EXPLAINER Who’s who in the SA-Iran naval drill fiasco 7 min 2 By Victoria O'Regan and Peter Fabricius
NAVAL-GAZING Motshekga orders inquiry into why Ramaphosa’s orders to withdraw Iranian warships from exercise weren’t obeyed 6 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
ALL AT SEA SANDF apparently defied presidential orders to remove Iran from a joint naval exercise 6 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
Amir Bagherioromi Iran at a crossroads: A civilisation in revolt, not a theocracy defined by violence 5 min 0 14 January 2026
MIDDLE EAST UNREST Trump urges Iranians to keep protesting, says ‘help is on its way’ 4 min 0 By Reuters
WILL FOR PEACE Iran pulls out of SA’s joint naval exercise amid political tensions 4 min 5 By Peter Fabricius
THE INTERVIEW A removed sensibility — In conversation with artist Nava Derakhshani 8 min 0 By David Mann
GEOPOLITICS SANDF confirms SA will host joint naval exercise with BRICS-Plus states next month 7 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
CURVEBALL Iran visa denial by US raises inclusion questions before soccer World Cup 4 min 4 By Yanga Sibembe
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OP-ED Walking the tightrope — SA’s foreign policy needs to balance moral and material objectives 4 min 1 By André Stemmet and Karen Smith
FOREIGN AFFAIRS President Ramaphosa to meet SANDF chief over ‘ill-advised’ visit to Iran 3 min 12 By Peter Fabricius
THE READINESS REPORT Redi Tlhabi on why SA Army Chief’s Iran visit is a diplomatic disaster in the making 1 min 5 By Redi Tlhabi
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Ministers slam SANDF chief for his remarks about solidarity with Iran 5 min 37 By Peter Fabricius and Victoria O’Regan
RIO SUMMIT BRICS leaders condemn Ukrainian attacks on Russian infrastructure 4 min 2 By Peter Fabricius
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS All your questions about Israel’s short war on Iran answered 4 min 3 By Daily Maverick
THE CONVERSATION Israel, Iran and the US — why 2025 is a turning point for the international order 4 min 0 By Brian Brivati
INTERVIEW Peace after genocide? Ori Goldberg, leading Israeli dissident, on Iran, SA and the uncharted terrain 2 min 23 By Kevin Bloom
GEOPOLITICS Ceasefires and future fires — unholy trinity of Iran, Israel and the US presages a murky future 7 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
TELECOMS WAR MTN faces legal reckoning: Turkcell's $4.2 billion claim exposes alleged corruption and bribery 8 min 6 By Lindsey Schutters
