PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025 Gold medal in blundering as Lesufi’s amaPanyaza police Gauteng’s wallet, not its streets 3 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
LOOKING AHEAD Wetter skies to ease heat in 2026 but raise flood risk across SA’s interior provinces 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
SMALL TOWN OF THE YEAR Cullinan has learnt to pivot to ensure its revival and survival 5 min 0 By Naledi Mashishi
TAVERN KILLINGS Bekkersdal mass shooting: Motive unknown after 9 killed, municipality urges army deployment 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
CRIME STATS Kidnappings spike in Joburg, but murders, sexual offences reduce 4 min 0 By Naledi Mashishi
Pretoria Tavern Horror Death toll in Saulsville mass shooting rises to 12 5 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
AT RISK Schools safety fears soar as educator killings trigger urgent calls for protection 4 min 0 By Onthatile Mahlangu
LEGAL SPAT Gauteng MEC Lebogang Maile demands DA retract claim of concealing corruption — or else 4 min 0 By Naledi Mashishi
NOVEMBER BY-ELECTIONS Ward poll beatdown — ANC loses seats to MK, PA and independent candidate as it bleeds support 18 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
CITY REFLECTION G20 power: Johannesburg cleans up its act for the bwanas’ visit 5 min 1 By Ferial Haffajee
DUDULA SMACKDOWN Preventing migrants from using hospitals is ‘un-South African’, says Ramaphosa 3 min 0 By Suné Payne
HEALTH IN PROVINCES Ritshidze monitoring unmasks severe service slide in Gauteng, KZN, and Eastern Cape post-Pepfar cuts 6 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
ANALYSIS The amaPanyaza and the rising price of the temptation of populism 4 min 6 By Stephen Grootes
INTERVIEW Nature doesn’t wait — agricultural financing needs to be agile to be effective 7 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
AMAPANYAZA Calls for Lesufi’s removal after Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens disbanded 5 min 4 By Bheki C. Simelane
POLITICS IFP sets sights on wooing (and winning over) Gauteng voters in 2026 municipal elections 5 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SIU ‘not aware’ of reasons for suspension of Gauteng health department head Lesiba Malotana 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
OCTOBER BY-ELECTIONS DA wins Mpumalanga ward from ANC, while ANC hangs on in Mamelodi stronghold 7 min 2 By Wayne Sussman and Greg Nicolson
EDUCATION CRISIS Gauteng parents speak out on frequent school closures as water outages disrupt learning 8 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM Remembering Babita Deokaran: A call to justice and integrity in Gauteng’s health sector 7 min 3 By Takudzwa Pongweni
LIP SERVICE Maponya Mall tragedy highlights urgent need for reform in South Africa's taxi industry 5 min 2 By Bheki C. Simelane
