OBITUARY: Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80 Sidssa 2026: Ramaphosa and Hill-Lewis harmonise on SA’s infrastructure goals ON LIFE SUPPORT: ‘The service has collapsed’: Eastern Cape ambulance crisis far worse than the state admits Dolly Parton, queen of country music, dies at 80 US spy chief visits Russia for meetings, media reports SpaceX to build $100 billion Starship rocket complex in Louisiana M&A IN THE AIR: Northam says unnamed PGM rival made unsolicited approach, spoor points to Valterra The war in Ukraine and how the time of Gandhi became the time of Putin SINISTER PACT OP-ED: A not-so-odd couple: AfriForum and March and March’s dangerous alliance The bond market is beginning to revolt against America RESPECTED LEADER: Siya Kolisi brings gravitas as skipper for Boks in crucial second Test LEADERSHIP CRISIS: World Aquatics suspends Swimming SA president and CEO amid fraud and abuse-of-power claims MACABRE BUSINESS OP-ED: Shot, skinned and sold: South Africa’s enormous trade in wild primates RESILIENT RECOVERY: Brainstormed: How Kruger Park is rethinking the humble culvert PINE PAIN: Lower Tokai fynbos ‘can recover’, but scientists divided over what comes next POLL WARNING OP-ED: Elections and the information integrity crisis: Why SA’s human rights body is taking action GROUNDUP: World’s largest biomedical research funder lifts ban on South Africa THE CONVERSATION: Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread YOUTH VOICES: Metro Lives panel explores why Johannesburg’s renewal will fail without its young people Why South Africa’s coalition politics is a failure GROUNDUP: Fired for being foreign as employers bow to March and March threats Rare tornado in southwestern France injures dozens, damages homes Germany to say who's behind attempted airport drone attack soon, says Merz At least one-in-four former players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study shows Gaza parents urged to stop kids flying kites after Israel warning to Hamas LOCAL RESILIENCE: How a Lenasia community garden helps unemployed families put food on the table WHAT’S COOKING: Apple crumble with raisins and slivered almonds THE INTERVIEW: Irene Bourquin: The doula putting education at the centre of pregnancy care Golf-Poulter unsure about his future with LIV Golf US Supreme Court hands a win to Trump over mail-in ballot restrictions Watch – Inside Cape Town’s data hub deal COMPANIES: Cell C and MTN financials tell different sides of telecoms evolution story Body-worn cameras could police the police, but still it’s the officer pressing ‘record’ DA’s Burke defence leaves the party caught between retreat and denial Madlanga Commission reveals how implicated figures used security firms to wield immense power Dear Mbokodo: We did not march so women could carry the nation Cape Town planning officials must listen to residents, drop the ‘take us to court’ attitude SA’s electricity reform is opening new markets for savvy entrepreneurs How the Wild Coast was won — Community rights defeat corporate power SA agricultural jobs hold steady amid debate over migrant farm labour Volunteering may be the key to creating opportunities for young South Africans Getting biodiversity strategy right: What SA’s new action plan must deliver Welcome to the batshit republic where things smell rather foul False jobs, foreign battlefields: Policy gaps that exposed South Africans South Africa cannot afford an AI-ready generation with nowhere to start What Thabo Mbeki, the Broederbond and a minister from Montagu can still teach us ‘You go back to basics.’ What it takes to beat the All Blacks Watch — Manifesto test: DA’s local government plan eyes the private sector, devolving policing Watch – Manifesto test: The revolution promised, the record questioned Watch — SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price
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