Monday, February 3 2020
THE BIG ISSUES
LEADING THE AGENDA
Politicians think it’s their right to take our cash
ANALYSIS | People like Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu and Zweli Mkhize truly believe there’s nothing wrong with their actions
EFF’s R1m war with ex-MP is far from over
Now Supreme Court of Appeal will rule on case that started with a Facebook post about accepting a VBS donation
Sky-high municipal bill? Maybe the meter reader was faulty
I didn’t truly know the emotional anguish until I got a R36,000 rates account
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
Castration of rapists– should it be put to the testes?
Bathabile Dlamini suggests chemical castration to punish rapists, but many don’t think it tackles the real problem
What a coke-up: Pablo Escobar’s hippos wreak havoc
The drug lord’s hippos are harming Colombia’s lakes with their booming numbers
The wheels are turning towards love in Vosloorus
The Bicycle Stokvel keeps a lot of legs spinning, creating a movement of positive, healthy people
A dog that can help with more than you can pawsibly imagine
It’s being trained to bring an SA woman with a stress disorder her medication and get help should she need it
IDEAS
FEEDING YOUR MIND
They wrote it this week: Why the grand duke ...
Extracts from diaries and letters written between February 3 and February 9
SNAPSHOT
Six things about SA you need to know
Tracker SA’s systems hacked
Cop, security guard gunned down
Deadline extended for deal on cheaper data
‘There’s metal in my pizza’
Rules for Mkhwebane removal ‘in line with the law’
Cop who killed TUT student gets 15 years
THE VISUAL SIDE
SNAPSHOT
6 things you need to know about the world
Twenty Christians die in stampede for ‘blessed oil’
Truth took a Roman holiday for this archaeologist
US dogs are being doped to their nose-tips
Hi-tech used to save beehives
Wily coyotes are invading South America
Beethoven wasn’t deaf after all
THE BUSINESS
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Gwede needs to be on the money with key mining players
Political fights and an energy crisis will cast a long shadow over any talk of significant investments
World of trouble: the trends that should give SA a wake-up call
Breaking SA’s self-reinforcing stagnation is critical to an economic revival, especially in a tough global economy
SA firms must plug into the rich battery tech market
They should not be content with simply riding the manganese commodity wave
LIFESTYLE
CULTURE COMES ALIVE
Your P@55w0rd is obsolete, but it’s not all your ...
Cyber security is a shared responsibility, and we have to blame a flawed system as well as users like you and me
Forget all that rot about your phone keeping you ...
Meditation and sleep app Calm has more than 60 million downloads and is valued at over $1bn
SPORT
FINISH LINE ESSENTIALS
SPORTS DAY: Nole denies Thiem in Aussie Open thriller
Your roundup of the sporting news of the day
You have every right to go the Kolpak route, just be upfront about it
Selectors need to know what SA cricketers want out of the SA system, because the national team comes first
Blasts from the past: Bafana win it for Madiba in 1996
Today in SA sports history: February 3