The Weekend Wrap
Kamala vs. a very, very old Trump; who were the first Africans at the Olympics? Plus, rethinking heroes and villains in the war on rhino poaching.
Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential race on Sunday ended a weeks-long agonising struggle by Democrats to convince him to take one for the team after his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump on 27 June.
By Phillip van Niekerk
Equator Holdings told PetroSA it could raise R1bn to refurbish offshore gas infrastructure. Instead, it was liquidated for failing to pay a R35,000 a month salary to a soccer player.
By Susan Comrie for amaBhungane
Tshifhiwa Matodzi, head honcho of VBS bank, went one better than Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and Gayton McKenzie. He knew that it was better to start a bank than to rob one. The EFF and the SACP went one better than starting a bank – they secured “donations” from VBS.
By Ashwin Desai
Jan Mashiani and Len Tau apparently found themselves in the US in 1904 as part of a world’s fair displaying ‘savages’.
By Francois Cleophas
Jan Mashiani and Len Tau apparently found themselves in the US in 1904 as part of a world’s fair displaying ‘savages’.
By Francois Cleophas
Are game rangers in the Kruger National Park heroes or villains? With almost 70% implicated in poaching, it may be tempting to judge them all harshly. But this polarised categorisation hinders rather than helps conservation.
By Babar Dharani
It’s not the first effort to measure the benefits of guaranteed income, but it is one of the largest.
By Georgina Crouth
Along the Zambezi River, hippos wink, crocodiles slip off their spits of sand, and squadrons of African skimmers sometimes swoop past.
By Angus Begg
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Climate Change Bill, bringing the domestic climate change response into law for the first time.
By Julia Evans
The battle between democracy and authoritarianism is a driver of insecurity. It appears that, for the moment, the authoritarians are winning, at least because they are less constrained in their techniques.
By Greg Mills
Gqeberha’s gloriously glazed chicken is the food history gift that keeps on giving. Let’s give you a delicious second helping.
By Anna Trapido
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