Raptor is on the brink of extinction
In late July, ornithologist Anthony van Zyl was among a team of researchers perched along the edges of the Batoka...
Month: August 2025
Contra.Joburg creates space for art that finds you
Johannesburg is a city in tension. It’s a city where bricks fall and buildings rise at the same time. Where...
The state must listen and talk to the people
Citizen engagement — the process by which people are involved in public issues — is at the centre of democratic...
Women’s body image is shaped by abusing diabetic drugs such as Ozempic
At the glamorous Golden Globe awards in Hollywood earlier this year, a presenter joked about how the event was “Ozempic’s...
Trump-Putin meeting set for Alaska next week – what will happen?
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to meet next week to try and end the war in Ukraine. But...
Misogyny is in a smirk, a meme or in violence
Every year, when 9 August rolls around, we parade Women’s Day like a trophy. We are reminded of 1956, when...
The message of the murals
On 11 July, Protestant loyalists in Northern Ireland burnt, in effigy, a boatload of immigrants on a giant bonfire. It...
Inside Putin’s ‘demands’ that could end Ukraine war next week
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are on the verge of agreeing a deal to end the Ukraine war, sources report...
Zuma: Some MK party members are lucky I have not fired them
uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party president Jacob Zuma said on Friday some members were lucky that he had not fired them...
Trump and Putin to meet ‘in the coming days’ but who knows if Zelensky is going
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could meet face-to-face in the coming days (Picture: REUTERS) Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are...
