I have a picture for you! 24 October-30 October CRÉATION AFRICA: Developing creator-led micro-dramas for African audiences JUST ONE LAPTOP: Binance hack is history’s biggest crypto heist and another warning sign Freedom at what cost? — a reply to Adam Cruise on Cape Peninsula baboons COSMETIC RECOVERY: Fresh-faced appetite for alternatives — upscale beauty shakes up SA’s retail landscape BOOK EXCERPT: The Seeker Effect imagines an African dystopia shaped by climate chaos and control UNDOCUMENTED LEARNERS: Running the Gauntlet — The matrics caught between xenophobia, paperwork and the classroom door TROLL TRAUMA: SA Olympic triathlete Henri Schoeman opens up on cyberbullying dimming his light Watch — Voting 101 with Rebecca Davis Yemen’s Houthis deny launching drone after coalition reports interception in Mecca region Nigerian families and survivors seek justice over miners’ deaths Greece arrests three over explosion that killed six people in Athens EYE ON THE PRIZE: Visual artist and activist Zanele Muholi wins top international award LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: MK support down as Zuma disappears from stump — new big poll TABLE FOR ONE: Galjoen, chokka-block with good things from the sea NUTS ABOUT FRUIT CAKE: Like many of the best things in life, a good Christmas cake needs time to mature CRÉATION AFRICA: Turning SA’s music hits into successful businesses and generational wealth STUDENT HUNGER: University food schemes fill the gap as student hunger threatens academic success INNER-CITY ADVENTURES: An exotic and divine sensory overload in the heart of Hillbrow’s chaos Ukraine pauses strikes on Russian refineries after pressure from Trump, WSJ reports Patrick Stewart, Shakespearean actor turned ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ star, dies at 86 New York state police to take over sexual assault complaints at Cornell Binance’s possible hack triggers $3bn freeze in crypto assets BUSHVELD LUNACY: Dig first, find water later: Limpopo’s industrial insanity UPROOTED: The tree-loving Georgian billionaire, the Pretoria landscaper and the SA baobab export row CRYPTO CORNER: Bitcoin turns 18 this weekend as the world economy gets drunk on cryptocurrency ROAD SAFETY: Come clean about broken traffic lights and streetlights, AA urges municipalities The SAPS continues to flounder through delayed reforms LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Five Tshwane polls give DA an edge in coalition negotiations DIGITAL MENACE OP-ED: Misinformation, disinformation and the threat to electoral integrity TRC Roulette : Khampepe probe — Selebi ordered TRC files sealed, says ‘master file’ keeper Louis Bester From ballot box to Just Energy Transition — participation without power Watch – The pipeline between US white supremacists and the SA right What it takes to fight increasingly sophisticated, AI-powered disinformation campaigns Watch — Frank Chikane, DA polls and the ANC’s retreat from the cities Yawn-fest — political parties bore voters with dull election slogans, poles show Markets are waking up to the risks they have spent months ignoring As Trump staggers to the polls, Americans yearning for change prepare to say ‘enough’ Fuel levy remedy: Relief for a month, pressure for a lifetime Right of reply: SA needs more factories, not more walls Wildlife is not livestock — Aucamp’s dangerous plan to turn conservation into agriculture There is another Afrikaner story worth telling, rooted in reconciliation and a shared future Mantashe shifts focus from women’s vulnerability to linguistic legitimacy The other Pillay at the Geneva pharmacy East African Crude Oil Pipeline financing: Can Standard Bank’s climate claims survive scrutiny Regulation of religion — SA must tackle religious abuse without restricting freedom of belief Dealing with conservation’s inconvenient individual Local elections 2026: How do you choose who to vote for? Why the best-laid plans to fix Joburg won’t work — and what will Watch – Top Court puts ANC candidates back on ballot after missed deadline
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