Ideas
MARK KEOHANE | It’s all about reward and trust as Rassie shakes things up against Italy
Coach Rassie Erasmus has picked just four of the starting XV from the epic win against the French in Paris, but he is spoilt for choice
By Mark Keohane
WATCH | Innovate Africa: SA drone tech is positively impacting human lives
AutonoSky founder and CEO Amit Ramdath unpacks how drones are being used
By Kieno Kammies
EDITORIAL | Finance minister and SARB’s tug-of-war over inflation targets
The first adjustment to the official inflation target in 25 years is a boost for those of the view that the repo rate is effective at slowing inflation
By Sunday Times Editorial
EDITORIAL | Aarto delay: bureaucratic bungling or lack of political will?
It’s not as if the spheres of government didn’t know years ago they would have to work together to give effect to this law
By Sunday Times Editorial
JUSTICE MALALA | Here’s why the MK Party’s antics are not funny, but are dangerous
Zuma and his key advisers are running their party like a circus where the ringmaster has left the building, write Justice Malala
By Justice Malala
WATCH | Innovate Africa: From Wall Street to Africa; paving the next wave of growth
Launch Africa Ventures co-founder Zach George sat down with Kieno Kammies, founder of Innovate Africa, to unpack how the firm backs seed-to-pre-series A founders and where local investors can find real upside.
By Kieno Kammies
MARK KEOHANE | There’s much hype around the France-SA match after THAT World Cup quarter-final
France is a team I enjoy, but their reputation of being the sport’s running rugby romantics is the most misrepresented, write Mark Keohane
By Mark Keohane
EDITORIAL | Illegal tobacco trade costs South Africa billions annually
A court order provisionally sequestrating Roy Muleya, one of the main role players in illicit tobacco trade, is a boost for Sars’s efforts to combat the illicit tobacco trade
By Sunday Times Editorial
EDITORIAL | Why we should assume Brown Mogotsi is telling the truth, even if he isn’t
One way or another, we must ensure that Mogotsi makes it into the hot seat at the Madlanga Commission
By Sunday Times Editorial
Mamdani victory fires up Europe’s left against right-wing surge at home
The win has particularly influenced Germany’s Left party and Britain’s Greens, while established parties like Germany’s SPD and Britain’s Labour party are urged to refocus on core social policies to regain voter support
EDITORIAL | Proteas’ journey boosts women’s cricket in South Africa
South African women’s cricket gains momentum despite final loss
By Sunday Times Editorial
BUTI MANAMELA | Gambling with their futures: when despair becomes a digital habit
The growing crisis where students are using their NSFAS allowances on betting sites highlights the failure of current policies and the gambling industry's exploitation of vulnerable youth, writes Manamela
By Buti Manamela
SIYABULELA GEBE | The indeterminate cost of impunity: why the Sasfin case is South Africa’s necessary stress test
The Sars v Sasfin case tests whether financial institutions can be held accountable for aiding illicit financial flows when they fail to report suspicious activities, resulting in significant tax losses for the state
By Siyabulela Gebe
Three mental health breakdowns. One rural clinic. And a lesson in ubuntu in a time of scarce resources
On a recent day, Indira Govender, a doctor in a rural community in northern KwaZulu-Natal, was busy with her weekly session at the local clinic when she witnessed three people breaking down mentally
By Indira Govender
JUSTICE MALALA | Long speeches about ‘our people’ are done, we need politicians in orange overalls
The finance minister's top job should be financing the NPA to do everything it can to get charges against corrupt politicians brought before functioning courts, writes Justice Malala
By Justice Malala
