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Friday, June 24 2022

THE BIG ISSUES

LEADING THE AGENDA

SA will not be distracted, Mr President. We want answers

Ramaphosa will try every trick in the PR playbook to deflect the game farm scandal. We must keep pressing and probing

Makhudu Sefara
Editor: TimesLIVE
5 min read

Automatic for the people: how protest became the way we roll

This is not a sign of a vibrant democracy, but of a government with a tin ear

5 min read

Fears that Moz terror is spreading after 17 attacks in less than a week

Attackers move beyond Cabo Delgado, beheading two in the process, and experts fear Maputo is in their sights

By HENDRIK HANCKE
4 min read
Sport FREE

Tears on the typewriter: covering the last Currie Cup final in Kimberley

Archie Henderson remembers the Currie Cup final 52 years ago when Griquas upset the mighty Blue Bulls

5 min read

SMART NEWS

IN ONE TAKE

Overloads, vandals, cable faults compound Joburg load-shed challenges

Facebook page administrators and City Power’s Twitter feed have been overwhelmed by angry posts from residents

Gill Gifford
Senior journalist
3 min read
News FREE

Zondo affirms opposition call for presidential oversight committee

In the state capture report, the chief justice recommends such a body, one opposition parties have long called for

Andisiwe Makinana
Political correspondent
3 min read

Zondo nails Mbalula’s former adviser Mbindwane on spying device impasse

The device was allegedly used at the ANC Nasrec conference to leverage Dlamini-Zuma over Ramaphosa

Mawande AmaShabalala
Political journalist
2 min read
News FREE

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1 min read

IDEAS

FEEDING YOUR MIND

EDITORIAL | Yes, tourism will lift off, unless state ineptitude grounds it

The lifting of Covid-19 regulations is welcome. Now government must solve the problems for which it is responsible

2 min read

Damn it, with the ANC, you’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Zondo is right in saying Ramaphosa should have done more to halt state capture, but where would that have left us?

Tom Eaton
Columnist
3 min read
Ideas FREE

Is the RAF worthy of public money or just pushing up the fuel price?

The AA and RAF disagree. Listen to what they have to say by tuning in to the discussion

Eusebius McKaiser
Contributor and analyst
1 min read
Ideas FREE

Stick your neck out for these rock ’n rollers, you awkward turtle

A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

Sue de Groot
Deputy features editor: Sunday Times
3 min read

WORLD

THE NEWS YOU DON'T NORMALLY GET TO HEAR

World FREE

Eye on the world — June 24 2022

Six of the best pictures of the day

By Reuters
0 min read

Cruising for a bruising: megayachts run low on safe harbours

‘Neutral’ Fiji’s seizure of Amadea sends warning to Russian oligarchs hoping to hide their ill-gotten gains

By K. Oanh Ha
3 min read

Dig into this, BHP: probe reveals ‘horrific’ sex abuse at Oz mines

Workers live in remote sites for several weeks at a time, where women are at an increased risk of sexual assault

By Jason Scott
5 min read

Screw the law, we’re coming out for Pride, say Nigeria’s LGBTQ activists

Despite gay relationships being banned, the community is set to celebrate the global event

By Pelumi Salako
4 min read

Could BTS bombshell see the house it built crumble?

Members of the Korean band are going solo and things are not looking good for the billionaire behind them

By Yoojung Lee
4 min read

LIFE

EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MATTERS

Critics can’t help falling in love with Austin Butler’s portrayal of Elvis

Elvis lives again with acclaimed portrayal by Butler in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of the King

By Rollo Ross
1 min read

Wake-up call: zero-star hotel offers sleepless nights to mull global crises

Artists Frank and Patrik Riklin offer guests open-air rooms in reaction to the the post-pandemic state of the world

By Denis Balibouse
1 min read

Humble home in Peru yields ancient riches buried in Inca-era tomb

Home-improvement project leads to archaeological survey in a working-class Lima district known for past finds

By Carlos Valdez
1 min read

SPORT

FINISH LINE ESSENTIALS

Sport FREE

Black mark for White: Bulls coach dropped ball after URC defeat

Jake White’s behaviour was unbecoming, particularly after the respect shown to him by John Dobson

By Mark Keohane
3 min read

Ahead of a Wimbledon without Federer, McEnroe looks on the bright side

Nadal’s calendar Slam bid faces tough Djokovic challenge on grass

By Sudipto Ganguly
4 min read

Blast from the past: Stransky drops Boks to World Cup victory

Today in SA sports history: June 24

David Isaacson
Sports reporter
3 min read

CROSSWORDS

GIVE YOUR BRAIN SOME EXERCISE