SONA 2026 A Sona for (almost) all — Ramaphosa’s masterclass in political crowd-pleasing 7 min 17 By Rebecca Davis
SONA 2026 Electricity transmission company will be fully independent, assures Ramaphosa 5 min 5 By Ferial Haffajee
SONA 2026 IN FULL: President Ramaphosa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address 31 min 0 By Cyril Ramaphosa
TAP SQUEEZE Ramaphosa deploys ministers before Sona to ‘urgently’ tackle Joburg’s water crisis 4 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
TRC Roulette Khampepe Commission: presidents Mbeki and Zuma have moral obligation to disclose what they know 3 min 3 By Marianne Thamm
ANALYSIS Ramaphosa must reconcile economic gains with SA’s harsh reality in his Sona 5 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
ISS TODAY New SAPS task team is a start, but only a small step toward justice for police corruption in SA 4 min 0 By David Bruce
SONA ASSESSMENT One big win, many hard failures — Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation report card 7 min 12 By Ferial Haffajee
Sponsored Content When international law becomes optional: What critical minerals geopolitics means for mining 7 min 0 By ENS
Nkabinde Inquiry President extends Nkabinde Inquiry as former KZN prosecutor opts to testify for Chauke 4 min 1 By Marianne Thamm
MANAGED DECLINE OP-ED Is South Africa truly turning a corner after a decade of crisis? 21 min 6 By Claude Baissac
STATE OF CAPTURE Combined crises — Ramaphosa decries 26 murders, while turmoil rocks SA law enforcement 7 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
ISS TODAY OP-ED Stilfontein disaster exposed a systemic failure to gather and act on information 4 min 0 By Vanya Gastrow
WEATHER WOES Ekurhuleni councillor missing in Mozambique amid catastrophic flooding crisis 7 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
NAVAL-GAZING Motshekga orders inquiry into why Ramaphosa’s orders to withdraw Iranian warships from exercise weren’t obeyed 6 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
ANALYSIS Naval-gazing — the SANDF, Iran and the potential threat to SA’s democracy 5 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
ALL AT SEA SANDF apparently defied presidential orders to remove Iran from a joint naval exercise 6 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
FEEL THE HEAT Climate crisis vs job security — how President’s fresh PCC picks aim to calm SA’s just transition jitters 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
‘MUNICIPAL REBOOT’ Ramaphosa vows decisive action in 2026 to revive ailing municipalities or face voters’ wrath 5 min 11 By Nonkululeko Njilo
RECUSAL ROULETTE Stalled apartheid-era prosecutions: Former presidents Zuma, Mbeki try to further delay the process 6 min 1 By Marianne Thamm
