THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN Pretoria shifts from appeasement to resistance after unrelenting US pressure 6 min 13 By Mondli Makhanya
RALLYING CRIES Voters need more than triplets, catchy slogans and clever memes 7 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
THE WRECKER-IN-CHIEF Trump’s chaos abroad mirrors the damage he’s inflicting on Washington 10 min 5 By J Brooks Spector
RUBBER-STAMPED (PART 2) Testing the teeth of CT’s planning tribunal: Penalties, objections and refusals in 1,328 rulings 11 min 2 By Kevin Bloom
ANALYSIS Economic fire — Interest rate adjustment makes for interesting braai chat 3 min 0 By Lindsey Schutters
COP IN THE DOCK Sibiya’s grand fall from grace — from directing dockets to sex predator accused 7 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
JUSTICE DENIED Honoured in Constantia, reviled in Liberia — fugitive war criminal Guus Kouwenhoven dies free 6 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
EKURHULENI BACKLASH Death penalty: Let’s not aspire to being a bloodthirsty, barbaric nation 7 min 7 By Mondli Makhanya
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN Windbag Mbalula’s stupidity is emblematic of the ANC’s plunge into ignominy 4 min 6 By Mondli Makhanya
LONG ARM OF THE ’LORD’ Serving 175 years, ‘the Lord’ still rules South Africa’s gangs from his cell 7 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONNECTION From Kabul to Nairobi — how US unmasked SA’s global drug links 5 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
LEADERSHIP LEAPS Fikile Mbalula’s path to higher office faces new hurdles from ANC turmoil 6 min 5 By Stephen Grootes
US-SA RELATIONS US visa restrictions raise the stakes in its escalating dispute with SA 8 min 3 By J Brooks Spector
KHAMPEPE COMMISSION What would Mandela do? Lessons for Mbeki and Zuma in confronting the past 8 min 2 By Marianne Thamm
CULTURAL PHENOMENON Star Trek at 60 and the optimistic future it still dares us to imagine 8 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
TOP OF THE PILE Serial winners, underrated captain — Boks’ curious status after beating All Blacks 7 min 4 By Craig Ray
BUILDING A NATION State development finance institutions push for bright post-austerity future 2 min 0 By Lindsey Schutters
ANALYSIS Where is Paul Mashatile, and does the vanishing deputy act threaten his presidential ambitions? 5 min 4 By Stephen Grootes
THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN When big parties fail, SA has smaller options — and it’s not a wasted vote 4 min 13 By Mondli Makhanya
