LOCAL HEROES Durban student creates app to map SA’s municipal service failures — and the fixes 5 min 3 By Greg Ardé
THE MAGIC OF ABCD Rethinking nonprofits: The power of asset-based citizen-led development in South Africa 2 min 0 By Janine Ward
MINERALS QUANDARY Backed into a corner: Mining’s role in green energy creates an efficiency paradox 4 min 0 By Kara Le Roux
SONA 2026 IN FULL: President Ramaphosa’s 2026 State of the Nation Address 31 min 0 By Cyril Ramaphosa
POWER GUZZLERS (PART FIVE) The wheeling and dealing behind South Africa’s AI factories 8 min 3 By Lindsey Schutters
EDUCATION BLUES Staff in limbo as Educor flouts CCMA order to pay more than R1.3m 4 min 0 By Siyabonga Goni
By Colin Bundy Why Leon Levy’s politics still matter, and what they demand of us 8 min 0 10 February 2026
TRANSFORMATION FUND The state’s R20bn gamble to rewrite SA’s B-BBEE rules 5 min 12 By Lindsey Schutters
By Bukelani Mboniswa The battle between the ideology of whiteness and the existence of black statehood in South Africa 3 min 10 8 February 2026
POLITRIX Dear John... You wrote the rules. When the DA decides you’re done, you’re done 9 min 5 By Rebecca Davis
By Thato Mmereki The age of the sovereign venture capitalist has arrived, and SA is exposed 6 min 0 6 February 2026
SHARED FUTURES The quiet innovation that could unlock mother-tongue education in SA 5 min 1 By Daryl Swanepoel
By Mbali Ntuli DA’s Steenhuisen moment was entirely predictable, but its leadership crisis does not end here 5 min 2 4 February 2026
PARTY SHAKEUP ‘I have loved leading the DA,’ says Steenhuisen, exiting leadership race under party pressure 7 min 3 By Greg Ardé
EPSTEIN FILES: THE SA CONNECTION How Jeffrey Epstein used South Africa as his hunting ground 5 min 1 By Rebecca Davis
MIXED OUTLOOK Weather Watch — Drought and deluge on the cards for SA for next five months 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
SPEED QUEEN Teen sensation Lara Markthaler takes South Africa to the Olympic slopes 5 min 0 By Annemieke Thomaidis
