Insight
KHOLOFELO MAGAGANE | 18 years of football, passion and purpose — building a nation one goal at a time
SPONSORED | From stadium seats to School Soccer Clinics, MTN keeps proving that sport can lift communities and change lives
PERCY MABANDU | Lifting the curtain on the Khoi
Award-winning director Jason Jacobs uses storytelling as therapy for those facing a lonely battle against generational trauma in the dustlands of the Northern Cape, writes Percy Mabandu
BBK UNPLUGGED | Can Sandile Zungu topple soccer king Danny Jordaan?
The businessman and AmaZulu FC president believes he can, writes Bareng-Batho Kortjaas
PERCY MABANDU | Salaam Bra Dullah, RIP
Abdullah Ibrahim went from the streets of Cape Town to the heights of the jazz world and beyond, writes Percy Mabandu.
EXTRACT | A date with destiny
An edited extract from the book ‘Tsietsi Mashinini’, about the first leader of the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, by Sam Mathe
THABO MOKONE | Gana vows careful pace in impeachment probe
Parliament has elected Makashule Gana to chair the committee leading impeachment proceedings against Cyril Ramaphosa, with the Rise Mzansi MP pledging a cautious, legally robust process shaped by lessons from previous inquiries, writes Thabo Mokone
Is South Africa making good on its climate promises? Our sums say ‘yes’ — at least so far
With a R3.8bn boost to help South Africa move away from fossil fuels like oil and coal for producing energy, how well is the country doing on keeping its promise to help the world’s temperature stay at manageable levels?
EXTRACT | In the image of God
This is an extract from ‘Faith & Defiance: The Life of Sally Motlana’ by Mukoni Ratshitanga. The veteran activist, who played a leading role in the South African Council of Churches and was president of the Black Housewives League, died in 2023 aged 96
EDWIN NAIDU | Degrees of corruption
Revered for producing many of Africa’s intellectual and political giants, the University of Fort Hare is once again engulfed in a governance crisis, prompting urgent questions about the true cost of confronting corruption, writes Edwin Naidu.
EDWARD KIESWETTER | Sars’ success lies in its stars as much as its numbers
In his farewell speech, outgoing Sars commissioner Edward Kieswetter reflects on his seven years at the revenue collector
Geordin Hill-Lewis: doing it his own way
Determined to stay out of the cabinet, the new DA leader will have to steer a difficult course, writes Andisiwe Makinana.
Editor’s Letter | When dystopia stops feeling fictional
Real-world horrors echo in Gilead's imagined theocracy
Disputes over Africa’s ocean resources: here’s what could help avoid them
Nearly 75% of conflicts are related to access to ocean resources such as fisheries or places like mangrove forests, fishing grounds and landing sites
MJ BOOYSEN & JOSHUA SELLO | Electric taxis: the challenges and gains facing Cape Town’s transition
The global shift away from internal combustion engines is accelerating, and public transport must be part of it, write MJ Booysen and Joshua Sello
EXTRACT | Riding Africa’s population tsunami
Phuthuma Nhleko warns that Africa is ill-prepared to capitalise on its people explosion

























