Monday, July 30 2018
THE BIG STORIES
LEADING THE AGENDA
Vote for Mahlangu shows the ANC is rotten down to its roots
It wasn't the party's leaders who voted her in. It was its rank-and-file members. This should be making us very worried
The city bigwig’s car, his driver and a murdered woman
Police grapple with a slew of questions after eThekwini speaker's bodyguard kills his girlfriend, then himself
Why so many of SA's doctors are killing themselves
The UCT medical dean's suicide has highlighted the depression epidemic in the medical profession. We look at the causes
ZIM'S FIRST POST-MUGABE POLL
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY FOUR DECADES THE LONG-TIME RULER WILL NOT TAKE PART. WE GO BEHIND THE HEADLINES TO EXAMINE WHAT'S AT STAKE
Everything you need to know about the Zim elections ...
... including how Robert Mugabe's former praise singer is involved
Will new Zim regime crush this flea trade agreement?
Informal traders in secondhand clothes smuggled from Mozambique are nervous about what comes next
Can black and white make green in Zimbabwe?
As whites forge post-Mugabe roles, the economic crisis might just unite ordinary people regardless of race
The church had a role in past wrongs. Now it must help the healing
Bishop Rubin Phillip tells Times Select about his role as an election observer and his faith in Zimbabweans' resilience
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
Why's your road named after an animal? The answer's very interesting
A scientist wanted to know how often the nature is represented in SA street names, so he made a list
Smart pill gives you a buzz if you forget to take your meds
A sensor the size of a grain of salt uses Bluetooth to send a digital message to an app on your phone
What a proposal! Their love stood the test of Times Square
When Miss India SA 2014 went to New York, she never dreamed she'd both be on a billboard and get engaged
IDEAS
TO FEED YOUR MIND
Used car been in a smash? Here's how to find out
There is no comprehensive or central database that records the history of accident damage to vehicles
We are women, hear us roar for justice
Women are calling for a total shutdown on August 1 to mark the start of Women's Month
Times Select paywall and smart new app launched
Here's how you can keep reading your favourite digital daily edition
CROSSWORDS
GIVE YOUR BRAIN SOME EXERCISE
Times Select paywall and smart new app launched
Here's how you can keep reading your favourite digital daily edition
VISUAL SIDE
SNAPSHOT
Six things about SA you need to know
Mugabe hints he may vote for opposition leader
Fugitive Bobroffs living large in Oz
Furniture, chefs shipped in for Brics bigwigs
Two arrested for death of off-duty cop
Tusker family moved to Addo to save them
Three nabbed in Cape with abalone worth R2m
THE WORLD
THE NEWS YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO HEAR
Trump’s minders may be getting the upper hand at last
Maybe the grown-ups are starting to get a grip in Washington again, says the writer
Why the world is burning, and South Africa could be next
Deadly wildfires like those in Greece are set to become increasingly frequent thanks to climate change
Will somebody please tell divers they're not as young as they used to be
OK, so you got your licence years ago, but now you are old and overweight, with high blood pressure and high cholesterol
Heil no! It's legal to call your kid Adolf - but would you?
In a new film modern Germans wrestle with whether it's okay to give a child a name with such odious connotations
SNAPSHOT
SIX THINGS ABOUT THE WORLD YOU NEED TO KNOW
Top travel firm snubs sea parks with orcas
Israel slaps cuffs on pro-Palestine muralists
Mary Berry, 83, rocks with 1980s icon
Polar bear killed for nonfatal attack on guard
Top author: Feel free to wolf-whistle me
Prince Harry to fight knife crime
THE BUSINESS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Is the PIC to be a giant shock absorber for the state?
Its lifeline to Eskom raises the question: what role does the ANC want it to play in SA's economy?
Mall the troubles of the world
Why have we fallen out of love with shopping malls? And what do retailers need to do to keep us interested?
More free digital satellite TV? Well why the heck not
Broadcaster eMedia is beefing up its content investment in the free-to-air OpenView platform
How one man managed to pull Fiat and Chrysler back from the brink
Sergio Marchionne has died at 66. We look at how he managed to pull off the seemingly impossible
LIFESTYLE
CULTURE COMES ALIVE
#plasticfreejuly was great; now let’s do it every month
How you can follow through on the zero-waste trend
Pillow talk: How to sleep better and all the rest
Mr Sandman, bring me a dream
Delete, delete, delete should be your mantra on social media
Be aware of what gets left lingering on your platforms
No free lynch on WhatsApp for embattled Zuckerberg
Fake news on the platform is killing people in India
SPORT
FINISH LINE ESSENTIALS
SPORTS DAY: Hamstring twitch twinges Lions nerves
Your roundup of the sporting news of the day
Is there a Siya Kolisi captaincy conundrum? Not really
He's proven himself, and with the World Cup looming there is no reason to mess with the current set-up
Blasts from the past: It’s 1891 and SA plays its first Test
Today in SA sports history: July 30