PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025 The dying empire and its teetering Death Star — and why whoever comes after Trump will be worse 3 min 3 By Richard Poplak
ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING Markets in 2026 will be forced to face the liquidity delusion 4 min 0 By Natale Labia
LETTER FROM PENNSYLVANIA How a Pennsylvania rock shelter upended archaeology and changed our understanding of the first Americans 8 min 0 By Glen Retief
TRADE PERILS OP-ED Doing deals with white devils — avoiding a Faustian pact with fossil-fuelled fascists 8 min 2 By Alex Lenferna
THEATRE REVIEW Chicago: Singing, dancing dames who’d sell their mothers to be front-page news 6 min 0 By Keith Bain
IN LOO OF PROTEST Pot shots — take a dump on Trump or an oligarch dictator with these inspired toilet creations 4 min 0 By Herman Lategan
REDEFINED ROLE From digital gold to risk asset: Bitcoin plummets amid tariff carnage and investor fears 4 min 2 By Lindsey Schutters
TRADE TENSIONS Tariff turmoil: South Africa opts for diplomacy over quick retaliation in trade dispute 3 min 14 By Nonkululeko Njilo
STIFLED POTENTIAL The capital problem Africa won’t talk about that America solved a long time ago 4 min 0 By Dudley Baylis
EXPLAINER How many Afrikaners will be approved for refugee status in the US? 3 min 0 By Rebecca Davis
TRADE TENSIONS OP-ED How Agoa non-renewal threatens South African citrus industry and US consumers 4 min 1 By Gerrit van der Merwe
MARKETS WRAP Yields slumps with dollar as US growth worries weigh, Asia shares edge up 3 min 0 By Reuters
ISS TODAY OP-ED A strategic reset: How Europe can forge stronger ties with Africa amid global tensions 5 min 0 By Ronak Gopaldas
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR A good dose of humility and courage is needed to face this Trumpian golden age of narcissism and nationalism 5 min 43 By Heather Robertson
INTERNATIONAL A year of resetting the political game, and what it could usher in 8 min 4 By J Brooks Spector
CARIBBEAN CRUNCH Proteas face tough challengers as T20 World Cup Super Eights stage is set 5 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
GEOPOLITICS ANALYSIS There could be many horsemen heralding the coming apocalypses 7 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
MASS SHOOTINGS America’s obsession over the right to bear arms means many more innocents will die 11 min 4 By J Brooks Spector
