Business

Durban business confidence up slightly, but electricity and water remain concerns

By Lyse Comins

The marginal improvement in sentiment has been buoyed by sectors such as manufacturing

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National

Meyiwa trial: Legal aid says defence applied late for ballistics expert funding

By Mandisa Ndlovu

Politics

IFP president criticises DA’s Western Cape policies, vows to prioritise equality and development

By Lizeka Tandwa

Opinion

US vs SA: From antipathy to antimony

By Sarah Smit

The Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G: A workhorse for the busy dad

By Thulani Pfende

Thought Leader

Higher education state policy needs urgent assessment

By Douglas Blackmur

This is made evident by corruption at universities, assassination attempts, the failure of the students funding scheme, and the Mpati report on governance quality and racial concerns at the University of Cape Town

Federalism is a fundamental principle of African governance and self-determination

By Zakhele Mthembu

The charge that a federated state is somehow injurious to Africans is divorced from the history of African people having organised their states along federal lines, prior to contact with Europeans

How will South Africans vote come 29 May?

By Karabo Mokgonyana

Voters tend to fall into five categories – legacy parties, populist leaders, solution-based parties, parties that represent a voter’s interests, and those who are disillusioned

Why rebuke Naledi Pandor for safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty?

By Mavuso Msimang

South Africa has a right to pursue its national interests anywhere in the world and not to simply follow the dictates of the West, the US in particular

Friday

Unravelling the intrigue behind political thriller Heart of the Hunter

Rediscovered: Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi’s art returns home after 33 years

Powerful voices in a world of war

Sci-fi murder mystery drills deep into ethical dilemmas

Your weekly arts and culture diary

The Green Guardian

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife resorts to dehorning rhinos to limit poaching

By Umamah Bakharia

Most of the 325 rhinos that died in KwaZulu-Natal were a result of poaching the animals for their horns

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife resorts to dehorning rhinos to limit poaching

Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has reluctantly decided to dehorn its rhinos after KwaZulu-Natal lost 325 rhinos since 2023, the majority of them to poaching.

There’s nectar in Orange Farm’s urban gardens

By Derek Davey

Tim Nectar Farms, an accredited training academy that consists of a three hectare organic farm and a backyard garden, is transforming residents’ ideas about food

Flood warning: Heavy rains forecast for Durban and South Coast

By Lyse Comins

Three people were washed away in a vehicle and died in the Margate floods overnight

Botswana president lauded for threatening to ‘gift’ Germany with 20 000 elephants over trophy hunting dispute

By Sheree Bega

President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said that a ban on importing of hunting trophies would impoverish the African country’s citizens

News

National

Meyiwa trial: Defence dismisses claims that its clients had cell phones while in custody

Politics

ANC gunning for finance MMC portfolio after taking mayorship in Ekurhuleni

National

Search for Joshlin Smith has reached international shores

Politics

‘Shit houses’ and broken promises: A decade of despair in Ditsobotla

Opinion

Behind the political spin of Zuma’s MK party

Education

‘I will not resign,’ says Nzimande on NSFAS board dissolution

The Green Guardian

Botswana president lauded for threatening to ‘gift’ Germany with 20 000 elephants over trophy hunting dispute

National

Taxpayers to cough up Govan Mbeki Municipality’s R200 million fine

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