July 25

• South Africa: Pius Langa - the Man May Be Gone, but His Spirit Will Remain With Us [analysis]

  The death of Pius Langa has taken away perhaps one of the greatest South Africans, ever. A man who fought with everything he had to become better than before, to overcome the... Read more »

• South Africa: Cricket - No Way Out for Australia's Walking Wounded - the Quicks [analysis]

  James Pattinson had to fight back the tears as he spoke to the press announcing he'd play no further part in the Ashes. Pattinson is out with a stress fracture for the rest of the... Read more »

• South Africa: Thuli Madonsela - Uncowed, Unbowed [analysis]

  Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will appear before Parliament's justice portfolio committee next Friday to give her account of a number of complaints against her. In Cape Town on... Read more »

July 24

• Southern Africa: Maybe We Expect Too Much From SADC On Zimbabwe [analysis]

  Every time Robert Mugabe says or does something outrageous, critical eyes are cast in the direction of SADC - who are meant to be guaranteeing free and fair elections, and... Read more »

• South Africa: Just Say It, Cosatu - South Africa, We Have a Problem [analysis]

  At the end of May, Cosatu's central executive committee meeting ended abruptly. The federation announced that another meeting would be called by the second week of July. It didn't... Read more »

• South Africa: No Task Team Can Fix the Fundamentally Flawed System [analysis]

  One wonders where the government would be without its army of task teams. The ANC says investment and investment-creating confidence are the pillars to growing the economy and... Read more »

• South Africa: Five Talking Points After Sri Lanka Vs. South Africa, 2nd Odi

  South Africa continued their struggles in the one-day format after losing to Sri Lanka by 17 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method on Tuesday. ANTOINETTE MULLER picks out five talking... Read more »

• South Africa: The (UN)likely Alliance of Zille and Motshekga - a Reality Check [analysis]

  Helen Zille may seem like an unlikely advocate for Angie Motshekga, but she is not. The two have come to each other's aid on more than one occasion. By Equal Education's Doron... Read more »

• South Africa: ANC's 'Broad Church' Can Lead to Uncomfortable Pews [analysis]

  COSAS - the Congress of SA Students - was where a 21-year old Julius Malema first cut his political teeth. But if Malema hoped to carry some radical students with him to his... Read more »

• South Africa: Tlokwe, Split Councils and Divided Municipalities [analysis]

  On Tuesday the ANC made an application to the North Gauteng High Court to have the ejection of its mayor in Tlokwe declared invalid. The battle for Tlokwe is the latest example of... Read more »

July 23

• South Africa: The Insiders' Insider - Steven Cohen, Another Wall Street Giant, Is Dodging the Fall [opinion]

  In the latest game of Whack-A-Mole, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is hot on the heels of one of Wall Street's more significant scumbags--the hedge fund... Read more »

• South Africa: Chronicles of Chic - Hot Haute Couture for the Cold, Cold Winter of 2013/14 [analysis]

  Choosing the most salient part of the Paris Haute Couture show selection seems as fiddly as discerning a Maison Lagerfeld from a Chanel dress: the answer is in the details. Read more »

• South Africa: Hip-Hip Heir-Ray! [analysis]

  The wait for Kate ended on Monday, July 22 2013, when the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a healthy baby boy. And not a moment too soon, as anyone who suffered through hour... Read more »

• South Africa: Zulu Down - SA Diplomacy or Bob's Puppetry? [analysis]

  Lindiwe Zulu was sacrificed on the alter of diplomacy so South Africa can continue trying to ensure Zimbabwe holds free and fair elections. Neither the ANC nor the presidency will... Read more »

• South Africa: SA Cricket - All Hail Haroon Lorgat [analysis]

  Cricket South Africa's appointment of Haroon Lorgat as their new chief executive is a welcome uprising against the bully-boy tactics and undue influence of the Board of Control for... Read more »

• South Africa: Zuma, Brittle? Maybe More Than a Little. [analysis]

  President Jacob Zuma is the man in charge. He is Politician Numero Uno. Unstoppable and unbeatable. Actually... Maybe not so much. It's time to look a little deeper into what's... Read more »

• South Africa: Credo - Believe in the Freedom Charter [analysis]

  J. BROOKS SPECTOR spends the morning with composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen and poet/librettist Brent Meersman, to get beyond the hype of their new composition, the oratorio Credo,... Read more »

• South Africa: Cricket - Why Oz Isn't in Kansas Anymore [analysis]

  T20 cricket has changed the game of cricket exponentially over the last few years - from the way it is marketed to the way it is played. Read more »

July 22

• South Africa: SA's Film and Provocations Board Rides Again [opinion]

  In refusing even to give a rating to a new South African feature film, Of Good Report, that had been scheduled for its international premiere at the Durban International Film... Read more »

• South Africa: Police Brutality, and the Mass Amnesia That Threatens to Obscure It [opinion]

  Investigating a number of violent cases of police brutality, including the Marikana shootings and the killing of Andries Tatane, INIGO GILMORE uncovered evidence that was... Read more »

• South Africa: Concomitance Can Mean Dancing With the Devil, Mr Ramaphosa [analysis]

  It was all a neat little arrangement. Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa would return from the political wilderness and help the Zuma slate at the ANC's Mangaung conference to a landslide... Read more »

• South Africa: Superrugby - What the Heck Happened to the Cheetahs? [analysis]

  Riaan Smit almost nailed a touchline conversion to complete a miraculous Cheetahs comeback against the Brumbies, but that Vodacom SuperRugby qualifying playoff was dwarfed in... Read more »

• South Africa: Cricket - Austfailure Continues for the Kangaroos [analysis]

  If Bjorge Lillelien commentated on cricket, he might have described Australia's latest effort, or lack thereof, in the Ashes as "one hell of a beating" - and it wouldn't be an... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Zuma Sacrifices Top Aide in Yet Another Zimbabwe Capitulation [opinion]

  This weekend, President Zuma threw one of his top advisers under a bus (one with Zanu-PF branding and Robert Mugabe's shiny mug on the side). Read more »

• South Africa: Zille's Defence of Motshekga - Surprising, but Still Logical [analysis]

  Even as we know that politics creates unlikely allies, the DA leader's support of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga may seem absurd. But is it? Less than ten months before... Read more »