Politics

Data on family structure, household employment, social grants, hunger, reading, and mathematics show the conditions in which South Africa’s children are raised. 

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

Wandile Sihlobo writes on the risks facing South African agriculture for the rest of 2026.

Politics

The suspension of city manager Johann Mettler is a move in the contest between South Africa's two Governments of National Unity, and a demonstration of what the rogue version does when it consolidates power.

Sport

Properly understanding South Africa requires understanding the contradiction between Bokkieweek this past week and the Springbok line-up against Scotland this past Saturday.