Columns

Amazon contradicts Ramaphosa’s assurances to Trump, America’s pending coin-flip election, Pretoria has bet the house on blue, there are many sets of ideas but only one set is right, knowing the difference is the most important decision you will ever take, your whole life and your wealth and the happiness of your children hinges on you getting that decision right, the media lied to you about Zille, like a bomb-disposal expert Willie Aucamp removes a mine from the hull of the DA ship but it might not be the only one and the DA must find the others before they detonate.

Columns

Wandile Sihlobo flags a number of risks that could make the next season particularly challenging for the agricultural sector.

Economics & Policy

In most of South Africa’s cities, people have lost money on their flats and townhouses.

Economics & Policy

Later today, new economic growth figures for South Africa will be released, which may show annual growth slowing to around 1.2% in the second quarter of 2026 compared to 1.9% in the first quarter, reinforcing the deeper problem of a public policy environment that continues to crush confidence, investment, and job creation.

Global

Anti-migration insurgent party AfD nearly wins Saxony-Anhalt with 50%, a result that will start making many in Europe nervous.