By Job Mokgoro Unspent billions: Fear, corruption, incapacity trap progress in SA 3 min 0 11 February 2026
By Brian Ashley Break neoliberalism’s hold — SA demands rupture, not just reform 5 min 3 11 February 2026
By Adam Cruise New minister, old thinking: Willie Aucamp’s first conservation signal points in the wrong direction 5 min 0 11 February 2026
By Ronnie Apteker Letter from Kyiv: Exhausted but unbroken after four years of full-scale war 7 min 2 11 February 2026
By De Wet du Toit Poisoned waters — Illegal mining threatens the Greater Kruger ecosystem 7 min 0 11 February 2026
By Murshid Obaray Profiting from sickness: Medical aid betrayal and the NHI gamble 6 min 5 11 February 2026
By Colin Bundy Why Leon Levy’s politics still matter, and what they demand of us 8 min 0 10 February 2026
By Natale Labia The Great Rotation: All bets are off as the AI mania settles 4 min 2 10 February 2026
By Judith February Ramaphosa’s big Sona plans to fix SA’s problems will require political will and a courage he lacks 8 min 1 10 February 2026
By Zukiswa Pikoli New beginnings, necessary endings and having the wisdom to leave at the right time 3 min 0 10 February 2026
By Hector Eliott As its rivals self-destruct, China is quietly tightening its grip on the future 6 min 2 9 February 2026
By Rhoda Igweta Africa’s gains against paediatric HIV are real, fragile and at risk 3 min 0 9 February 2026
By Christopher Rutledge Cape Town’s Mining Indaba hypes investment while many bear the cost 5 min 0 9 February 2026
By Ismail Lagardien The Codesa Compromise has spat out John Steenhuisen and will move on relentlessly 4 min 0 9 February 2026
By JJ van Altena Inclusive grassroots engagement is vital for sustainable elephant conservation success 5 min 0 8 February 2026
By Robert Kigongo Barbie Kyagulanyi’s ordeal: How love animates Uganda’s struggle for meaningful democracy, good governance 4 min 0 8 February 2026
By Boitumelo Mpisi A reminder to Cape Town — Something there is that doesn’t love a wall 3 min 5 8 February 2026
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
By Azu Ishiekwene Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have gone rogue – now Trump is rubbing salt in the subregion’s wound 4 min 0 7 February 2026
By Thato Mmereki The age of the sovereign venture capitalist has arrived, and SA is exposed 6 min 0 6 February 2026
