News24 | In Sunday | Mashatile son-in-law’s lease profits, ‘Big 5’ cartel’s ‘father’, and Boks win

ANALYSIS | Rassie’s Invincibles? Boks underline champ status with series win from 1-0 down

After relentless rotating before the Greatest Rivalry series, Rassie Erasmus opting for experience secured not only a statement 43-28 win in Baltimore, but also a backs-to-the-wall 3-1 series win, writes Simnikiwe Xabanisa.

The ‘key players’ in SA’s ‘Big 5’ cartel – and the late taxi boss accused of leading them

When EFF leader Julius Malema spoke at the memorial of Jotham “Mswazi” Msibi in early 2024, he described the late taxi boss, who has since been accused of leading the alleged “Big 5” criminal cartel as “our father”, and said mourners “relate with this old man as his kids”.

HUNTED | Second Mafole triggerman still at large despite his movements being tracked across SA

The murder trial of Thabani Goodwill Ntshalintshali will commence in November, 16 months after Ekurhuleni municipality chief auditor Mpho Mafole was gunned down. Ntshalintshali will likely be alone in the dock, as his co-accused, Hlanganani Agripper Mncwango, remains on the run.

From Chikane to chaos: How factional sabotage cost ANC 51 mayoral candidates

Dlamini-Zuma doubles down on vote-buying claim, challenges Mbalula to prove her wrong in court

Khanyiso Tshwaku’s Bok ratings | Arendse, Van den Berg sparkle, Fourie fluffs throwing lines

Aussie pensioner loses R2m after falling in love with AI deepfake ‘nurse’ from SA

Your AI chats could end up in a courtroom – and be used against you

Fred Khumalo | Steve Biko was killed for his ideas. SA needs them now more than ever

Kruger Park murders: Suspects tried in Mozambique after SA fails to seek extradition

DStv’s cheaper sport package has one big catch: No Springboks or F1

PSL player lives large while son, 3, waits for surgery after he let medical aid lapse

A 16-year-old, a kiss, and R26 000: Advocate’s search for second wife called off

Freshly re-elected SAFA president Jordaan throws weight behind FIFA boss Infantino

Boks, All Blacks Test passed FNB Stadium traffic jam test, so why does Soweto derby fail?

Brannas’ Bok career gets kickstart at 40 as Rassie’s ‘fixer’ keeps eye on World Cup

From Chikane to chaos: How factional sabotage cost ANC 51 mayoral candidates

A damning confidential report by ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula to the party’s top seven officials and national working committee has exposed a catastrophic breakdown in the party’s candidate registration process.

Dlamini-Zuma doubles down on vote-buying claim, challenges Mbalula to prove her wrong in court

ANC national executive committee member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has refused to retract and apologise for her allegation that the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, bought votes at its 2022 elective conference.

Wendy’s Win of the Week | SAA wanted proof she was too ill to fly – even after she died 

Ahmed Areff | OpenAI says it solved a 90-year-old maths problem. Is an answer worth it?

From drought to deluge: SA miners brace for super El Niño

Cut, seize, sell: Stor-Age under fire for auctioning tenant’s property

Fred Khumalo | Steve Biko was killed for his ideas. SA needs them now more than ever

Muhammad Hussain | From Bin Laden to Amla to ISIS: How 9/11 still changes me

The hard chair that taught me how to be a ‘man’

No one told writer Jeffrey Rakabe how to be a man. In his confession, he takes us into his childhood home, a clinic waiting room, and a church where a chair means power. He is still learning to choose the harder chair.

Simon Sebag Montefiore on covering 126 years of Middle East history in ‘The Cauldron’

Twenty years in Hudson Street: How a Canadian engineer roasted Cape Town’s coffee revolution

From picture-perfect to painfully real: How SA ‘momfluencers’ are changing parenting online

ANC takes IEC to court, and ‘jou ma se’ Pemmy-gate

As the ANC takes the electoral commission to court over its candidate-logging problems, the party’s former chief whip turned Water and Sanitation Minister, Pemmy Majodina, is facing flak for swearing at an Eastern Cape resident.

Sunday editor: Kaveel Singh
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