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Workers’ trillions should rebuild SA for all, not feed financial speculation for the few 14th September 2026
The Public Investment Corporation and Government Employees Pension Fund need to move away from financial markets and private deal-making to where billions of rands are released to fund public housing, water, transport and job-creating infrastructure projects.
CRYPTO CORNER: South Africa’s crypto industry draws a line in the capital flow sand 14th September 2026
It’s not every day that drama erupts in the South African crypto landscape, but 171 organisations have decided that enough is enough with the new SA Reserve Bank and FSCA regulations.
KILLING SPREE: ‘We are scared as women,’ say Kempton Park residents after fifth body is found 14th September 2026
Three women’s bodies have been found in the broader Kempton Park area in the last week, five since July, with similarities in the cases raising concerns that they may be victims of a serial killer.
BRICS leaders urge global financial system reform, but does it avoid the Thucydides Trap? 14th September 2026
With the push towards global financial reform and de-dollarisation, the question is: can China, BRICS and the Delhi Declaration avert an energy-driven Thucydides Trap?
LIGHTHOUSE SAGA: Unpacking the political mess behind the DBE’s textbook row 14th September 2026
Independent investigations into the Department of Basic Education’s new textbook catalogue have not produced any findings which justify scrapping it. The real story is about politics, not publishing.
The Amandelboom Basters’ forgotten Northern Frontier story: A 19th-century tragedy 14th September 2026
The history of Amandelboom, now Williston, in the Northern Cape does not easily lend itself to a straightforward heritage narrative of victims and villains. Instead, it is a complicated story that raises all sorts of troubling questions and ethical challenges.
TOP OF THE PILE: Serial winners, underrated captain — Boks’ curious status after beating All Blacks 14th September 2026
After a slow start, the Springboks deservedly won the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series 3-1 against the All Blacks. Outside South Africa, though, the Boks are still not universally loved.
LEARNING CURVEBALL: EFF to march on higher education department as pressure mounts on Minister Manamela 14th September 2026
The EFF is demanding Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela’s resignation over what it calls a ‘mess-up’ at NSFAS, and will march on the department’s Pretoria offices on 18 September.

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