POLL WARNING OP-ED Elections and the information integrity crisis: Why SA’s human rights body is taking action 4 min 0 By Janet Heard
POWER GUZZLERS OP-ED Approved in the dark — the hidden environmental toll of SA’s data centre boom 7 min 8 By Daniel Hartford, Ariella Scher, Kimal Daniel Harvey, Mohammad Amir Anwar and Kashiefa Achmat
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED Voters’ impossible question — how to factor in parties’ coalition choices? 6 min 0 By Susan Booysen
TIME CAPSULE SA through the lens of mission stations: Genadendal, Goedverwacht and Wüpperthal 6 min 0 By Laurie Gaum
CORRUPTION-BUSTING Theatre of consequences — Madlanga Commission needs an extended run 5 min 2 By Nabeelah Mia and David Dickinson
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED The Coalitions Bill has stalled, and voters are going into elections blind 8 min 0 By Susan Booysen
MANAGING GIANTS OP-ED Kruger at 100 — the big questions about rhinos, elephants and park management 4 min 0 By Stephanie Klarmann
VISION SNAG OP-ED A 10-year driving licence makes sense, a 10-year eye test gap does not 5 min 0 By Carel Masemola, Haseena Majid and Nombuso Mathe
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED More coalitions are coming, with power and kingmaking the name of the game 11 min 0 By Susan Booysen
HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED African states must refuse to be complicit in the US policy of ‘third-country removals’ 5 min 0 By Marceau Sivieude and Tigere Chagutah
ECO COLLAPSE OP-ED Climate cover-up leaves Europe burning as warnings are buried 4 min 0 By Mark Hertsgaard
CONTRACTS OF DEATH OP-ED How Africans were lured to fight for Russia and sent to Ukraine’s deadliest fronts 11 min 0 By Greg Mills
LANGUAGE, MIGRATION OP-ED Why linguistic profiling in an era of migration and tension makes no sense 6 min 0 By Vukani Chris Mhlanga and Simangele Dlamini
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION Elephants do not respond to hashtags or opinion writers 4 min 0 By Jeanetta Selier and Sam Ferreira
STRATEGIC BLINDSPOT SA’s data centre boom exposes a dangerous digital governance paradox 6 min 2 By Wellington Muzengeza and Joan Swart
THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA How Cape Town can become a neutral global city in a multipolar world 8 min 0 By Martyn Davies and Yuwa Hedrick-Wong
AILING SYSTEM The world is cutting health budgets, women and children will pay the price 5 min 0 By Rajat Khosla, Kalipso Chalkidou and Patrick Ndzana Olomo
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION The 951 elephant deaths in Kruger — why the numbers demand perspective, not outrage 5 min 0 By Howard Hendricks and Sam Ferreira
LEGAL PROTECTION OP-ED Compensation and damages — whistleblowers are entitled to both in South Africa 6 min 0 By Ugljesa Radulovic and Johandri Wright
EDUCATION Stop feeding the maths monster by making kids think it’s too difficult 5 min 1 By Mark Potterton and Ingrid Sapire