April 19 2024

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MKP can dethrone EFF as the enfant terrible

The momentum of Zuma's party could lead to the EFF eventually becoming a 6% political phenomenon again.

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To walk 56 years into the past

A rural rown in the Eastern Cape is symbolic of the decay that has spread across South Africa.

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Western domination is waning — and it’s about time

Freedom-loving democracies should be embracing ‘Western values', even as the West is turning its back on them.

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Constitutional Court at 30: cracks are showing

The court initially succeeded beyond expectations but the second half of the democratic era has been a mixed bag.

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Who was Durban’s Lady in White?

During World War 2, a soprano sang for numerous warships from the north pier.

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A bloody land that keeps circling back in time

Aside from the modern weaponry, Iran's attack on Israel last weekend might well have been from an ancient manuscript.

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At home in the groove

When your brain commits without thinking, you're where you're meant to be — even if it's often unpleasant.

LIFESTYLE

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Welcome to life in all its fullness

Foods that curb your appetite, solar lights and termite mounds are all on the Fomolistas' radar this week.

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Look, listen … and luxuriate

Top cop shows, a gallery retrospective and Sylvaine Strike's latest, five piano concertos … and an encore.

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15 + 6 questions for Piet Croucamp

The professor of politics is a renowned political analyst, a 'Vrye Weekblad' contributing editor and a media personality.

Books
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Words that captivate: you have been held

An encounter literary excellence can make it hard to recover your passion for crime fiction and domestic noir.

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Prague, Kiev and cardamom

Helen Oyeyemi's inventiveness reaches new heights — just like the flavour of spices in a new recipe book.