A good week for Rassie Erasmus

The Springbok coach’s honorary doctorate puts him in a position to rival the legendary ‘Doc’ Danie Craven in rugby rankings

PODCAST: For crying out loud, calm down

The sun will rise after the May 29 election and an ANC/EFF coalition is highly unlikely, economist and analyst Peter Attard Montalto tells Peter Bruce

DINNER PARTY INTEL: Monsters under the bed? No, bees in the wall

When your three-year-old complains about scary things in her room, better take her seriously

Looking back to look ahead: Here’s what SA’s former health ombud says

Malegapuru Makgoba has seen the country’s health system grow, change and sometimes falter over the past 30 years. Mia Malan asks him what lessons we have learnt

PODCAST: SA’s summer crop production estimate has been lifted mildly

We have been through a challenging season of El Niño-induced drought and heatwave in February and March that weighed on the summer grains and oilseed harvest ...

Diabetes and depression: SA’s silent and deadly combination

A psychiatrist puts out the alert about a South African pandemic

Ship comes in for SA job seekers

Cruise liners bring in tourists and leave a bonanza behind

Fury on US campuses

US students hanker for the good ol’ days of Vietnam

A bad week for Berdine Odendaal

The good life appears to be over for Berdine Odendaal, the woman upon whom the late Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste lavished cash, cars and even horses

DINNER PARTY INTEL: No more ice cream for you

Milan is set to ban the sale of takeaway drinks and food after midnight

PODCAST: Finally, white smoke from the DA’s policy chimney

After years of chiding and goading the official opposition to produce an economic policy, the DA has one at last, thanks to new policy chief Mat Cuthbert

3 decades and 6 ministers: How is South Africa’s health-care system coping?

From struggles and scandals to feats and forward thinking — South Africa’s health system has seen it all over the past 30 years

By the numbers | Where air pollution was the worst in 2023

World Health Organisation recommends not exceeding over 5μg/m3 annual average PM2.5 concentration

PODCAST: Farming for 30 years in a democratic South Africa

There are divergent views about the effectiveness and extent to which South Africa's agricultural policies have been implemented

These Maties are ready to join the space race

The Stellenbosch University spinout CubeSpace aims to transform the global satellite industry

Corruption trap: Why health-care fraud is costing you money

Fraudsters seeing gaps in the healthcare system — whether private or public — are pushing the cost of services up