COPS AND CONSPIRACIES ANALYSIS CIA spies, Zuma-like ties and inevitable lies — SA’s conspiracy claims landslide 7 min 3 By Caryn Dolley
Richard Fontaine and Gibbs McKinley How the US and South Africa could use the G20 to plot a path forward 3 min 1 21 November 2025
ATTACK ON HUMAN RIGHTS How shadowy Russian and US groups are pouring billions into the systematic destruction of women’s rights globally 9 min 12 By Rebecca Davis
TRADING POST Agoa has officially lapsed but US mulls one-year extension 4 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan and Peter Fabricius
GROUNDUP Palestine’s Barghouti and UK’s Corbyn condemn Trump’s plan for Gaza 3 min 4 By Matthew Hirsch for GroundUp
TARIFF TRAUMA Deputy President Mashatile urges amicable trade agreement with the US to protect SA jobs 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
TARIFF TRAUMA Eastern Cape on its knees, Numsa warns government of jobs ‘catastrophe’ 6 min 20 By Estelle Ellis
GEOPOLITICS ANALYSIS The Trump administration’s rebellion against history and common sense 8 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
US REFLECTION The Fourth of July and the sad promise of a riotous 250th American birthday party in 2026 8 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
EXPLAINER ANALYSIS Aligned Afrikaner men who claim Trump’s ear – the who’s who of SA’s ‘white plight delegations’ 7 min 11 By Caryn Dolley
BUSINESS REFLECTION Crossed Wires: Which billionaires have not bent the knee to Trump? 4 min 8 By Steven Boykey Sidley
GNU COALITION CHAOS DA withdraws from National Dialogue, will vote against budgets of ‘corruption accused’ ANC ministers 5 min 21 By Victoria O’Regan
GNU SHOWDOWN ‘Clear violation of the rules’ — Ramaphosa breaks silence on Whitfield debacle 4 min 15 By Victoria O’Regan
SPOTLIGHT & GROUNDUP These are the children the United States left to die in Mozambique 8 min 17 By Jesse Copelyn for Spotlight and GroundUp
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ANALYSIS Israel-USA war on Iran – A multitude of cats set among an infinity of pigeons 11 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
GLOBAL ORGANISED CRIME How SA features in the web of ‘most-wanted’ Uruguayan narcotrafficking accused Sebastian Marset 6 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
ECONOMIC CROSSROADS OP-ED SA must seize opportunity of tectonic global shifts to remodel its economy 5 min 3 By Mills Soko
FILLING THE VOID OP-ED Restructuring global health - WHO faces major challenges as foreign aid reductions take toll 4 min 0 By Mitchell Wolfe, Nahid Bhadelia and Wilmot James
TRADE WAR Heavy blow — Trump tariffs to hit problem-riddled Eastern Cape hard 4 min 8 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT US funding cuts could cause over 150,000 additional HIV infections in SA by 2028 – study 5 min 1 By Jesse Copelyn