DA ANALYSIS How Steenhuisen broke the DA’s key rule and the difficult job ahead for his successor 5 min 6 By Stephen Grootes
FEBRUARY BY-ELECTIONS DA edges PA, ANC in Western Cape ward polls, ActionSA delivers more scares in Gauteng 7 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
FADE TO BLACK How to resuscitate South Africa's film and television industry 4 min 0 By Richard Poplak and Diana Neille
GEOPOLITICS ANALYSIS SA-Israel spat: Tit-for-tat envoy expulsions rooted in much bigger ‘ideological war’ over Gaza 7 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
JSC Tribunal Judge President Mbenenge: Conduct with court secretary ‘falls short of judicial standards’ 5 min 2 By Marianne Thamm
BURDEN OF PROOF OP-ED Mbenenge sexual harassment tribunal: What the report and finding got wrong about neutrality 5 min 2 By Dr Sheena Swemmer
FADE TO BLACK Who killed the SA film and television industry? Spoiler alert — the government 10 min 4 By Richard Poplak and Diana Neille
ACCOUNTABILITY CRISIS SANDF’s apparent impunity demands immediate action from Ramaphosa 4 min 3 By Stephen Grootes
POLICE AD HOC COMMITTEE The Days of Our Ad Hoc Lives — political spot-lighting, factionalism, verbal fisticuffs and theatrics 5 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
US ANALYSIS With midterms looming, Trump softens stance on ICE brutality after second killing 7 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
ANALYSIS Economic growth in 2026 is key to survival of the coalition government 4 min 4 By Stephen Grootes
STATE OF CAPTURE Combined crises — Ramaphosa decries 26 murders, while turmoil rocks SA law enforcement 7 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
JANUARY BY-ELECTIONS Ward wipeout: DA hammered by PA in George, gets a big scare from FF+ in Tshwane 6 min 1 By Wayne Sussman
ANALYSIS Does SA have a place in Mark Carney’s proposed middle power world? 6 min 4 By Peter Fabricius
ANALYSIS The burning fires of internal political party tension — before the local elections 6 min 3 By Stephen Grootes
ANALYSIS Instability is the norm in KZN — an MK government would follow the trend 8 min 0 By Cyril Madlala
