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Paul Ash is a senior reporter at the Sunday Times, covering transport, environment and wildlife, farming, tourism and defence. He was a 14-year veteran of the paper's travel section before moving to the newsroom in 2020 to focus on writing, reporting and telling stories in sound.
Gianni Infantino has been on a roll, with reports saying Trump wants him as the next UN secretary-general. But the divisive Fifa head appears to be trying to cross a bridge too…
Capetonians were rattled by recent radiation-related incidents at Koeberg nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, the city's property boom continues unabated and investors (and sellers)…
As South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, what has changed? Well, the police are still awful, albeit in different ways; and no-one has to study in…
If KZN detective Karl Sander ever needs a new career, Nespresso might have an ambassador post for him
The Joburg Civic Centre is a gigantic example of how the city council has failed.
Fresh(ish) from a successful term at the helm in Cape Town, DA veteran Helen Zille now wants to run Joburg. She knows how to score publicity points in the northern suburbs, but…
Cape Town could benefit from the Middle East war if shipping starts taking the long way around.
South African audiences are getting their fill of drama on TV as parliament's investigation into corruption in the police is beamed into our homes
One day we may look back at ‘Frankenstein’ and ponder the irony of a film about a monster created in a lab which diligently dispatches all the humans around it
The sinking of a badly built and overloaded ferry provides a metaphor for current Tanzanian politics
In his memoir, 'On The Railway: The Great South African Train Story', David Williams takes readers on a journey both personal and political
Unsolved murders from the Smits to Babita Deokaran — and many others
Water — or the lack of it — will be a big issue in the battle for Joburg’s mayoral chain
Is the EFF’s proposed name change of Kruger National Park to ‘Skukuza’ about rage or a new identity?
South Africans are sick of commissions of inquiry but it is possible that the Madlanga probe into the justice system will yield results
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam pushes back on centuries-old water rivalries as Egypt’s guarantee of water in perpetuity sinks
Chinese military pageantry shows the sun is setting on the West
Not even babies are safe in the Mother City’s brutal gang warfare
There are many metaphors for an old mining camp that pumps its water uphill from 100km away
Now a nuclear power bombs to stop another Bomb
