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• huge hit ‘Narivetta’ completes 50-day run in cinemas

  The critically acclaimed Malayalam action drama Narivetta, has completed a stellar 50-day run in theatres.

• Heart-warming social media reveal that will melt your heart

  Baby season is in full swing in celebville as another pregnancy is announced.

• National Dialogue must not be derailed by political gaslighting

  August 15, 2025 has been etched into the political calendar as a historic moment, the National Dialogue. At its most aspirational, it is meant to be a nation-defining platform, a civic summit for collective introspection, healing and democratic recommitment.

• Navigating marital challenges: is divorce the right solution?

  Q: Dear Mahesh, I am 50 years old and my wife is also the same age. Since the beginning of last year, we have been having continuous arguments that always lead to ugly fights. In the last year, she has completely changed. Her personality is so difficult now. She was not like this in the past. I am considering giving her divorce. Is it the right time to divorce? AM

• Dad of slain Durban schoolgirl expresses gratitude to police

  The father of the slain Durban Girls Secondary School pupil has expressed gratitude to the police and prosecution after the Durban High Court sentenced her killers to life imprisonment.

• Equal access to quality education is a prerequisite for innovation, job creation

  The relentless, grinding problem of unemployment – and youth unemployment in particular – is understandably a recurring priority in virtually all government, civil society and business engagements. There is universal acceptance that this is the most pressing threat to the country’s long-term stability. But the conversation often jumps from proposed policy interventions straight to the desired outcome: jobs.

• Fuel to jet engines ‘cut off before crash’

  Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after take-off, killing 260 people, were moved from the “run” to the “cut-off” position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said yesterday.

• Isipingo’s Operation Gijima is cleaning up crime

  The Isipingo ratepayers and businesses called for regular clean-up campaigns in the business district and residential area to rid it of crime and grime.

• Make a difference with SA’s food packing event

  FoodForward SA will reflect on former president Nelson Mandela’s legacy on his birthday on July 18 with its annual food packing event.

• Ruto gets tough on rallies

  Kenyan President William Ruto warned on Wednesday against attempts to “overthrow” the government through “unconstitutional means”, and ordered the police to shoot violent protesters in the leg, days after 31 people were killed in nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

Featured documents

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  EIGHT years after former defence minister and now Speaker of Parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly smuggled a Burundian, Michelle Wege, into South Africa on an air force chartered jet, the police have named her as a suspect in the case....

• Analysing Thabo Mbeki’s remarks on Sars

  This opinion piece aims to clear some of the things regarding Thabo Mbeki’s remarks on the South African Revenue Service and the Nugent and Zondo commissions’ findings on the matter of Sars versus former commissioner Tom Moyane and former president Jacob Zuma, because most of it is misleading to...

• Shadow coalition: how capital shapes fate of SA’s democracy

  The 2024 general election marked a significant shift in South Africa’s political landscape, as the ruling party, the ANC, lost its long-held majority, garnering only 40% of the vote. The outcome has set the stage for a new era of coalition politics, with the ANC needing to form alliances to govern...

• world economy Building geopolitical clout BRIC by BRIC

  In September 2004 the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China agreed to have regular consultations. Little did they imagine that 19 years later, they would be the driving forces of a new global alliance of 11 nations....

• Food porn, parties, Scorsese! The best and worst of this year’s Cannes

  “I FEEL like I’m in a scene in a very elaborate, expensive James Bond movie,” a tuxedoed James Marsden said as he looked around, wide-eyed, at Thursday night’s annual Amfar gala at the Hotel du Cap, perfectly summing up how this year’s entire Cannes Film Festival felt to us plebes....

• South Africa is ‘on a slippery road to judicial tyranny’

  Whichever way you look at it, the Constitutional Court has ceased to be a neutral arbiter in a case involving the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), former president Jacob Zuma and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP)....

• AFRICA, US TRADE PACT Agoa forum has not addressed structural issues

  In a globally competitive post-Covid world, fractured by geopolitics and multiple wars, the Global South and Africa face increased interest from world powers. We face many ideological storms and are caught in a range of conceptualisations in IR (industrial relations) theories ranging from uneven...

• We celebrate our top 10 SA sports heroes for 2023

  It HAS been an incredible sporting year for South Africans across the globe....

• SA to blame for border posts problem

  AS part of the efforts to curb the further spread of the second surge of Covid-19 in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the closure of 20 land ports of entry....

• 2024 presidential election US needs a socialist movement to break two-party chokehold

  There’s an old saying: The more things change, the more they stay the same. But perhaps a more apt description of the modern-day US might be the more things don’t change, the worse it gets....