Columns

The rogue-GNU may be winning; it has taken a big step forward in Pretoria; the ANC is backing both GNUs and trying to undermine them and that makes sense for it; Ramaphosa and the logic of mutually annihilating objectives; if the rogue-GNU wins that might be okay; how to hedge if that happens; Ramaphosa shows how; it is about creating choices around your assets, income, children, and geography.

Columns

Simon Lincoln Reader writes on the unhinged reaction to Elon Musk.

Editorials

While South Africa exited the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list in October 2025 after implementing sweeping anti-money laundering reforms, it now faces a far more demanding review cycle at a time when concerns over the country's expanding illicit economy and the influence of a persistent "shadow state" continue to mount.

Economics & Policy

Bheki Mahlobo says the South African inflation rate has now reached its high-water mark and will recede through the balance of the year, which may be a piece of good news for South Africa’s political stability outlook.

Editorials

On 9 March, this newspaper wrote in an editorial that John Steenhuisen needed to be fired as Minister of Agriculture – blessedly, DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has now asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to do exactly that.