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Tuesday, June 21 2022

THE BIG ISSUES

LEADING THE AGENDA

Farmgate is not our Watergate, but it is a watershed

It is clear we are primed to be seduced by a checklist of modest election promises, but the dangers in this are obvious

Tom Eaton
Columnist
4 min read
News FREE

Two minutes, no questions asked — all it takes to clone a number plate

A team was able to buy number plates from two of out three embossers without presenting any ID or proof of ownership

Nivashni Nair
Senior reporter
5 min read

Unisa stand-off over exam paper cost me two years, says student

A technical glitch when uploading an exam paper in 2020 has caused Sibulele Dyi endless problems

Prega Govender
Journalist
5 min read

SMART NEWS

IN ONE TAKE

AfricaStay’s Zanzibar package holidays go down with Comair — for now

Refunds for booked passengers are up in the air as charter service scrambles to find another plane for its travellers

Wendy Knowler
Consumer journalist
3 min read

Canvassing support for kids who’ve lost dads and dads who’ve lost kids

The Blank Canvas project’s ‘Dear Dad’ messages are met with comfort, coffee and forget-me-nots

Gill Gifford
Senior journalist
2 min read

Creative education unlocks rural children’s curiosity and potential

Good Work Foundation is helping provide rural children with access to digital tools to ignite their passion for learning

Suthentira Govender
Senior reporter
4 min read

Aviation experts drone on about drone deliveries, with good reason

Concerns about terrorism and aircraft interference among discussions taking place at Flight Inspection Symposium

By Isaac Mahlangu
3 min read

IDEAS

FEEDING YOUR MIND

If he’s going or not, Cyril owes us an explanation

Ramaphosa has sold the country on the promise of good, clean government, yet he seems to have much to hide

2 min read
Ideas FREE

Mental support for new moms: lessons from SA

Up to 47% of SA’s women face pre- and post-natal depression and anxiety, with about 10% at high risk of suicide

By Simone Honikman and Shanon McNab
5 min read

WORLD

THE NEWS YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO HEAR

Eye on the world — June 21 2022

Six of the best pictures of the day

By Reuters
0 min read

There’s no ink to dry, Putin: Kazakh president takes aim at his ally

As sanctions bite, even causing an ink shortage, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says he doesn’t support ‘quasi-state territories’

By Bloomberg News
3 min read

If it’s not climate change plaguing Somalis, it’s another of ‘the three Cs’

Strife is life for an 11-year-old boy bearing witness to a cruel convergence of environmental and political disasters

By Katharine Houreld
8 min read

Once-spurned superjumbos return after a tailwind in post-Covid travel

The Airbus A380 has had an unexpected post-Covid revival, validating major owners such as Emirates, Qantas

By Angus Whitley
4 min read

LGBTQ rights blow in Japan as court upholds same-sex marriage ban

The country lags far behind other G7 nations on the issue, and it’s starting to hurt business

By Elaine Lies
2 min read

LIFE

EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MATTERS

Blue light: what we do and don’t know about the damage it causes our skin

The skincare industry is addressing the issue, but governments must develop standardised testing, as with sunscreen

By Karl Lawrence
4 min read

In a galaxy far, far away, there’s a spider with stars in its eyes

In the Tarantula Nebula, new stars are being born in defiance of what scientists previously thought possible

By Will Dunham
3 min read

Great depression for Revlon as it files for bankruptcy

The 90-year-old company started life selling nail polish in the Great Depression

By Claire Boston
2 min read

SPORT

FINISH LINE ESSENTIALS

Politics clipped our wings, says Swallows chair

With the PSL pulling the Telkom rug out from under it, Panyaza Lesufi says hard work is needed to attract a sponsor

By Sports Reporter
3 min read

From 46 points behind to 46 ahead, Verstappen refuses to tempt fate

After frustrating season Hamilton takes hope from his return to the podium in Canada

By Alan Baldwin
3 min read

CROSSWORDS

GIVE YOUR BRAIN SOME EXERCISE