PARTY SECRETS DA threatens court action as ANC requests more time to hand over cadre deployment documents 4 min 15 By Queenin Masuabi
2024 ELECTIONS No ‘pie in the sky’ — Malema defends pledge to fix power cuts in only six months 6 min 4 By Queenin Masuabi
ELECTIONS 2024 Banker-turned-presidential hopeful Roger Jardine proposes R500bn wealth and pensions tax to reconstruct SA 7 min 119 By Ferial Haffajee
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS EFF manifesto's main points — nationalise stuff, scrap provinces and legalise dope 3 min 13 By Ferial Haffajee
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 19 FEBRUARY 2024 Israel issues Ramadan deadline for hostage release; Brazil’s ambassador rebuked after Lula’s Gaza comments 5 min 6 By Bloomberg
PRESIDENCY All the president’s men and women – key advisory vacancies remain 4 min 6 By Marianne Merten
EFFECTIVE DIPLOMACY OP-ED Here’s what a South African foreign policy should look like 7 min 25 By Greg Mills and Ray Hartley
RUSSIAN ROULETTE Calls for investigations into Alexei Navalny’s death in Russian prison reverberate around the globe 4 min 10 By Victoria O’Regan
ISS TODAY OP-ED Breaking of Senegal election deadlock a critical move in preventing further unrest and bloodshed 3 min 0 By Paulin Maurice Toupane and Seydou Daffe
PUTIN CRITIC Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead – prison service 3 min 32 By Reuters
FEBRUARY BY-ELECTIONS Zuma’s MK party snatches votes from ANC, IFP in fierce Zululand contest as it gives big parties another huge fright 13 min 17 By Wayne Sussman
AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OP-ED Behind the Baobab Curtain: Putin’s adventures are reshaping Africa 12 min 22 By Phillip van Niekerk
ANALYSIS DA at the 2024 electoral crossroads — hoping for the best, but also vulnerable 4 min 34 By Stephen Grootes
2024 SONA DEBATE ANALYSIS Tintswalo and balloons take centre stage amid the weird, the curious and the contradictory debates 4 min 4 By Marianne Merten
SPY VS SPY SA flight school accuses US of harassing it in row over training Chinese military pilots 4 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
AFTER THE BELL What do Fikile Mbalula and US far-right ‘journalist’ Tucker Carlson have in common? 4 min 16 By Ed Stoddard
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS Explainer: How the IEC will fight disinformation and keep errant parties in line during polls 5 min 1 By Lerato Mutsila
SONA 2024 OP-ED So many questions and so few answers arise from the State of the Nation Address 6 min 0 By Zimbali Mncube and Liso Mdutyana
ANALYSIS Forget gang accusations — Plato, Fransman union shows political amnesia alive and well 6 min 3 By Caryn Dolley
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP OP-ED Accountability is the key success factor in leadership and good governance as elections loom 5 min 1 By Mamphela Ramphele
MAYORAL CIRCLES Mayor #5 for Beaufort West — Gayton McKenzie announces leadership changes 3 min 3 By Suné Payne
