Tuesday, December 7 2021
THE BIG ISSUES
LEADING THE AGENDA
Is the ANC dying yet? No? Keep going, Cyril
I held the belief that Ramaphosa was trying to fix the ANC and SA but doing both very badly. I was wrong
Covid seen more in 10- to 19-year-olds than in younger children
Tests are reliable for Omicron, while experts believe vaccines will hold up to the variant
SA fuels Omicron hope as hospitalisations stay in check
Early readings may point to lower severity as scientists still decode strain to evaluate global impact
Child rape cases suffer ‘setback’ after training delays court process
Activists slam planning and say children are being retraumatised by months-long delays in trials
SMART NEWS
IN ONE TAKE
Meet the cleaner who graduated at the university she buffs and shines
Sthembile Mngwengwe’s journey does not end there though as the next step is her postgraduate degree
To party or not to party: SA corporates’ dilemma as Covid cases rise
Event companies are reeling from the cancellations of year-end functions
Embracing women to help them overcome ‘common’ obstetric violence
Mothers’ movement Embrace is helping women expose this form as violence as gender-based
IDEAS
FEEDING YOUR MIND
EDITORIAL | Is that all you’ve got, Batohi?
NPA boss had the opportunity to take SA into her confidence on Monday, but she danced around the questions instead
Karabo, Issa ‘walked like us, climbed like apes’
Lumbar vertebra fossils discovered in the Cradle of Humankind have thrown new light on Australopithecus sediba
WORLD
THE NEWS YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO HEAR
Eye on the world — December 7 2021
Six of the best pictures of the day
From pedestal to prison: the many lives of Suu Kyi
The leader has come a long way from the days when she was held up as a heroine for democracy
No doses, too many doses, scepticism: all stymie Africa’s vaccine rollout
These are a drop in the ocean of issues facing the continent and the West has a lot to answer for
How a vaccine side-effect database has given ammo to anti-vaxxers
Omission bias when using VAERS has been used to mislead and misrepresent statistics by anti-vaccine protagonists
Lunar tunes: China ups the ante in space race with US
Crewed missions by 2030 are ‘entirely possible’ as China’s new moon landing schedule escalates rivalry with US
LIFE
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MATTERS
Tearful reunions, comebacks and pop freedom: that was showbiz 2021
From awards and split-ups to new albums and goodbyes, here are the year’s top stories
‘Spider-Man’s’ Tom Holland set to swing out of the bath and into a top hat
The actor says he will play Fred Astaire, considered cinema’s greatest dancer, in a new biopic
The wine was a little sweet, but not as sweet as this return to tradition
With Trump gone, Kennedy Center honorees, including Bette Midler and Berry Gordy, hit the White House on Sunday
SPORT
FINISH LINE ESSENTIALS
India’s Test cup runneth over ahead of SA tour
The only cloud is over batting stalwart Ajinkya Rahane’s form, but there is plenty of back-up waiting in the wings
Is it back to the future for Man United?
Steven Gerrard set to make Anfield return with a resurgent Aston Villa team
Blast from the past: Wessels makes history as TV umpire runs him out
Today in SA sports history: December 7