No spoilers here – TV’s grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family

As the Swedish Academy chooses the winner of the book world’s most prestigious award, Simon Kuper looks back at an august ideal often marred by politics and bias

Settler violence in West Bank makes everyday life ‘untenable’ for Palestinians, says ICRC after assault on family trying to return home in Jalud

The acclaimed American journalist, who won the nonfiction prize in 2021, is shortlisted alongside Andrea Wulf and Matthew Sweet

Former president Thabo Mbeki’s missive about the future of the Afrikaner in South Africa puts Afrikaners front and centre when analysing the decline of the ANC and the country, writes Pieter du Toit.

Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo has argued in court papers that the DA’s bid to have the proportional representation lists of ActionSA, the EFF, the MKP and the GOOD party set aside as unlawful is meritless and risks disrupting the local government elections.

South Africa’s violent crime crisis must be understood within the country’s enduring inequalities and divided history, rather than through racialised narratives of white victimhood. South Africans mus...

The Freedom Front plus should withdraw William Harrington’s mayoral candidature in Nelson Mandela Bay. …

If R182m meant for an already buckling health system can be poured into PR with so few checks, imagine the risks when the NHI becomes the country’s single, centralised purchaser of healthcare.…

Evidence at Madlanga probe suggests link between pressure tactics and attack, but taxi boss insists his actions were legitimate business engagements

Multiparty democracy emerges as an antidote to one-party dominance

Argument in a report by former president’s foundation ignores the real issues

It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online

AfriMAGA seeks the oxygen of spectacle to sow division, but the answer to its apartheid nostalgia and to US bullying alike is the ballot box – not foreign interference, writes Mbhazima Shilowa.

XenoBarometer tracks the anti-immigrant movement and its impact. We aim to surface underreported stories, paying close attention to potential rights abuses, emerging patterns in anti-immigrant mobilis...

South African universities are climbing the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, and leaders at the Cape Town summit say the next step is embracing AI and teaching students to use it...

Composed of interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, the documentary NAZA is a haunting exposé of the tools that the Israeli military uses to carry out the remote killi...

Elsa van Huyssteen responds to UCT professor's fear he will be 'cancelled' for anti-Semitism

After 64 years, ProNutro is gone, but its disappearance exposes how corporations can misread consumers, disguise product changes and sacrifice trusted breakfast staples.…

Evidence before the Madlanga Commission places taxi boss Oupa Sindane at the centre of alleged extortion, police information leaks and intelligence linked to Cat Matlala.…

Lex Libertas’ 3,000 white crosses in Washington event failed to attract much US media coverage, but the political connections behind it say something revealing about the growing network between global...

The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.

Analysts say the dispute over Afrikaner rights, BEE and land reform is rooted in unresolved questions about South Africa’s transition

They’ve marginalised Matisse and given Picasso the cold shoulder – and what’s left seems more informed by pedantic geography than sensual art

The bungling of the ANC’s list process and the prolonged public absence of Deputy President Paul Mashatile have caused a reset of the succession race, writes Carol Paton.

South Africa faces escalating tensions with the Trump administration, which has increasingly targeted the country with tariffs, diplomatic pressure and accusations over its domestic policies. Pretoria...

The old adage ‘sharing is caring’ doesn’t always apply

Ramadan, 12, works in a cafe on the beach. He remembers enjoying school, playing and family barbecues before life became about survival

'Afrikanerman: Vasgevang tussen onthou en herontdek' is 'n gegrond op gesprekke met 300 mans. 'n Deurlopende tema is 'n gevoel van verlies en byna 90% van hulle sê anti-Afrikanersentiment is vir hulle...

Washington spectacle as Roets, Lamola clash over US refugee policies and South African crime

Buffalo City Metro’s Ward 15 councillor Nwabisa Mcwabeni is free to campaign for the ANC and for another term after he was released on bail on Monday.

Taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni tells the Madlanga Commission that he denies hiring hitmen or having corrupt police ties, defends WhatsApp messages and explains taxi ‘izinkabi’ (usually referring to...

The DA has, in the past, correctly criticised the ANC for protecting implicated cadres and deploying them into government positions. Adriaan Basson asks why, then, has the party even vaguely found its...

There is a lot wrong with the ANC, so the stupidity of its secretary-general should ordinarily be the least of our concerns. However, he shows us why the party has become the punchline in a bad joke.…

Hegseth was always a horrible choice for defense secretary. At long last, some in the GOP are admitting it.

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

Toor’s electrifying pictures have made him a global star – and he’s even painted Zohran Mamdani. As the artist hits London’s prestigious Courtauld Gallery, he talks about Manet, mullahs and the mayor

International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola has called the United States’ preferential refugee programme for Afrikaners a racist policy that harks back to apartheid.

National Prosecuting Authority head Andy Mothibi has ordered that Investigating Directorate Against Corruption investigators and prosecutors undergo lifestyle audits.

After a colleague’s unsettling email about a shared quote, Pierre de Vos examines how antisemitism is increasingly conflated with criticism of Israel to silence dissent and shield the state from accou...

Launching his campaign for Joburg mayor on Saturday, the Patriotic Alliance’s Kenny Kunene committed to tackling hijacked buildings and made bold claims about his achievements as transport MMC.…

Psagot Winery in the hills out­side Jer­u­s­alem hails its “award-win­ning” wines, plush decor and views over the “prim­or­dial land­scape of Israel”. But the winery is in Sha’ar Binyamin, an Israeli...

Murderer George ‘Geweld’ Thomas has been in jail for more than a decade. But last week, on 17 September, the prisons boss described him as South Africa’s “number one gang leader” whose movements could...

The ANC now appears to be in a doom loop – as it loses votes, so the fights for the positions and power left over become more intense, and thus it loses more votes. And each public division will speed...

There was, naturally, an appeal against the Municipal Planning Tribunal’s approval of the Equinix data centres – and the City of Cape Town is responding by redrawing the lines of the playing field. …

Corruption alone does not explain South Africa’s stalled development

Elor Azaria’s conviction in 2017 for manslaughter of man who stabbed soldier continues to divide country

It’s hard to tell whether Israelis are enraged by “NAZA” because they think it’s full of lies, or because they know or fear it’s true.