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There are new killers on the loose
Columns
/ 30 May 2025

There are new killers on the loose

They come in the form of the shot borer beetle and people who don’t appreciate the shade, leaves and flowers of trees in urban areas

By Christian Stephen
Consequences be damned
Columns
/ 23 May 2025

Consequences be damned

But we suffer even if we did not make the decision – like not having water or electricity for 48 hours

By Christian Stephen
The holidaze of our lives
Columns
/ 16 May 2025

The holidaze of our lives

The mother of all celebration days should be extended to specials available the whole year round

By Christian Stephen
The no-prisoner Naledi wars
Columns
/ 9 May 2025

The no-prisoner Naledi wars

DREW FORREST looks at the fierce academic controversies ignited by South Africa’s most recent hominin find

By Drew Forrest
Hairy situations: The bald facts
Columns
/ 2 May 2025

Hairy situations: The bald facts

The barber’s mental health advice might be a cut above the barman’s but let’s not split ends about men’s suffering in this regard

By Christian Stephen
How to humanise a robot
Columns
/ 25 April 2025

How to humanise a robot

The robots could fix the street robots, replace the raggedly traffic controllers and fill in the potholes

By Christian Stephen
South Africa’s energy future lies in innovation
Columns
/ 21 April 2025

South Africa’s energy future lies in innovation

Consumers responded to load-shedding by installing solar energy. In response, Eskom chose higher tariffs instead of encouraging the move to clean energy

By Daniel Novitzkas and Gerjo Hoffman
Why Pope Francis’s papacy mattered for Africa
Columns
/ 21 April 2025

Why Pope Francis’s papacy mattered for Africa

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, leaves a legacy of reform, compassion, and advocacy for the poor, reshaping the Catholic Church’s global mission

By Stan Chu Ilo
The God Edition | The runner’s high is the smug hill on which I’ll die
Columns
/ 21 April 2025

The God Edition | The runner’s high is the smug hill on which I’ll die

We runners, like good churchgoers, are a community, we follow rituals, we try to convert everyone and, best of all, we finally enter the zone

By Margot Bertelsmann
The God Edition | Searching among the bones for Homo naledi’s soul
Columns
/ 21 April 2025

The God Edition | Searching among the bones for Homo naledi’s soul

Drew Forrest uses one of South Africa’s most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions inherent in the religious doctrine of ‘ensoulment’

By Drew Forrest
The God Edition | Making a meal of religion
Columns
/ 20 April 2025

The God Edition | Making a meal of religion

Is reconciliation through food hard to swallow? Perhaps we should emulate John Lennon and give peas a chance

By Christian Stephen
The God Edition | Stoicism, status and the elite illusion of virtue
Columns
/ 20 April 2025

The God Edition | Stoicism, status and the elite illusion of virtue

The asceticism of the elite presents inequality as virtue, while the poor endure real deprivation

By Vashna Jagarnath
The God Edition | Prayer and the spirit of ubuntu
Columns
/ 20 April 2025

The God Edition | Prayer and the spirit of ubuntu

Nichiren Buddhism can awaken our highest nature, foster compassion and change suffering into strength

By Loren Braithwaite-Kabosha
The God Edition | Technology is eroding our sense of serendipity
Columns
/ 20 April 2025

The God Edition | Technology is eroding our sense of serendipity

Online culture makes it increasingly difficult to believe in coincidence or divine intervention because of the feedback loop of curated social media algorithms

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
The God Edition | Secularism is the bridge to harmony and democracy
Columns
/ 19 April 2025

The God Edition | Secularism is the bridge to harmony and democracy

Religious organisations, political leaders and citizens all have a role to play in defending the principle of secularism

By Martin Meyer
The God Edition | On public schools shifting to inclusivity
Columns
/ 19 April 2025

The God Edition | On public schools shifting to inclusivity

Eva Haahjem-Gill reflects on the evolving role of religion in Johannesburg’s public schools

By Eva Haahjem-Gill
The God Edition | The road to Emmaus and a call for justice
Columns
/ 18 April 2025

The God Edition | The road to Emmaus and a call for justice

During the Easter Triduum, we reflect on Christ’s resurrection, finding in it a timeless call to justice, hope, and shared humanity beyond the grave

By Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela
The God Edition | Where is God when we suffer?
Columns
/ 18 April 2025

The God Edition | Where is God when we suffer?

It’s a valid question often asked by those questioning the existence of the Divine

By Lyse Comins
The God Edition | God lives in public hospitals
Columns
/ 18 April 2025

The God Edition | God lives in public hospitals

Even in the chaos of our health centres, divinity moves through ordinary people doing extraordinary work

By Lesego Chepape
The God Edition | In South Africa, a pricey path to becoming demon slayers
Columns
/ 18 April 2025

The God Edition | In South Africa, a pricey path to becoming demon slayers

When politics resembles possession, the Vatican should offer group rates for exorcising elected officials

By Des Erasmus
The God Edition | Losing my religion to find my faith
Columns
/ 18 April 2025

The God Edition | Losing my religion to find my faith

One writer’s journey through activism and grief led him back to the altar — on his own terms

By Donovan E Williams
The God Edition | Dumpsite to sanctuary: The sacred mountain of Mamelodi restored
Columns
/ 17 April 2025

The God Edition | Dumpsite to sanctuary: The sacred mountain of Mamelodi restored

Before Ephraim Cebisa Mabena embarked on his mission, the area had become an illegal dumpsite, a cesspool of murder and rape, a chop-shop for stolen cars and a hideaway for drug abusers

By Sheree Bega
Play the diplomacy game properly
Editorial
/ 17 April 2025

Play the diplomacy game properly

We cannot afford myopic ignorance at this volatile point in world history

By Editorial
US designation of Polisario Front as foreign terrorist group will create new problems for SA
Columns
/ 16 April 2025

US designation of Polisario Front as foreign terrorist group will create new problems for SA

South Africa’s banking system could come under scrutiny and the country may attract targeted sanctions if it does not follow the US lead.

By Michael Walsh
The despot next door: King Mswati’s greed and repression are a growing threat to southern Africa
Columns
/ 14 April 2025

The despot next door: King Mswati’s greed and repression are a growing threat to southern Africa

As Swaziland descends deeper into dictatorship, the monarch’s influence is spreading, and his alliance with Jacob Zuma threatens the region’s democratic future

By Velaphi Mamba
Old dog has to learn new tricks
Columns
/ 12 April 2025

Old dog has to learn new tricks

Donald’s trumped-up ‘liberation’ chart of tariffs has reset the world order – and my need to make my side hustle more lucrative

By Christian Stephen
A crater, a curry and an arthritic baboon saved my sanity
Columns
/ 4 April 2025

A crater, a curry and an arthritic baboon saved my sanity

One person’s pothole is another’s route to millions … how online content helps us to navigate the rough ride that life can be

By Christian Stephen
An indigestible helping of hype
Columns
/ 28 March 2025

An indigestible helping of hype

If stores must wheel out celebs to make us buy what we can’t afford, make it Snoop Dog and Martha Stewart

By Christian Stephen
Talking trash in suburbia
Columns
/ 21 March 2025

Talking trash in suburbia

I don’t mean to rubbish their efforts but Pikitup needs a better plan before Joburg residents drown in their refuse

By Christian Stephen
The Radium’s authentic brew
Columns
/ 14 March 2025

The Radium’s authentic brew

A good, old-fashioned bar is like print media: distinguished by its charming, convivial, if slightly dog-eared nature

By Christian Stephen
It’s cool to be kind … in traffic
Columns
/ 8 March 2025

It’s cool to be kind … in traffic

As Trump cuts through cultural norms faster than through executive orders, there is still value in politeness

By Christian Stephen
Sustainable budget solutions over tax hikes, please
Columns
/ 5 March 2025

Sustainable budget solutions over tax hikes, please

Operational inefficiencies and infrastructure neglect have led to logistical challenges costing the economy R1 billion daily in lost economic output

By Ismail Joosub
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