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Wide selection: South Africa’s car park remains diverse, the author says, from entry-level hatchbacks to family crossovers, like this BMW X3. Photo: BMW SA
2026

Back behind the wheel

The good news for 2026 is felt immediately at the pumps

  • Marlan Padayachee
6 min read
COLUMN

Loneliness: A chain that melts the blood inside veins

An unknown woman’s death, alone and far away, inspires Iman Rappetti to sing her own confessional song, a cri de coeur for connection

  • Iman Rappetti
6 min read
Hungary, Tiszabecs: A woman fleeing war and Russian attack from Ukraine with a little girl crosses the border into Hungary in the Hungarian municipality of Tiszabecs. The border between Hungary and Ukraine is about 140 kilometers long. (Marton Monus/picture alliance via Getty Images)
COLUMN

Impressions on my way to the Ukranian border

A South African writer shares insights along his journey as he tries to to enter Ukraine

  • John Davenport
6 min read
A million books? The Jacob Zuma Foundation’s Mzwanele Manyi hands copies of Jacob Zuma Speaks to a buyer. (Phill Magakoe/AFP)
COLUMN

Dare we cheer a happy new year?

Will 2022 will be any less harsh than 2021? Our correspondent certainly hopes so

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
A moveable feast: Being able to track delicious restaurant-quality food to one’s doorstep is a pandemic positive. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
COLUMN

Oh joy, my lockdown food is on its way

The pandemic dates us all and has changed us all. Our Netflix and Uber Eats profiles are proof

  • Charmain Naidoo
6 min read
ANC MEMBERS FUNERAL PLAN

Better loot the dead than in the red

Too many eyes on the state’s tills? An SMS from the ANC suggests it’s turning to a pandemic-appropriate source of party funding

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

Orange you glad to see me?

The president’s aesthetic choices may contain hidden messages — or was that really him on the TV?

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read