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GUEST ESSAY

Flying Circus — Thandi Modise’s shocking trip to Russian security conference

Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
6 mins

GROUNDUP

Class of darkness – parents and learners raise alarm over hazardous and dilapidated historic Durban school

Benita Enoch

BRIDGING THE GAP OP-ED

Why we don’t get skills planning right – it’s just not that simple

Stephanie Allais

MASSACRE REMEMBERED

The smell of blood comes back to me as I think of Marikana

Felix Dlangamandla

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HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

Angry community shuts Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park gate, sets alight guard hut after repeated wildlife escapes

Tony Carnie
4 mins

ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS

ANC’s collapse as South Africa’s majority party is foretold in new poll

Ferial Haffajee
4 mins

DELIVERY SERVICE

‘We are just hanging in there’ – the frustration of Uber and Bolt drivers in South Africa

Maru Attwood
9 mins

SPOTLIGHT

How abortion guru Dr Daphney Conco reached her dream of wearing a graduation gown

Tiyese Jeranji for Spotlight
7 mins

FOOTBALL WRAP

Pirates lose the bounty while Sundowns demolish Chiefs in DStv Premiership weekend action

Yanga Sibembe
3 mins

GROUNDUP APRIL 2022 FLOODS

Frustrated flood-affected Durban residents rebuilt Pompene bridge in less than a week

Benita Enoch
2 mins

CORONAVIRUS CONUNDRUM

Covid-19 vaccination in South Africa — boost in youth vaccine uptake urgently needed

Tamsin Metelerkamp
4 mins

LOVE OR HATE

Deconstructing political party-speak on xenophobia – calming messages or inflammatory statements?

Suné Payne
6 mins

TOP READS

Business Maverick

Johnson & Johnson drops talcum powder globally as lawsuits mount
HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

Angry community shuts Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park gate, sets alight guard hut after repeated wildlife escapes
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS

ANC’s collapse as South Africa’s majority party is foretold in new poll
ROAD TO DECEMBER 2022

Supra Mahumapelo ‘pulls out’ of North West ANC chairperson race and aims for NEC position
GROUNDUP HOMELESSNESS

Stuck in first gear — Cape Town bylaws criminalise houseless persons sleeping in cars
ANALYSIS

Springbok coach refuses to concede that selection decisions were behind Ellis Park setback
JUDGES MATTER OP-ED

Mogoeng Mogoeng’s rumoured political ambitions would impair SA judiciary’s trustworthiness

CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 15 – 19 AUGUST

This week — Remembering the Marikana massacre, World Humanitarian Day and Land Conference

Tamsin Metelerkamp

TURNING POINTS

A decade since the Marikana massacre, a century since the Rand Revolt

Kate Alexander

JUDGES MATTER OP-ED

Mogoeng Mogoeng’s rumoured political ambitions would impair SA judiciary’s trustworthiness

Mbekezeli Benjamin

SECURITY BREACH

ANC opens criminal case after ‘thugs’ clone accreditation tags at North West elective conference

Nonkululeko Njilo

Pop culture roundup

Comics, series and films (including a delicious black comedy) coming soon

Tracy Benson and Noelle Adams
5 mins

ROAD TO DECEMBER 2022

Supra Mahumapelo ‘pulls out’ of North West ANC chairperson race and aims for NEC position

Nonkululeko Njilo
4 mins

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE ACT

Nedbank blames delayed legislative process for its R35m SA Reserve Bank fine

Neesa Moodley
3 mins

ANALYSIS

Springbok coach refuses to concede that selection decisions were behind Ellis Park setback

Craig Ray
5 mins

Ukraine Crisis

UKRAINE UPDATE: 10 AUGUST 2022

Russian oil halted on central European pipeline; explosions rock Crimean air base
GUEST ESSAY

Flying Circus — Thandi Modise’s shocking trip to Russian security conference
UKRAINE UPDATE: 12 AUGUST 2022

Nine Russian combat planes destroyed in Crimea blast; McDonald’s plans to reopen in Kyiv
UKRAINE UPDATE: 15 AUGUST 2022

First UN wheat cargo sets sail for Ethiopia; forces focus on counteroffensive in southern Kherson

GUEST ESSAY

Exporting copper from Zambia — a tale of two roads

Greg Mills

ELECTIONS

Five days later, tensions rise as Kenyan presidential election results trickle in

Peter Fabricius

CRIME

Fourth suspect arrested in Hillary Gardee murder case ‘linked to three other killings’

Tembile Sgqolana

FREEDOM & FATWAS

Attack on Salman Rushdie makes it imperative to defend the right to write freely

J Brooks Spector

THE BIG COP-OUT OP-ED

Our skies are burning while our modern-day Neros fiddle at the UN Conference of the Parties

Jeff Rudin

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BACK FROM THE BRINK

One decade on, the Marikana mine has seen a turnaround in fortunes and is making a punchy profit

Ed Stoddard
4 mins

MARIKANA MASSACRE REMEMBERED

A shameful decade of scandals haunts a rudderless SA Police Service 10 years after SA’s tragic day

Caryn Dolley
7 mins

OP-ED

The flag and the bulldozer: As India turns 75, it slides deeper into fascism

Shuddhabrata Sengupta
8 mins

OPINIONISTA

ANC’s persistence with the National Democratic Revolution, cadre deployment at the root of SA corruption

Paul Hoffman
10 mins

EVERYDAY CHANGEMAKERS OP-ED

A celebration of the courageous citizens whose acts transform despair into hope

Stephan de Beer and Jennifer Lee
5 mins

THE BURNING PLANET

Here are few changes you can make to help offset (even a little) the climate crisis

Sarah Hoek
8 mins

BOOK EXTRACT

The Enemy Within — how the ANC lost the battle against corruption

Mpumelelo Mkhabela
4 mins

BUSINESS MAVERICK

Business Maverick

Johnson & Johnson drops talcum powder globally as lawsuits mount
FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE ACT

Nedbank blames delayed legislative process for its R35m SA Reserve Bank fine
Business Maverick

Russia unplugs foes, rewards friends in latest market reboot
MATTER OF FACT

Retraction of article and apology to Symbion Power LLC
BACK FROM THE BRINK

One decade on, the Marikana mine has seen a turnaround in fortunes and is making a punchy profit

MAVERICK CITIZEN

HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

Angry community shuts Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park gate, sets alight guard hut after repeated wildlife escapes
GROUNDUP HOMELESSNESS

Stuck in first gear — Cape Town bylaws criminalise houseless persons sleeping in cars
THE BIG COP-OUT OP-ED

Our skies are burning while our modern-day Neros fiddle at the UN Conference of the Parties
PROTEST NATION

Saftu and allies plan national shutdown on 24 August to demand a better life for the working class
TEACHING OP-ED

Increasing casualisation of education jobs has serious consequences for newly qualified teachers

OUR BURNING PLANET

HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT

Angry community shuts Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park gate, sets alight guard hut after repeated wildlife escapes
THE CONVERSATION

Global warming putting world’s biggest ice sheet at greater risk than scientists previously thought
ACADEMIC PROFILES

Meet two pioneering South African university Vice-Chancellors blazing the global science trail
DISINFECTION ALERT 

Cape Town water warning: Time to boil the kettle and get out the bleach
THE BIG COP-OUT OP-ED

Our skies are burning while our modern-day Neros fiddle at the UN Conference of the Parties

MAVERICK LIFE

THE CONVERSATION

A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: a lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence
Get thee to a theatre

Home, hope and humour — Capetonians, catch it while you can
WELLNESS

How frequently should couples be having sex? Hint: It’s not the number that counts
MAVERICK MAPPER

Loeriesfontein — home of the giant steel flowers
GREASE STAR

Pop icon Olivia Newton-John dies age 73 – ‘Her impact was incredible’

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Here today

Hang On

All together now

Dissonance

Taliban Times

PHOTO ESSAY

The All Blacks Springboks clash of Ellis Park in pictures

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WAR IN EUROPE

Ukrainian ‘The Womanly Face of War’ exhibition visits SA

Julia Evans
5 mins

UKRAINE UPDATE: 15 AUGUST 2022

First UN wheat cargo sets sail for Ethiopia; forces focus on counteroffensive in southern Kherson

Bloomberg
5 mins

MARIKANA MASSACRE REMEMBERED

Mine workers symbolising SA’s tragic day: ‘We’ll fight another 10 years to taste justice’

Greg Nicolson
9 mins

CRICKET

Batting in focus as Proteas gun for Test glory against an old foe

Jon Cardinelli
5 mins

Business Maverick

Johnson & Johnson drops talcum powder globally as lawsuits mount

Bloomberg and Reuters
4 mins

OPINIONISTA

Dire economic outlook for the UK economy bodes ill for South Africa

Natale Labia
3 mins

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SCORPIO

SCORPIO

Ex Gauteng HoD Margaret-Ann Diedricks arrested over R7-million ‘kickbacks’ from Free State asbestos tender
SCORPIO ANALYSIS

Groundhog Day à la ANC — Prasa Chair Leonard Ramatlakane’s tall train lies
SCORPIO

Bounty Brands’ ‘dodgy’ dividend: R530m from doomed UIF investment flowed to shareholders’ offshore accounts
STATE CAPTURE

Gupta lawyers bow out as IDC’s R287m fight against Oakbay rolls into year five
SCORPIO

Pretoria family racket allegedly fleeced state using Sassa pensioners as front for dodgy police service providers

AMABHUNGANE

South Africa

The awful state of SA’s lawful telecoms interception, Part One
South Africa

High court ruling involving Zuma’s taxes may alter the ways of South Africa’s democracy
South Africa

Fuel thieves siphon off millions from Mpumalanga Eskom power station
South Africa

Prasa pays R3m to Mbalula’s administrator — just before court culls him
South Africa

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie

OPEN SECRETS

UNACCOUNTABLE #21

Bain & Company – the KGB of consulting
UNACCOUNTABLE #24

Auswell ‘tall trains’ Mashaba: The middleman who derailed Prasa
JULY RIOTS, ONE YEAR LATER

Business and communities still struggle to recover from July 2021 while alerts issued to avoid another insurrection
OPEN SECRETS OP-ED

Prasa’s legacy of whistle-blower victimisation and corruption cover-ups is off the rails
OPEN SECRETS: UNACCOUNTABLE #33

Joburg’s king of public prosecutions, Andrew Chauke

Opinion

OPINIONISTA

This is my South Africa. This is my home. This is a place worth fighting for
OPINIONISTA

Last week was one of great sorrow; we are exhausted by our country’s brokenness
OPINIONISTA

Toughen up, you gasping Europeans, you’re part of the 40°C Club now so soldier on African-style
OPINIONISTA

ANC delegates at KZN conference raise large middle finger to the poor
OPINIONISTA

Amid the ANC’s jollification, we are left with just the imaginaries of ‘a better life for all’

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AFRO DISPATCHES

Victoria Falls heritage status under threat from power plant, hotel, golf course plans, Unesco warns
GUEST ESSAY

Exporting copper from Zambia — a tale of two roads
ELECTIONS

Five days later, tensions rise as Kenyan presidential election results trickle in
FOOTBALL

CAF president Patrice Motsepe reveals more details of Africa Super League
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

Madagascar president’s spat with South Africa about more than gold smuggling

Coronavirus

SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW

‘It took me three seconds to decide’ — Dr Fareed Abdullah reflects on three decades at the coalface of public health
COVID-19

Health authorities confirm first vaccine-related death in South Africa
STATE OF DISASTER

Distress but no social relief – Limpopo’s poor languish in misery after SRD grant cut off
NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION

Gauteng DA launches yet another ‘desperate’ bid to oust Makhura, but this time ‘we’ve got the numbers’
Newsdeck

North Korea declares victory over Covid-19, reveals Kim suffered fever

Sports

ANALYSIS

Springbok coach refuses to concede that selection decisions were behind Ellis Park setback
RUGBY

All Blacks bounce back against Boks with stunning Ellis Park heist
PHOTO ESSAY

The All Blacks Springboks clash of Ellis Park in pictures
GOLF

Maiden major was worth the wait for Ashleigh Buhai, South Africa’s first lady of golf
RUGBY

Is Super Rugby’s restructure to blame for the All Blacks’ slump?

TGIFOOD

STEAK MASTERCLASS

The experts share their tips for beefy perfection
JOZI FOOD ENCLAVE

What’s old and new at the 44 Stanley precinct
TIME TRIP

The rediscovery of a French food legend in Jozi
WALTZING MELBOURNE

Lunch with the Neighbours? I should be so lucky
GOLDEN PASTA

What’s cooking today: Tagliatelle aglio e olio e peperoncino

MOTORING

MOTORING

Going for a song – the new Kia Sonet Turbo
LIVE SMARTER

What’s the hype with hybrid cars? A fast-track guide to going electric in SA
MOTORING

The Honda Ballade is back
VROOM WITH A VIEW

The Mercedes V-Class is some kind of wonderful, but the hefty price puts it out of reach
VROOM WITH A VIEW

The road ahead: Motoring trends in 2022

tongue in cheek

Grey but unscathed

Tannie Evita emerges from lockdown
Media

SA’s most famous showerhead sparks more debate
Media

Zapiro bares all on Muhammad cartoon in, you guessed it, another cartoon
TONGUE IN CHEEK

Rail against the moegoes: Give those pesky Polo drivers a train ticket… please!
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Dear Comrade Jessie Duarte, Ace Magashule deserves our compassion

Judiciary in CRISIS

JUDICIARY IN CRISIS

On a mission from his God – Chief Justice Mogoeng’s message to South Africa: ‘We are bewitched’
GROUNDUP EDITORIAL

South Africa’s justice system is showing signs of rot
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS

The rise and (slow) fall of John Hlophe, the judge who almost took the judiciary down with him
ANALYSIS

Why South Africa still has a chance
Days of Zondo

Former SSA DG Arthur Fraser to break oath on ‘state secrets’, seeks indemnity, State Capture inquiry hears

In case you missed it

FARMGATE

Burglars stole $600,000 from Cyril Ramaphosa’s game farm Phala Phala, says report
PUBLIC PROTECTOR IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

Mpofu feels ‘ambushed’ as photo confirms that witness was with Mkhwebane at Vrede dairy inspection
PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE

New ANC KZN leader Siboniso Duma saves Cyril Ramaphosa from embarrassment
TONGUE IN CHEEK

‘Cursed’ zama zama of a lawyer — Malesela Teffo should sue whoever gave him a degree
AFTER THE BELL

SA shocks the world by massively outperforming economically … and other tall stories

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
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Crossed Out – 8 May 2021
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Crossed Out – Saturday, 9 May 2020
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Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 15 May 2020

WEBINARS

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Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
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Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
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The Poisoners: an unfinished history of poisoning and ultimately a political story to be continued
Webinars

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa
Webinars

SA can no longer be held to ransom by ANC factional politics, says new book by country’s top thinkers

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