For the first time in years, the word coming out of Eskom’s Megawatt Park headquarters is not crisis but commitment. On Wednesday, South Africa’s embattled power utility unveiled a staggering R343-billion capital investment plan set to roll out over the next five years—a sweeping financial blueprint designed to drag the national grid out of decay and into a…
The coastal humidity of Durban clung to everything as the sun dipped low over the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Freeway. Just before dusk, a convoy of police vehicles, lights cutting through the heavy air but sirens silent, rolled into the city. In the back of a lead sedan sat Fadiel Adams—National Coloured Congress leader, Member of…
The posters are printed, the credentials are being laminated, and the branch delegates are calculating numbers on WhatsApp groups that buzz deep into the night. After months of preparatory meetings, branch nominations, and the inevitable behind-the-scenes manoeuvring that defines any political contest worth its salt, the Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal has announced that final…
She was just walking. That is what her neighbours keep saying, over and over, as if repeating the words might reverse time. She was just walking—perhaps on her way to the corner shop for bread, perhaps heading home after a long shift cleaning someone else’s house, perhaps simply moving through her own neighbourhood with the…
For decades, Tropika has been the taste of a South African summer. Its bright, fruity flavours—tropical punch, mango, berry burst—have been synonymous with poolside afternoons, braais in the sun, and the sticky sweetness of childhood birthdays. The brand’s identity was built on heat, on brightness, on the vibrant chaos of December. But what happens when…
For two decades, it has been a ghost that haunted every corner of the Emirates Stadium. The ghost of Highbury. The ghost of invincibles past. The ghost of that rainy night in Paris in 2006 when Jens Lehmann was sent off, when Sol Campbell scored a disallowed goal, when Ronaldinho danced, and when Arsenal’s greatest…
Just over a month ago, Kalu Putik was a name whispered only among the scrappy, creative corners of Addis Ababa’s burgeoning streetwear scene. He was the teenager with glue on his fingers and a vision in his head, the one who saw treasure where others saw trash—a shattered iPhone screen becoming a chest plate, a…
The Garden Route is, in fair weather, a postcard come to life. Its lush coastal forests tumble down to lagoons of improbable blue, and its passes carve through mountains that seem to touch a softer, kinder sky. Travelers come from across the world to hike its trails, kayak its estuaries, and sleep beneath its ancient…
The courtroom gallery was packed with red-clad supporters, their berets held in their laps rather than on their heads—a small gesture of respect for the judge who was about to decide the fate of a bitter, ugly feud that has torn apart the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Free State. On one side of…
The bell did not ring at Mthatha’s Nkwanca Primary School on Tuesday morning. Nor did it ring at Ngangelizwe High, or at the scattered farm schools dotting the hillsides of the OR Tambo District. Instead, the sound that filled the air was the relentless drumming of rain on tin roofs, the gurgle of brown water…
