THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN

Biko inquest delay deepens drift towards collective amnesia about apartheid horrors

4 min

3

By Mondli Makhanya

THE GREAT UNRAVELLING

ANC devours itself from within as voters steadily turn their backs

8 min

5

By Mondli Makhanya

THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN

A tale of two visions — delusion vs delivery

5 min

2

By Mondli Makhanya

THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN

Reason, logic and facts die when we clash with populists over migration

5 min

8

By Mondli Makhanya

THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN

Squirming Andrea Johnson’s Madlanga grilling gave voyeurism an unsettling edge

6 min

1

By Mondli Makhanya

THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN

World Cup 2026 — magical moments amid all the messy stuff

8 min

2

By Mondli Makhanya

THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN

Embracing Mandela's wisdom to escape the prisons of hate and resentment

5 min

2

By Mondli Makhanya

THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN

Treasury’s municipal state of emergency: Great start but martial law is needed

5 min

8

By Mondli Makhanya

TURNING POINT

Tuesday, 30 June 2026 — the day the SA state ceded power to rabble-rousers

7 min

15

By Mondli Makhanya

DREAMS OF RUGBY OP-ED

The significance (or not) of our Springbok victory for nation building and democracy — Part Two

8 min

3

By Raymond Suttner

ANC IN CRISIS OP-ED

Attacks on our constitutional order are the main issue, not Ramaphosa’s resignation

6 min

1

By Raymond Suttner

TRIBUTE

‘A fantastic storyteller’: Sanef mourns the untimely death of journalist Poloko Tau

2 min

0

By SANEF

OBITUARY

Dumisane Lubisi (1976-2020): Proud son of Matsulu

2 min

0

By Ferial Haffajee

Covid-19 150 Days report – (Part 3)

Almost 1,000 days since Ramaphosa took office, and his kitchen cabinets are cutting up rough

3 min

0

By Ferial Haffajee

BOOK EXTRACT

Whither white South Africa?

6 min

0

By Jan-Jan Jan-Jan

#10xDMGathering

Journalism in a time of State Capture

6 min

0

By Jessica Bezuidenhout

BOOK EXTRACT

The back story to the most controversial cartoon in SA history

5 min

0

By Zapiro with Mike Wills

South Africa

The shootout: City Press vs. Sunday Times

9 min

0

By Mandy De Waal

Politics

Sowetan plays safe by saying sorry

4 min

0

By Ferial Haffajee

Politics

Miyeni affair - the morning after

3 min

0

By Carien du Plessis

Politics

Zuma paints himself into an ever-tighter spot over Zapiro cartoon

3 min

0

By Sipho Hlongwane