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In this week’s edition

♦ Fred sings a farewell song ♦ Contract killers and jilted wives ♦ Things to know about the budget

News & Politics
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Empathy: What Elon Musk gets wrong

The Trump administration prefers to empathise with white rightwingers at the expense of others in the world.

News & Politics
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The budget has landed: what to know

From reduced debt relief for Eskom to increased infrastructure spend to boost growth: #10 things to mull on.

FREE SPEECH

Free Speech
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News that is best enjoyed on the couch

JD Vance is struggling to find his role in the White House circus. Combat chihuahua has been his best bid so far.

Free Speech
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The perfect song for saying goodbye

‘The whole place is dark, every light on this side of the town, suddenly it all went down . . . ’

BOOKS

Books
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Contract killers and jilted first wives

What offers the best sort of escapism: impossible moral dilemmas or happy endings?

Books
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Writers as mouthpiece for each other

A book on Marcel Proust by Alain de Botton that could change your life.