MEDIA MATTERS We can save journalism in South Africa, but only if we recognise its role 5 min 1 By Styli Charalambous
PERSONAL FINANCE Make sure your budget is more balanced than your festive diet was 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
ESCAPE Where to next? The future of travel is all about hushpitality 5 min 0 By Bridget Hilton-Barber
INVESTMENT RETURNS Gold, gigabytes and good shoes feature in our 2026 stock picks 8 min 1 By Ed Stoddard, Lindsey Schutters, Neesa Moodley and Kara Le Roux
WHAT WE'LL BE WATCHING Familiar fare - the most anticipated movies and TV series of 2026 10 min 0 By Sandra Visser
TECHNOLOGY How on-device AI will make your work weirder and your devices pricier in 2026 5 min 0 By Lindsey Schutters
STANDOUT SEASON A feast of sport awaits us in 2026 – and it’s not just rugby and cricket 5 min 1 By Annemieke Thomaidis and Jared Moorgas
SHORT-FORMAT FEAST Proteas Men and Women will eye 2026 for T20 breakthrough 5 min 0 By Keanan Hemmonsbey
WORLD ANALYSIS Reading the tea leaves for 2026 shows a world on the edge of disruption 9 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
RUGBY No ordinary year as Rassie, Boks face defining 2026 season that offers no place to hide 6 min 0 By Craig Ray
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025 Laura Wolvaardt — A skipper who steps up when it matters most 4 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
COURTS AND JUSTICE Several high-stakes court battles set to shape SA’s legal landscape in 2026 7 min 0 By Dianne Hawker
SMALL TOWN OF THE YEAR We asked. You voted. And South Africa’s Best Small Town 2025 has emerged 3 min 0 By Daily Maverick
PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025 Gold medal in blundering as Lesufi’s amaPanyaza police Gauteng’s wallet, not its streets 3 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
LOOKING AHEAD Wetter skies to ease heat in 2026 but raise flood risk across SA’s interior provinces 5 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
SMALL TOWN OF THE YEAR Creatures of the wild kind like their life in Hoedspruit too 5 min 0 By Lucas Ledwaba
BENDING THE FUTURE SA at a Rubicon: Crime, power and a high-stakes paddle into 2026 9 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
