Illustrative image: President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: Deaan Vivier / Gallo Images / Beeld) | South African flag. (Photo: Nic Bothma / EPA-EFE) | An anti-US and anti-Israel demonstration in Tehran, Iran. (Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA-EFE) | US President Donald Trump. (Photo: Shawn Thew / EPA-EFE) | A pro-Israel protest outside Parliament in Cape Town. (Photo: Nic Bothma / EPA-EFE) 
The Weekend Wrap
Missiles over Doha, Ramaphosa and Steenhuisen face off, and one South African’s animated life at Pixar.
Watch – Iran standoff, NYC chooses new Dem candidate – and the media’s role
In this episode, journalist and editor Tony Karon joins Redi Tlhabi on The Readiness Report to unpack the pressures facing newsrooms in the West, from censorship around Israel and Palestine, to the collapse of US foreign policy credibility on Iran.
By Redi Tlhabi
Who will blink first in game of chicken between DA and ANC? Steenhuisen or Ramaphosa?
In a strongly worded statement in Parliament on Thursday, DA leader John Steenhuisen has given President Cyril Ramaphosa a ‘48-hour ultimatum’. But then what?
By Rebecca Davis
How my Qatar Airways flight was diverted as missiles flew over Doha
Announcing that my flight to Doha had been diverted to Istanbul, the captain said Qatar’s airspace had been closed because of the ‘political situation between Israel and Iran’.
By Peter Fabricius
Behind the lottery licence — how elite networks shape government contracts
All of this fits into what is becoming a prevailing narrative among the English-speaking chattering classes — that Paul Mashatile is linked to many businesspeople who win government contracts. And is able to benefit from these relationships.
By Stephen Grootes
The Weekend Wrap
Missiles over Doha, Ramaphosa and Steenhuisen face off, and one South African’s animated life at Pixar.
Watch – Iran standoff, NYC chooses new Dem candidate – and the media’s role
In this episode, journalist and editor Tony Karon joins Redi Tlhabi on The Readiness Report to unpack the pressures facing newsrooms in the West, from censorship around Israel and Palestine, to the collapse of US foreign policy credibility on Iran.
By Redi Tlhabi
Who will blink first in game of chicken between DA and ANC? Steenhuisen or Ramaphosa?
In a strongly worded statement in Parliament on Thursday, DA leader John Steenhuisen has given President Cyril Ramaphosa a ‘48-hour ultimatum’. But then what?
By Rebecca Davis
Behind the lottery licence — how elite networks shape government contracts
All of this fits into what is becoming a prevailing narrative among the English-speaking chattering classes — that Paul Mashatile is linked to many businesspeople who win government contracts. And is able to benefit from these relationships.
By Stephen Grootes
How my Qatar Airways flight was diverted as missiles flew over Doha
Announcing that my flight to Doha had been diverted to Istanbul, the captain said Qatar’s airspace had been closed because of the ‘political situation between Israel and Iran’.
By Peter Fabricius
A war by other means — necropolitics and the creation of deathscapes in Gaza
Deathworlds or deathscapes allow for the ‘walking dead’, where people live under such appalling conditions that they exist in a state between living and dying. Necropolitics refers to the regulation of the body where those in power can take a decision to let some live and others die.
By Amanda Gouws
Why 100% fruit juice should come with a sugar warning label
Fruit juice can have as much — or more — sugar than soda or energy drinks. But unlike those drinks, juices won’t come with a warning label under SA’s latest draft regulations for food labelling. We did the sums to show you why they should.
By Zano Kunene
Donkey Day brings hope — and help — to Makhanda’s beloved beasts of burden
Philippa du Toit, through her organisation and funding from abroad, unknowingly brought back a much-loved annual celebration to the small town of Makhanda — bringing hope and renewed commitment from the community.
By Nkosazana Ngwadla
What’s the difference between food poisoning and gastro? A gut expert explains
If you’ve got a dodgy tummy, diarrhoea and have been vomiting, it’s easy to blame a “tummy bug” or “off food”. But which is it? Gastro or food poisoning? What’s the difference anyway?
By Vincent Ho
Legging it through Hillbrow, the chaotic heart of Joburg on a journey of renewal
Parts of the inner-city suburb are being revived through the efforts of residents, property owners and nonprofit organisations. Now a walking tour offers a glimpse of the renewal.
By Bridget Hilton-Barber
Daily Mini Crossword Quickie
South African Ferdi Scheepers has an animated working life at Disney’s world-renowned Pixar studios
With the release of Elio, Pixar’s next original animated adventure, we got the opportunity to interview Ferdi Scheepers, a South African effects artist who has worked on some of the studio’s biggest films over the past two decades.
By Noelle Adams
How an American learnt to love the braai
While some tourists flood their bucket lists with museums and restaurants, I wanted something more exciting, something more local, something to set my heart ablaze that would make space for a new core memory to be locked in forever. That something is a braai.
By Naomi Campbell
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