LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: IEC tightens security amid ballot disruptions, arrests and election intimidation PAYMENT MODELS: Riding the e-commerce buy now, pay later hype train while it lasts LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Joburg accused of using workers as ‘political pawns’ in last-minute wage deal CHILDREN FIRST: How you can put early childhood learning needs on municipal agendas INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION: World Aquatics grants alternative water polo body power to select World Cup teams HEAT & STORM ALERT: Extreme weather threat to voter turnout for local elections Watch – Firoz Cachalia on the Madlanga Commission and fixing the police LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Smaller parties in eThekwini set their sights on holding the balance of power LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: ‘I will not be intimidated’: NMB councillor candidate defiant after home petrol-bombed As Americans vote, Trump says US will stop $4 billion in aid to Israel Setback for Google as EU court adviser warns AI chatbot may breach copyright rules LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Fourteen days to find a mayor — Mashaba holds the key, ANC the lock TAPPED OUT: No water, no life — but who will force Gauteng’s municipalities to act? LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: The kingmakers and the chaos awaiting Nelson Mandela Bay’s next coalition After the Bell: The great financial squeeze — a new movie coming to your medical aid scheme LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Criminal convictions, scathing allegations — NMB’s Dodgy Half-Dozen candidates OBITUARY: Sheila Barsel, the dart-throwing strugglista who refused to be silenced SPOTLIGHT: Mpox vaccine stock ‘will be deployed as needed’ as cases climb to 26 STATES OF GOVERNANCE OP-ED: Can SA’s Public Service Amendment Act deliver better governance in Joburg’s Deep South? TURNING POINT: South Africa’s unfinished Lula Moment — lessons from Brazil Youth revolt sweeping Europe holds dire warning for SA OUR CITY NEWS: Despite a turbulent past, Al Jama-ah eyes a third shot at Joburg mayoralty OUR CITY NEWS: Bosa mayoral candidate puts municipal accountability at the heart of Joburg’s renewal THE CONVERSATION: Are right‑brained people really more creative? Here’s what the science tells us LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Navigating ballots, candidates, and wards: Your guide to the 2026 local government elections THE INTERVIEW: Cat got your tongue? Certifiably funny Cape Town comedian goes canine crazy Small Adjustment: Petrol price to drop only 1 cent, diesel by more than R1 ADMINISTRATIVE CHAOS: Athletics SA moves rapidly to implement World Athletics leadership overhaul directive Bangladesh garment workers stage fourth day of wage protests Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to visit Berlin on Tuesday, Germany’s Merz says Iran-US deal still out of reach despite heightened diplomatic efforts A cricket Test series that showed the true talent of a true SA team Losing Agoa isn’t a catastrophe — a botched response from Pretoria could be Water that harms the people is not a right fulfilled — it’s a threat Leaving Agoa is a 3.4% tariff bump, not a door slammed on the US market When baboon captivity becomes ‘ethical’ modern conservation, something has gone terribly wrong El Niño threatens SA’s crops, but ample maize stocks cushion the blow The African Century will be built through green industrialisation, not mined from the ground The state of play in the US midterm elections World Cities Day — Holding the line on eviction protections for the vulnerable Watch — Ferial Haffajee and Kallie Kriel on the Constitution at 30 Why the relentless drive for success is failing our children Freedom at what cost? — a reply to Adam Cruise on Cape Peninsula baboons Watch — Voting 101 with Rebecca Davis The SAPS continues to flounder through delayed reforms 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
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