LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Manifesto test: SACP’s power to the people and a working class embraced MADLANGA COMMISSION: Bombshell testimony implicates Mchunu in alleged bid to target Mkhwanazi SHROUDED IN SECRECY: Five years of silence — who is assessing the assessors of SA’s environmental future? ‘Clock it’ — ANC reheats old election promises in 2026 manifesto UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE: Plan to write off R23bn is illegal, Treasury tells Nelson Mandela Bay NO STING IN THE TAIL...YET: One year after IDT boss ‘bribe’ sting, no arrests or prosecutions BUILDING THE NATION: Public Works unveils major pivot focusing on municipal infrastructure SA’s electricity reform is opening new markets for savvy entrepreneurs Landslide at Guinea landfill kills 30, government says How the Wild Coast was won — Community rights defeat corporate power GETTING CANDID: Standard Bank CIO talks about that hack and managing AI token budgets Health of Norway’s king deteriorates while in hospital, palace says POWER PAYBACK: Overcharged for electricity? Here’s how Nelson Mandela Bay plans to pay you back CRACKS IN THE FAÇADE: Rust and ruin put Gqeberha’s air force history at risk SA agricultural jobs hold steady amid debate over migrant farm labour BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires: The unbearable weirdness of humanoid robots RUGBY’S GREATEST RIVALRY: Backs to the wall as Springboks’ Rassie admits to being outsmarted by All Blacks SOCIAL NOURISHMENT: Child hunger drives Free State community to step in when school meals stop BOOK EXCERPT: ‘No time for tears’ on Robben Island: When Lilian Ngoyi visited Madiba in prison THE CONVERSATION: SA scientists decode cancer’s ‘cloak of invisibility’ in ‘major leap forward’ FINANCE WELLNESS COACH: There’s a case for giving children an early inheritance HUNGER GAME: Gunner give it a go: Arsenal ready to ‘fight’ for more Premier League glory Cost of winning: The big business of SA schoolboy rugby comes with red flags THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Infantino’s rotten Fifa reign calls Motsepe’s morality into question POETRY CORNER: Arrive at your own door: on feathered things and finally meeting the self RESILIENT RECOVERY: Kruger National Park prepares to ‘build back better’ after R1bn flood damage FIRST BLOOD: Ruthless All Blacks punish error-strewn Springboks to take charge of series Local Elections 2026: ANC names 42 possible mayoral candidates for only eight metros I have a picture for you! 15 August-21 August 2026 PARK INVASION: Fever trees felled, fencing destroyed near iSimangaliso — 52 people arrested MADLANGA COMMISSION: Fadiel Adams’ explosive admission on the mystery Idac affidavit, implicating Andrea Johnson Volunteering may be the key to creating opportunities for young South Africans Getting biodiversity strategy right: What SA’s new action plan must deliver JOBURG ENERGY: My City Power plan, from rechargeable lights to an inverter and now solar 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 Public employment programmes foster more than just jobs Thinking beyond pre-colonial nostalgia — the challenge for young African scholars When conservation science puts a price on an elephant’s death Academics have a duty to warn society about disasters before they happen Regulatory failure, not criminality, lies at the heart of SA’s mining crisis Watch – Manifesto test: The revolution promised, the record questioned The pillar we forgot to build: A National Development Plan must include the father Death of woke — the left must reclaim universalism to defeat the far right Agribusiness exploits humans and animals alike – legal protections should be species-blind Watch — SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price
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