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The Phones at Our Table
With our children now at university, I look back on years of battles over phones, what they taught me, and whether what we did was enough.
24.10.2026 |
CJ Bare
Why South Africa Is One of the Best Countries in the World to Be Middle Class
South Africa has a compelling claim to be one of the world’s best places to live for a middle-class family.
22.10.2026 |
Econ Desk
Peter Hain’s Smuggler Kingpin: When the Author Becomes the Most Interesting Character
Peter Hain’s latest crime thriller is as revealing about its author as it is about the criminal underworld it depicts, with political commentary repeatedly intruding on an otherwise gripping story.
17.10.2026 |
Kris van der Bijl
Multiracial Households in South Africa Grow Eight-Hundred-Fold in 20 Years
The proportion of multiracial households has grown strongly in the last 20 years, reflecting how South Africa has changed.
8.10.2026 |
Staff Writer
Young Women May Be Making a Mistake They Cannot Undo
Under the influence of progressive, or woke, ideology women have been taught to see marriage and motherhood as threats to independence, and as a consequence, Western women are marrying later, having fewer children, and increasingly rejecting motherhood altogether. Many only realise the costs of those mistakes once they are too late to reverse.
26.9.2026 |
Culture Correspondent
Is Your TV Spying on You?
You think you’re watching your TV? It is probably watching you.
9.9.2026 |
News Desk
Stick to the Bible at Mass
Most clergy would be well advised to limit themselves to the bible at mass.
6.9.2026 |
The Editorial Board
Your Retirement Savings Are Held Hostage by an Outdated Checklist
Michael Kransdorff writes on the problems facing South Africans who have emigrated financially.
24.8.2026 |
Michael Kransdorff
The First Aeroplane Flight in South Africa Took Place in This South African City
South Africa's first aeroplane flight took place in East London in 1909, just six years after the Wright brothers changed history. Discover the remarkable story of Albert Kimmerling and John Weston, and how South African aviation first took to the skies.
8.8.2026 |
Staff Writer
Johannesburg's Air Quality Problem
Johannesburg's residents are slowly being poisoned by the air they breathe.
23.7.2026 |
Staff Writer
