THE GATHERING 2025 Leading the charge — 6 agents of change tackling South Africa’s challenges head-on 9 min 0 By Nkululeko Ndlovu
FOREIGN AFFAIRS ‘Diplomatic doors were opened again,’ says Cosatu president after ‘nerve-racking’ meeting with Trump 4 min 3 By Nonkululeko Njilo
COMPANIES Daybreak Foods business rescue — a new board fails to instil hope in workers 4 min 3 By Lisakanya Venna
NO TO AUSTERITY ‘Cut corruption, not clinics. Tax the rich, not the poor,’ says Cosatu at Workers’ Day rally 5 min 2 By Julia Evans
LABOUR LAW DA challenges new employment equity targets in court, drawing ire from unions 4 min 5 By Lerato Mutsila
BUDGET 2025 2.0 Voices against VAT: Protesters propose wealth tax, funding of SARS to alleviate financial burden on the poor 3 min 3 By Suné Payne and Victoria O'Regan
BUDGET 2025 ‘Down with austerity,’ say SA trade unions and civil society organisations before Budget Speech 6 min 2 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
UNION TALKS SA closer to public sector pay deal — here are two reasons it should help stabilise government finances 4 min 0 By Ray Mahlaka
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: While the GNU cracks, labour relations in the public sector improve 4 min 13 By Ray Mahlaka
NEC LEKGOTLA Water security, the economy and fragile GNU under spotlight at ANC indaba 5 min 2 By Nonkululeko Njilo
BEE CONTROVERSY ‘Madness’ or ‘necessary intervention’? Parks Tau’s R100bn transformation fund draws mixed reactions 3 min 2 By Lisakanya Venna
SA POLITICS OP-ED The South African Communist Party takes itself by surprise (Part Two) 12 min 5 By Jeff Rudin
ANNIVERSARY JUBILEE Nxesi delivers SACP’s message to ANC at 113th birthday bash: ‘Our ally is the ANC, not the DA’ 3 min 8 By Suné Payne
ROUGH CUTS Cogta’s axeing of community workers likely to plunge people into instant poverty, say unions 4 min 7 By Naledi Sikhakhane
DISASTER AT SEA Five minutes to Cape Town tragedy: Lepanto sinking report reveals harrowing escape and potential oversight failures 4 min 13 By Ethan van Diemen
ANALYSIS Red Alert — will the SACP disappear into insignificance without the ANC? 4 min 17 By Stephen Grootes
ANALYSIS The Zuma playbook — He’s appealing against ANC expulsion as part of plan to become president again 5 min 45 By Ferial Haffajee
MTBPS 2024- VOICE FROM THE STREET Desperate plea to Godongwana for jobs, housing, healthcare and education as cost of living crisis bites 5 min 3 By Lisakanya Venna and Siyabonga Goni
SELECTIVE PERCEPTIONS OP-ED The (mostly) unacknowledged commitment of public teachers and health workers (Part 2) 7 min 1 By Jeff Rudin
CORPORATE FRAUD Cosatu welcomes seizure of R67m from former Steinhoff executive 2 min 2 By Neesa Moodley
