THE WEEKEND WRAP State of our beaches; surprising success of grade repetition in SA schools; and Knysna’s last elephant 5 min 0 By Daily Maverick
LEARNING CURVE Failing forward? New report reveal surprising success of grade repetition in SA schools 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
LEVELLING UP Grade R teachers face job losses without NQF level 6 qualifications 6 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
ANALYSIS Independent Media wants Google bucks without Press Council oversight 4 min 2 By Rebecca Davis
RECORD RECKONING Banxso empire crumbles after FSCA unleashes R2bn in penalties and 30-year director debarments 3 min 3 By Neesa Moodley
POLAR POLITICS Tip of the AIS-berg? Russia’s Antarctic ‘Flying Dutchman’ ship spooks Estonia once more 7 min 0 By Tiara Walters
CITY WATCHDOG Strained resources threaten Joburg ombudman’s role as residents’ last hope 6 min 0 By Anna Cox
GEOPOLITICS OP-ED The world moves on — what SA’s G20 presidency revealed about US’s shrinking gravitational pull 5 min 0 By Daryl Swanepoel
THE CONVERSATION Lecturers should treat AI as their learning partner and not as a threat 4 min 0 By Anitia Lubbe
THE WEEKEND WRAP Trump’s g20 tantrum; Zuma’s mercenary flop; and why science says 60 is your peak 4 min 0 By Daily Maverick
QUARTERLY COUNT Murders in SA drop (slightly) — Police release crime figures amid drug cartel infiltration scandal 5 min 0 By Caryn Dolley
JAILHOUSE TESTIMONY Ex-police minister Bheki Cele was an ‘extortionist’ who asked me for R1m, says ‘Cat’ Matlala 7 min 1 By Caryn Dolley, Nonkululeko Njilo
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Black Friday and the ghost of shopping expeditions past 4 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
THEATRE REVIEW ‘Lungs’ — spotlight falls on 21st-century liberal dilemmas in this masterful production 4 min 0 By Richard Poplak
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE ‘Suspicious’ flooding damages key documents needed for audit in Nelson Mandela Bay 6 min 1 By Andisa Bonani
INQUIRIES RECAP Madlanga Commission and Parliament’s police inquiry in a nutshell 3 min 0 By Suné Payne and Vincent Cruywagen
GROUP OF 20 ‘Unacceptable’ — Norway’s prime minister decries reason for the US boycott of G20 Summit 5 min 2 By Peter Fabricius