EDITORIAL | El Niño waits for nobody
As meteorologists warn that the phenomenon is likely to intensify and could persist until February next year, this cycle tests whether we have learnt anything from the last drought
By Sunday Times Editorial
TOM EATON | ‘God’s work’ is what the Dutch central bank did
Keep the gold far away from the US, JD Vance and his eschatological ramblings, writes Tom Eaton
By Tom Eaton
OLIVER METH | Madlanga commission: what if the hitman wears a police uniform?
The examination of a KZN Hawks officer’s alleged ties to organised crime raises a question far more unsettling than ordinary police corruption
By Oliver Meth
MANDLA LETLAPE | Municipalities need trained administrators, not political micromanagers
Municipal renewal depends on professionalising the administration, protecting officials from political interference and restoring the distinction between political oversight and implementation, writes Mandla Letlape
By Mandla Letlape
NKOSANA THOBELA | When leadership becomes self-preservation, institutions begin to die
South Africa's future depends on strong institutions, not entrenched power
By Nkosana Thobela
OBITUARY | Hazel Goldreich: unsung hero of SA’s liberation struggle
On an ordinary Wednesday morning, September 2 2026, Hazel Goldreich (Berman) passed away in the UK after a long life marked by extreme courage and humility
By Garth Benneyworth
GIDEON GREAVES | Supercoin draws a line regulators haven’t yet drawn
SPONSORED | A rand-backed stablecoin and an offshore dollar token get treated identically, and that’s the gap this submission wants closed
EDITORIAL | Pitso Mosimane’s detractors are wrong ― this time it’s different
Mosimane has been appointed Bafana Bafana head coach, succeeding Hugo Broos and inheriting a strong squad poised for further success
By Sunday Times Editorial
LUCKY MATHEBULA | When public office loses its temper, public representativeness is the casualty
Dada Morero’s outburst is more than a lapse of judgment: it tests the ANC’s renewal claims and the moral discipline democratic leadership demands
By Lucky Mathebula
EDITORIAL | Laws are meaningless if GBV funerals continue to rise
Calls grow for real accountability as government pledges fall short on protecting women
By Sunday Times Editorial
TOM EATON | That edgy flyover displayed the good with the bad whooshing close behind
The spectacle was planned, rehearsed and approved, as Airlink reassures the pearl-clutchers, yet there’s a reason we call unfortunate events accidents, writes Tom Eaton
By Tom Eaton
EDITORIAL | Could a hot pink passport be Brics’s gateway to a better world?
Access to a bloc whose tourism market is valued at $5.3 trillion could be a powerful bargaining chip in the network of strange bedfellows we call Brics
By Sunday Times Editorial
EDITORIAL | Yet another dodgy property deal underscores culture of impunity
Public trust erodes amid shadowy transactions and inflated land prices
By Sunday Times Editorial
PALI LEHOHLA | From Coalbrook to Marikana: the agonising truth of mineral extraction
The peril of an unexamined economic order and the leakage of national leadership
By Pali Lehohla
BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | There’s a pot of holes on the road to the Rainbow Nation
Before the G20 summit in Johannesburg last year, President Cyril Ramaphosa pompously — and uncharacteristically — lashed out at his comrades who run the city about the preponderance of potholes, writes Barney Mthombothi
By Barney Mthombothi
