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POWER CRISIS

Eskom strike appears to be over after unions call on workers to ‘normalise the situation’

Ed Stoddard
3 mins

EAST LONDON TRAGEDY

Enyobeni tavern of death owner charged with selling liquor to the underaged

Hoseya Jubase and Tembile Sgqolana

OPEN SECRETS OP-ED

Zondo let the State Capture bankers off the hook

Michael Marchant for Open Secrets

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WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED

Filing from Odesa — between Putin, Pushkin and Potemkin

Greg Mills
5 mins

FADING TO BLACKOUTS

Stage 6 load shedding hits as Eskom blames ongoing strike action

Victoria O’Regan
5 mins

AFTER THE BELL

Does Numsa actually know the damage it is causing in the Eskom strike?

Tim Cohen
3 mins

JOHANNESBURG XENOPHOBIA

Nigeria’s Consul-General steps in as Operation Dudula truce falls apart in Orange Grove

Shaun Smillie
3 mins

COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE

‘No problem is insurmountable’ — Dr Imtiaz Sooliman on Nelson Mandela Bay’s Day Zero

Estelle Ellis
7 mins

UKRAINE UPDATE: 29 JUNE 2022

G7 explores energy price caps; More than 40 people missing after Russian missile attack on mall

Bloomberg
7 mins

TENNIS

Serena stunned by Tan in first-round, three-set Wimbledon epic

Reuters
3 mins

TOP READS

THEM OLD BONES

SA back in contention for being the place where our species originated following new Sterkfontein Caves discovery
CORRUPTION OP-ED

A bitter pill it is, but there are sound reasons for giving amnesty to alleged State Capture wrongdoers
AGE OF ASSASSINS

Another former accomplice of alleged gangster Nafiz Modack convicted after striking plea deal
ANALYSIS

ANC in Gauteng: The dawning of the Age of Panyaza Lesufi comes with problems, many big, difficult, painful problems
GROUNDUP LOTTO LOOT

SIU freezes R27-million mansion of former lottery chair Alfred Nevhutanda
SATIRE

Lord, hear our prayers for dear Msholozi, ‘Sho’t Left’ Mbalula and Malindi, our most fearless Woman Warrior
HELL ON WHEELS

They’ll have no truck with this – drivers and firms don’t think much of state’s plan to defuse protests over hiring foreigners

SPOTLIGHT

Monkeypox – experts answer 10 common questions

Elri Voigt

A FIGHTER SLAIN

Justice for Marikana community suffers a blow after activist gunned down at her front door

Ufrieda Ho

PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE

Premier David Makhura ‘will respond’ to Gauteng hospital crisis as more doctors speak out

Mark Heywood

ECUMENICAL POSTING

Jerry Pillay, SA academic labelled by some as ‘anti-Jewish’, elected to top World Council of Churches job

Karabo Mafolo

VIRUS ALERT

Second monkeypox case identified in SA, now in Western Cape

Tamsin Metelerkamp

POLICY BLUNDER

ConCourt rules Communications Minister Ntshavheni’s digital migration deadline was unlawful

Ray Mahlaka
4 mins

PRESIDENCY OP-ED

Direct presidential elections won’t prevent another ‘Zuma’ presidency — there are better ways of doing it

Grant Masterson
7 mins

COMPANIES

Tongaat Hulett’s uncertain future looms large

Tim Cohen
3 mins

RUGBY

Junior Springboks ring the changes for Ireland challenge

Ben Hart in Verona
3 mins

Ukraine Crisis

UKRAINE UPDATE: 27 JUNE 2022

G7 leaders to commit to indefinite support; Russian missiles strike Kyiv
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED

Filing from Odesa — between Putin, Pushkin and Potemkin
UKRAINE UPDATE: 28 JUNE 2022

Shopping mall engulfed in flames after deadly Russian missile strike; Nato to boost high-readiness force
FOOD SECURITY

Do not buy our stolen grain, Ukrainian foreign minister urges SA

STATE OF AMERICA

The United States’ growing political, cultural and moral conflict is a cautionary tale

J Brooks Spector

PAY DEMANDS ANALYSIS

Amcu’s Mathunjwa has a strong message for Sibanye ahead of wage talks

Ed Stoddard

GRAND SLAM OP-ED

Bad boy Nick Kyrgios claims dramatic victory over wild card Paul Jubb during Wimbledon Day 2

Derek Laud

HORSE RACING (PART TWO)

From rock stars to obscurity – searching for lost Thoroughbreds

Don Pinnock

THEM OLD BONES

SA back in contention for being the place where our species originated following new Sterkfontein Caves discovery

Shaun Smillie

SPOTLIGHT

Report finds some improvement at Mpumalanga clinics, but serious challenges remain

Nthusang Lefafa

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AGE OF ASSASSINS

Another former accomplice of alleged gangster Nafiz Modack convicted after striking plea deal

Vincent Cruywagen
4 mins

CORRUPTION OP-ED

A bitter pill it is, but there are sound reasons for giving amnesty to alleged State Capture wrongdoers

Robert Appelbaum, Gavin Rome, Sechaba Mohapi and Ryan Hopkins
7 mins

HELL ON WHEELS

They’ll have no truck with this – drivers and firms don’t think much of state’s plan to defuse protests over hiring foreigners

Chris Makhaye
5 mins

SCENERY PARK TRAGEDY

Protesters demand the arrest of the owner of East London’s Enyobeni ‘death tavern’

Hoseya Jubase and Tembile Sgqolana
6 mins

BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM

Tongues and other taboos: Why queer sex education is good for everyone

Zano Kunene and Linda Pretorius
7 mins

OPINIONISTA

Radical white evangelical fundamentalists have taken control of the US Supreme Court

Stefan Hippler
4 mins

OPINIONISTA

Digital economies radically reshaping future of work and traditional boundaries  

Tshilidzi Marwala
5 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Why can’t you remember being born, learning to walk or saying your first words? What scientists know about ‘infantile amnesia’

Vanessa LoBue
5 mins

BUSINESS MAVERICK

HELL ON WHEELS

They’ll have no truck with this – drivers and firms don’t think much of state’s plan to defuse protests over hiring foreigners
AFTER THE BELL

Does Numsa actually know the damage it is causing in the Eskom strike?
POWER CRISIS

Eskom strike appears to be over after unions call on workers to ‘normalise the situation’
BUSINESS MAVERICK

Cartoon Tuesday with Rico
BUYBACK PROGRAMME

Naspers management does a turnabout on Tencent sale — and share price takes off

MAVERICK CITIZEN

GROUNDUP LOTTO LOOT

SIU freezes R27-million mansion of former lottery chair Alfred Nevhutanda
SCENERY PARK TRAGEDY

Protesters demand the arrest of the owner of East London’s Enyobeni ‘death tavern’
Maverick Citizen

Day Zero: A current Threat
SPOTLIGHT

Monkeypox – experts answer 10 common questions
HEAR US!

No! In Their Own Words: What indigenous people against the River Club development have to say

OUR BURNING PLANET

OUTAGES EXPLAINED

Pushing the limits: Why load shedding puts even more pressure on an ageing electrical system
STUFF OF STREAMS

The legendary story of the Colonel Potter will get you hooked on the history of fly-fishing in SA
HORSE RACING (PART 1)

Odds against the Sport of Kings, the last stand for Thoroughbred horses
VROOM WITH A VIEW

EU’s big brawl over e-fuels: What’s wrong with liquid sunshine anyway?
HORSE RACING (PART TWO)

From rock stars to obscurity – searching for lost Thoroughbreds

MAVERICK LIFE

MENTAL HEALTH

Looking after family members with dementia: Alzheimer’s disease
THE CONVERSATION

How psychedelics act on the brain to relieve depression
BABY MOZART

Will classical music make your baby smarter?
STUFF OF STREAMS

The legendary story of the Colonel Potter will get you hooked on the history of fly-fishing in SA
ESCAPE

After a devastating fire, Wupperthal is rising again

zapiro

The optics

Tremors

Marking time

Big Game

Team effort

Escape

Wild glamping way off the beaten track

Don Pinnock
6 mins

GUEST ESSAY

Could bitcoin mining actually be good for the environment?

Steven Boykey Sidley
5 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Is there evidence aliens have visited Earth? Here’s what’s come out of US congress hearings on ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’

Steven Tingay
4 mins

GROUNDUP

Exploitation of refugee security guards rife in South Africa, says legal organisation

Tariro Washinyira
4 mins

AUDIT OUTCOMES

Financial gauge: Auditor-General puts spotlight on state of South Africa’s eight metros

Suné Payne
4 mins

OPINIONISTA

The Hindu fascism of Narendra Modi’s India must be opposed by decent people

Imraan Buccus
3 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Let’s talk about sex and the real costs to older folks’ wellbeing

Ojo Melvin Agunbiade
4 mins

ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

Africa has munitions mountain to climb to meet ‘silence the guns’ target by 2030

Liesl Louw-Vaudran
5 mins

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SCORPIO

STATE CAPTURE

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

The #GuptaLeaks, five years later

AMABHUNGANE

South Africa

Probe may torpedo Rudland-Tongaat takeover after finding regulator was fed ‘incorrect or incomplete’ information
South Africa

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

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

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie
South Africa

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

OPEN SECRETS

DAYS OF ZONDO

The State Capture Commission years: The highs, lows and where to now
OPEN SECRETS: UNACCOUNTABLE #32

Refiloe Mokoena – the attorney on the wrong side of the law
UNACCOUNTABLE #24

Auswell ‘tall trains’ Mashaba: The middleman who derailed Prasa
OPEN SECRETS OP-ED

The toxic chocolatier – The case for prosecuting Glencore executives
OPEN SECRETS UNACCOUNTABLE #18

KPMG – How a Big Four auditing firm went rogue in its greed for profit

Opinion

OPINIONISTA

The RET is becoming more brazen, showing their faces amid a swelling of ranks
OPINIONISTA

Psychological warfare is being brazenly waged on South Africa and its people
OPINIONISTA

It’s not ‘now or never’ for the NPA; it’s never ever
OPINIONISTA

There is an alternative to our current form of democracy and it can work
OPINIONISTA

Cape Town’s fight is with criminals, not politicians

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CHASING KAMPALA MAN OP-ED

The long and tricky road to prosecuting wildlife-trafficking kingpin Moazu Kromah and his network
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

Félix Tshisekedi opens Pandora’s Box with threat of conflict in eastern DRC
HORN OF AFRICA OP-ED

Somaliland is an unrecognised African success in a notoriously troubled region
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

Africa has munitions mountain to climb to meet ‘silence the guns’ target by 2030
ISS TODAY

High maternal mortality in Mali worsened by rife obstetric violence, social superstitions

Coronavirus

POST-PANDEMIC?

Government ditches Covid rules on masks, gatherings and travel
FOOD BASKET CHECK

How much food can you buy with the R350 grant? We go shopping
COVID-19

Masks are out in SA — but you can still wear yours if you want to, or if the shop insists
SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS

Panic sets in among Eastern Cape families as uncertainty grows over R350 grant
LEGAL CHALLENGE

NGO takes health minister to court over ‘incoherent, irrational and disingenuous’ interim Covid regulations

Sports

TENNIS

Serena stunned by Tan in first-round, three-set Wimbledon epic
HORSE RACING (PART 1)

Odds against the Sport of Kings, the last stand for Thoroughbred horses
SPRINGBOK RUGBY

Pieter-Steph’s comeback will have to wait at least one more week
CRICKET

SA’s Marizanne Kapp strikes sensational 150 in England Test
RUGBY

Returning Cheslin Kolbe targets a consistent Bok run

TGIFOOD

MARKET REPORT

‘Plat op die aarde’ in the heart of the Cape Whale Coast
COUNTRY FARE

What’s cooking today: Karoo lamb pie
MOROCCAN STYLE

What’s cooking today: Chicken tajine with dried figs, cashews and limes
MAIN INGREDIENT

Leek, the humble, gentle allium
SUPER ZUPPA

Throwback Thursday: Minestrone

MOTORING

MOTORING

Japanese upstart Suzuki topples its giant rival in SA sales
MOTORING

The Honda Ballade is back
MOTORING

Hyundai SA’s all-new high-performance Kona N is guaranteed to make you grin
TEST DRIVE

Mercedes-Benz SA launches its premium C-Class sedan — a new baby S-Class
VROOM WITH A VIEW

The Bentley Continental GT is unique, and for that you’re going to pay dearly

tongue in cheek

SATIRE

Lord, hear our prayers for dear Msholozi, ‘Sho’t Left’ Mbalula and Malindi, our most fearless Woman Warrior
SATIRE

Praise the Lord and pass the algorithm – the day I learnt that not every computer program has special plans for me
SATIRE

From Putin to potholes, Cyril and our other masters of mediation could set a sterling example
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

‘The South Africa Show’ keeps getting better, but recent developments make it hard to suspend disbelief
Media

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

Judiciary in CRISIS

JSC INTERVIEWS

Mandisa Maya set to become SA’s first female Deputy Chief Justice
Days of Zondo

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

JSC recommends Ronald Hendricks, Denzil Potgieter and Vuyokazi Noncembu for high court positions
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS

Judge Hlophe not ‘untouchable’, should not be given ‘free pass’ – full Bench of Gauteng High Court
GROUNDUP EDITORIAL

South Africa’s justice system is showing signs of rot

In case you missed it

TRAVEL BAN

Madagascar denies entry to SA aircraft – and it might have something to do with a stash of gold bars
SPIES R US

Cyril Ramaphosa confirms multimillion-rand heist at his Limpopo farm after Arthur Fraser laid charges against him
MESSENGER SILENCED

Dr Tim de Maayer, Rahima Moosa hospital whistle-blower, suspended
SPIES R US EXPLAINER

Unpacking the Cyril Ramaphosa home robbery story, and why you should care
ESSAY

A Zimbabwean’s appeal: If SA needs critical skills, why am I being chased away?

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – Saturday, 9 May 2020
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 8 May 2020
Crosswords

Crossed Out – Lockdown launch edition

WEBINARS

Webinars

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

Lack of democratic reform in Eswatini likely to fuel greater unrest – activists
Webinars

Pay attention! But if you can’t, don’t despair – you’re not alone
Webinars

Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
Webinars

The Poisoners: an unfinished history of poisoning and ultimately a political story to be continued

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