Opinion

EDITORIAL | El Niño waits for nobody

As meteorologists warn that the phenomenon is likely to intensify and could persist until February next year, this cycle tests whether we have learnt anything from the last drought

By Sunday Times Editorial

TOM EATON | ‘God’s work’ is what the Dutch central bank did

Keep the gold far away from the US, JD Vance and his eschatological ramblings, writes Tom Eaton

By Tom Eaton

OLIVER METH | Madlanga commission: what if the hitman wears a police uniform?

The examination of a KZN Hawks officer’s alleged ties to organised crime raises a question far more unsettling than ordinary police corruption

By Oliver Meth

MANDLA LETLAPE | Municipalities need trained administrators, not political micromanagers

Municipal renewal depends on professionalising the administration, protecting officials from political interference and restoring the distinction between political oversight and implementation, writes Mandla Letlape

By Mandla Letlape

NKOSANA THOBELA | When leadership becomes self-preservation, institutions begin to die

South Africa's future depends on strong institutions, not entrenched power

By Nkosana Thobela

OBITUARY | Hazel Goldreich: unsung hero of SA’s liberation struggle

On an ordinary Wednesday morning, September 2 2026, Hazel Goldreich (Berman) passed away in the UK after a long life marked by extreme courage and humility

By Garth Benneyworth

GIDEON GREAVES | Supercoin draws a line regulators haven’t yet drawn

SPONSORED | A rand-backed stablecoin and an offshore dollar token get treated identically, and that’s the gap this submission wants closed

EDITORIAL | Pitso Mosimane’s detractors are wrong ― this time it’s different

Mosimane has been appointed Bafana Bafana head coach, succeeding Hugo Broos and inheriting a strong squad poised for further success

By Sunday Times Editorial

LUCKY MATHEBULA | When public office loses its temper, public representativeness is the casualty

Dada Morero’s outburst is more than a lapse of judgment: it tests the ANC’s renewal claims and the moral discipline democratic leadership demands

By Lucky Mathebula

EDITORIAL | Laws are meaningless if GBV funerals continue to rise

Calls grow for real accountability as government pledges fall short on protecting women

By Sunday Times Editorial

TOM EATON | That edgy flyover displayed the good with the bad whooshing close behind

The spectacle was planned, rehearsed and approved, as Airlink reassures the pearl-clutchers, yet there’s a reason we call unfortunate events accidents, writes Tom Eaton

By Tom Eaton

EDITORIAL | Could a hot pink passport be Brics’s gateway to a better world?

Access to a bloc whose tourism market is valued at $5.3 trillion could be a powerful bargaining chip in the network of strange bedfellows we call Brics

By Sunday Times Editorial