BENDING THE FUTURE SA at a Rubicon: Crime, power and a high-stakes paddle into 2026 9 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
Terence McNamee An epic act of national self-harm: Letting South Africa’s ‘Rainbow Nation’ story die 18 min 4 26 December 2025
INTERVIEW ‘Who Really Killed Chris Hani?’ – book underscores global rogue spies and murky business nexus 6 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
DECEMBER BY-ELECTIONS Emphatic IFP win in rural KZN caps good week for party in wake of legislature chaos 4 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
Buti Manamela The National Democratic Revolution is the only idea that can rescue SA from its fragmented present 5 min 4 17 December 2025
Jeff Rudin Can the South African Communist Party’s history be an unwitting source of hope? 9 min 0 15 December 2025
BOOK EXCERPT Young friendship across the colour line in apartheid SA reshapes views about whites 7 min 0 By Kingsley Mamabolo
THE INTERVIEW From national power to rural party? ANC nearing its end, warns chief whip Mdumiseni Ntuli 5 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo and Suné Payne
NGC 2025 Ramaphosa will lead the 2026 ANC local government election campaign as plot rumours fizzle 4 min 6 By Ferial Haffajee
DECEMBER BY-ELECTIONS ANC retains Ekurhuleni, Western Cape wards, but sheds support to Patriotic Alliance, ActionSA 6 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
SUCCESSION BATTLE The race to rule the ANC after Cyril — new numbers, new front-runners 7 min 6 By Ferial Haffajee
Niall Reddy In 2026 the left must act — there are hundreds of Zohrans within our ranks 5 min 5 10 December 2025
NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION Kingmakers, knives and numbers: The vote that could hand KZN to Zuma’s MK party 6 min 10 By Greg Ardé
ISS TODAY After a decade of delays, it’s time to put the Office of Public Integrity into action 4 min 0 By Colette Ashton
ANC NGC ‘Time is not on our side’ — ANC reflects on GNU and declining voter support 6 min 7 By Nonkululeko Njilo
SCENE-SETTER Will Ramaphosa stay or go? What you need to know about the ANC’s NGC 4 min 1 By Ferial Haffajee
ANALYSIS Trump’s ‘false’ farm killings and the politics lurking around SA’s crime stats 8 min 2 By Caryn Dolley
MADIBA’S LEGACY OP-ED Mandela’s inclusive and unthreatening manner integral to SA’s negotiated settlement (Part 5) 6 min 0 By Raymond Suttner
