CAPE OF FIRESTORMS Water woes, wildfires – Western Cape disaster declaration looms 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
JANUARY BY-ELECTIONS Ward wipeout: DA hammered by PA in George, gets a big scare from FF+ in Tshwane 6 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Water, water everywhere, but not a drop for Gauteng 4 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
LAINGSBURG LANDMARK Karoo roosterbrood icon Tannie Poppie makes a comeback 5 min 1 By Vincent Cruywagen
THE INTERVIEW ‘It’s going to be difficult’ — Anton Bredell on Western Cape water stress and wildfires 7 min 0 By Suné Payne
Alan Winde If we want jobs and growth, we must treat violence prevention like the economic priority it is 3 min 0 9 January 2026
LOOKING AHEAD Wetter skies to ease heat in 2026 but raise flood risk across SA’s interior provinces 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
RUNNING DRY Desperate situation sees Swellendam community rally to confront water crisis 4 min 0 By Suné Payne and Kiara Wales
STATE OF OUR BEACHES Blue skies, clean seas: most SA beaches are ready for the summer rush, but some are not easy to gauge 19 min 0 By Kiara Wales, Reid Donson, Hannah Abrahams, Tamsin Metelerkamp, Tony Carnie, Riaan Marais and Kyran Blaauw
CRIME STATS How Mfuleni’s murder rate mirrors Western Cape’s increase, while much of the country declines 3 min 1 By Suné Payne
AT RISK Schools safety fears soar as educator killings trigger urgent calls for protection 4 min 0 By Onthatile Mahlangu
VISUAL STORY Caught in the crossfire — 157 children murdered in Cape Flats gang violence in five years 2 min 0 By Suné Payne
Telford Vice Cape Town’s housing crisis reveals who is really winning the development game 5 min 9 25 November 2025
MUNICIPAL POLITICS DA and FF Plus make amends in George to form new coalition ahead of 2026 elections 5 min 2 By Suné Payne
CHILDREN IN CRISIS Western Cape calls for national intervention while ‘children are being stolen by gangs, drugs, despair’ 8 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
INTERVIEW ‘Once an activist, always an activist’ — MP Dereleen James continues to fight against drugs and gangs 5 min 0 By Suné Payne
ROAD TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS Former ANC Western Cape leader Neville Delport’s defection a ‘net win’ for DA 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
PARLIAMENTARY HEARING ‘Babita Deokaran paid for your Matlala hotel stay with her life’ — MP to Cele 5 min 7 By Caryn Dolley
PARLIAMENTARY HEARING Cele tells Parliament of Beverly Hills Hotel meeting with ‘Cat’ Matlala, who he 'knew very well' 5 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
PARLIAMENTARY HEARING Cele’s allegations — the murder and the Mchunu project for ANC presidency 6 min 8 By Caryn Dolley
FOOD EDITOR’S DIARY Rosé days at Muratie, the wine farm with a Table Mountain view 4 min 1 By Tony Jackman