WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST ‘Is the deal dead?’ Your questions on the Iran-US conflict answered 9 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
THE TRUMP TREKS How Trump’s ‘white preference’ saw 7,727 SA ‘refugees’ enter US while resident immigrants sidelined 7 min 2 By Caryn Dolley
By Natale Labia The game is rigged— how Trump’s influence corrodes the soccer pitch and financial markets 5 min 2 7 July 2026
ANALYSIS Infantino, Fifa and Trump have dealt a mammoth blow to soccer’s integrity 6 min 4 By Yanga Sibembe
REFLECTIONS ON INDEPENDENCE A fractured US celebrates its semiquincentennial, with a terrifying outlook 250 years hence 8 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
SEEING RED Trump intervention sparks World Cup storm as Fifa clears Balogun to face Belgium 4 min 2 By Reuters
By John Stremlau Democracies and autocracies, and how they play into US-South African relations 3 min 0 1 July 2026
GREEN WATER BLUEPRINT Zille-style stunts — how Democrats can capitalise on Trump’s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool fiasco 5 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
By Chris Heymans Host nation discomfort: a World Cup against the spirit of the game 4 min 2 19 June 2026
US POLITICS Trump’s ‘Freedom 250’ vs US history — the battle for a nation’s soul 9 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
US POLITICS Governance takes a back seat as Trump continues on his monumental march of folly 9 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
BATTLE OF THE EGOS Standoff continues as Tehran and Washington refuse to yield 6 min 0 By Mel Frykberg
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS No golf, but Roelf Meyer, SA’s new ambassador to US, will walk the course 6 min 3 By Victoria O’Regan and Peter Fabricius
By Colin Coleman Time for change: Ambassador Roelf Meyer begins new chapter for SA-US relations 8 min 4 20 May 2026
GEOPOLITICS ANALYSIS Trump claims triumph in Beijing, while Xi Jinping smiles 7 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
