keeps iron grip on power DEADLY FAILURE OP-ED: A collar was not enough: Botswana’s failure to protect its research elephants from trophy hunters LEARNERS STRANDED: Crackdown on unregistered Gauteng schools intensifies as fallout mounts for families IN PICTURES: Memorial run in honour of Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo in Kempton Park (UN)DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS: Ramaphosa found his voice abroad, but he lost it at home AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Five criminal cases later, Ekurhuleni fires Julius Mkhwanazi I have a picture for you! 12 September-18 September 2026 GROUNDUP: Raw sewage is flowing in nearly every metro, and the numbers keep getting worse Consistency proved key in Sinesipho Dambile’s remarkable year BAFANA BAFANA: Pitso Mosimane rewards in-form US-based player Puso Dithejane The Monday Cane — performative justice that prioritises retribution over protection Protests erupt in Nigeria after 37 miners die in custody of paramilitary agency China’s Djibouti base upgrades should boost its monitoring reach, report says Malaysian king allows jailed ex-PM Najib Razak to serve house arrest Pakistan police re-arrest prominent rights lawyer after top court granted bail Why no teen builds a resilient identity alone GROUNDUP: Foundation Phase textbook delays threaten SA’s literacy push Violence is South Africa’s unofficial 13th language FRENCH LETTER: All I Know… Thoughts on travel, book tours and school visits ANYONE FOR TEDDY?: Throw a Rocky Horror Dinner Party, it’ll be bloody marvellous WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: The Whisper Man: An adequate Netflix thriller boosted by Robert De Niro performance Community groups are preventing Joburg from collapsing — they need more support When the GBV campaign hashtags fade, the fear doesn’t SA’s young voters are not apathetic, they are auditing an unresponsive democracy Resetting and renewing Idac won’t solve SA’s corruption crisis Watch – Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions Disturbing diplomacy is part of US bid to pressure SA Animal welfare is a real crisis, but Cape Town’s draft bylaw regulates the wrong things Lenacapavir rollout a major HIV milestone but the real test is keeping people protected Stop teaching women how not to be murdered and focus on the men killing them Workers’ trillions should rebuild SA for all, not feed financial speculation for the few BRICS leaders urge global financial system reform, but does it avoid the Thucydides Trap? The Amandelboom Basters’ forgotten Northern Frontier story: A 19th-century tragedy Watch – Prasa’s R5.6bn Siyangena scandal demands NPA action Elephant culling debate is about governance, not activism Reimagining agricultural education as AI transforms farming and future jobs
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