Why ‘flexible’ environmental assessments threaten the Northern Cape’s fragile ecosystems EDUCATION OP-ED: Why boys lag at school in SA, and what masculinity has to do with it SYSTEM FAILURE OP-ED: When rape kits run out, survivors pay the price CAT AND THE COPS: Court rejects Matlala’s 8-year plea deal, proposes 12-year prison sentence GROUNDUP: ‘We are not safe’ — evicted Malawians wait for repatriation in Robertson As deportation protections end, Haitians confront fear and uncertainty German prosecutors arrest man accused of ordering killings during Rwanda genocide Three people die in Mexico World Cup celebrations as fans crowd streets UK police watchdog probes two officers over handling of Henry Nowak case DEEP CONNECTIONS: Bond between Mbappé and Deschamps driving France while Mexico dare to dream WHAT’S COOKING: Lime fridge tart with a nutty crust BOOK EXCERPT: Christmas with Nelson Mandela: A journalist’s eyewitness account of SA’s first democratic years Serena’s Wimbledon comeback fizzles out in first round Trump reports over $1.4bn in income from crypto ventures Watch – After the June 30 marches: What our reporters saw — and what might happen next CABINET RESHUFFLE: Ramaphosa confirms DA ministers and deputies, gives Dina Pule social development post HATE ON PARADE: ‘Political project’: March and March signals long-term anti-migrant agenda in lead-up to elections TURNING POINT: Tuesday, 30 June 2026 — the day the SA state ceded power to rabble-rousers LeBron James leaving Lakers, to play with another team MADLANGA COMMISSION: ‘Zuma surprised at Khan and company’s hush money-style meeting with me’ — MK party’s Shongwe XENOPHOBIC UNREST: Widespread violence is avoided after police apply lessons from Marikana and July 2021 riots COMMUNITY PUSHBACK : Three arrested after Nelson Mandela Bay residents intervene to protect foreign-owned shop NET EXCLUSIVITY: 5G finally ready to fulfil its promise, but at the cost of equality Winner takes all in the AI economy, and SA wasn’t invited PANTOMIME VILLAIN: Public enemy No 1 Henry Pollock backs up his antics with performances COSTLY SCAPEGOATING: Xenophobic protests hit small businesses despite evidence migrants help grow SA’s economy Roots of xenophobia: Before ‘Abahambe’ there were AmaMpondo and Amankula AFTER THE BELL: March and March and the long walk to economic disruption HOVERING QUESTION OP-ED: The drones are already in the air, the privacy conversation is still on the ground Oversight Findings: Good reviews for Motherwell court and SAPS, with a few kinks to iron out MAINTENANCE FAILURES: R40m budget required to fix crumbling municipal facilities in Nelson Mandela Bay It’s WICKD: The auto manufacturing investment SA doesn’t need South Africa’s anger is real, but migrants are not the enemy Reclaiming ourselves in a time of hate as 30 June undermines our collective humanity Xenophobia in SA — hate and blame are far easier than building and working South Africa’s trust infrastructure is failing, it’s time to rebuild the national quality infrastructure Law over rage: SA must choose before anti-migrant anger descends into chaos Interest rates don’t build wealth, good financial habits do When accountability fades, democracy pays the price Watch – South Africa’s anti-migrant campaigns: What’s really driving them? Politics of the isolation ward: Thoughts on changing the world from a hospital bed SA’s bumper maize crop finds hungry Far East markets as harvest gathers pace From freedom fight to xenophobia — the anti-democratic pivot of SA protest Let nature be nature: Why SANParks doesn’t always intervene in wildlife disease Anti-migrant violence distracts from the real causes of SA’s economic crisis Watch — Xenophobia, fear and South Africa’s fault lines Ngizwe Mchunu, the Equality Court and the constitutional limits of freedom of expression Democracy, Deliberation and Degradation? My optimism for SA’s constitutional democracy was misplaced Watch – Mondli Makhanya: MK will win eThekwini/Durban Watch – Behind Zapiro’s Sisisi Tolashe cartoon
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