Sunday Times - 31 Aug 2025
All aboard the gravy plane to New York
WHAT A COMICAL CON
More billions needed to save the Post Office
JUSTICE DENIED
DITCHED
A MIXED BUNCH
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
PRETTY STOKED
Ministers, officials spend millions in New York
Judges back media against gag attempts
De Lille v sacked board in parliament
ANC to tighten candidate selection process
ActionSA shuns coalition over power sharing
More billions needed to save Post Office
ISSUES FLAGGED
SACP ditches Gwede, heightens feud with ANC
‘RAF billions wasted, victims denied justice’
AGSA and RAF
One staff member’s Letsoalo horror story
Russian scam lets influencers eat humble pie
Influencers graduate
SOF’TOWN IN DURBAN
Zulu version of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ hits the airwaves
K-word case rejected by NPA goes to Equality Court
Pupils at risk as scholar transport money runs out
Medical milestone in Bloem
FLOATING TO SERENITY
4.1km
7.2km
Dining with diplomats in aid of Africa’s development
Cops profiled me but I escaped by a whisker
Style as the final frontier
MKHWANAZI: untangling the web
BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI: Mess in police force was part of ploy to make it malleable
BONGANI MADONDO: Lament for a land that never was theirs
Don’t discount African values
Voters must abandon Joburg’s political dung beetles
Laws can’t be cast in stone — they must evolve and improve
Tariffs: SA must replace reactive diplomacy with economic statecraft
Country can get much more out of SANDF
Chickens coming home to crush SA
Honour the unsung black heroes of journalism under apartheid
Inquiry delay points to spectacular failure
Q&A
An extraordinary act of giving back
LOOKING BACK
South Africa’s police are compromised and incompetent — perfect!
It’s not inside, it’s online
AI gets into the spin of things
Gaza interview that bit back
Juju in Cape to Cairo mode
The bourgeoisie get a break
Never too old for radio ...
Women must use upcoming G20 summit to press their priorities
Lament for a land that never was theirs
Hamish would just love more medals
Injured Walaza’s fate known tomorrow
Coe rejects calls to suspend doping nations
Broos to deploy young guns in WC qualifiers
VAR saves United’s blushes in thriller against Burnley
Silva’s debut strike keeps Chiefs atop
FNB Stadium a powder keg
Mashimbyi’s masterstroke with Van Niekerk
Siya’s Boks ready to break into Eden Park
Gauff finds her rhythm in US Open third-round win
Breetzke blooming brightly
MAGIC MATTHEW
Motsepe’s Caf aims higher
‘Boks will break Eden Park jinx’
‘Pretty stoked’ Piastri pips Norris to post
The wealthy also dip into two-pot funds
SAY YES
JOBS BLOODBATH
HEALER: Get your Grand-Pa at the nearest Spaza shop
DEATH OF THE CMO: Marketing chief the latest at-risk species
Rail bid victors a mixed bunch
VENETIAN STEPS
Judge urged to halt axing of Fed boss by Trump
Why NHI court challenges are needed for SA’s future
Beyond rand manipulation, SA needs firewall to stop AI cartels
Financial sector is becoming an aggregator of life services
Hits&Misses
LIFE IS MADE UP OF SWEET NOTTINGS
Model Setas on thriving YES programme
Limpopo tailings dam ‘as safe as we can make it’
Rivals on SA rail a mixed bunch
600
Go get your Grand-Pa at the nearest spaza
Truworths looks to expand trading space
The wealthy also dip into their twopot funds
Platinum producers relieved as prices climb
Marketing chief the latest at-risk species
Top Trump aide heads for UN labour post
SAY AGAIN?
3.9
When your plane runs out of fuel
How AI search can rescue those who are ready
Tourism needs serious SME muscle
SEZs among SA’s most powerful engines of growth
Business must play its ethical part as AI changes work
Deep malady of offshore health tourism
Trump tariffs’ jobs damage ‘far greater’
Mining town youngsters helped to travel world
Seeing art — and the world — in new ways
TRADING PLACES
HOW TO ...
Sudoku Solution
CHESS SOLUTION
Braintest
Codeword
2-Speed Crossword
Cryptic Crossword
Quick Crossword
Bridge
Samurai Sudoku
Chess
Last week’s solutions
BRAINTEST ANSWERS
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Elimination Puzzle on Page 12
Answers on this page.
Solution on Page 12
Solution on Page 12
Furniture factory going under the hammer
Vinegar manufacturing plant up for sale
Daybreak Foods statement on disposal of noncore assets and SEP process
PENCIL PERSONAS
Editor’s Note
BOOKS
ART
MOTORING
ART
FILM
Travel
ENTERTAINMENT
WHAT’S ON IN SEPTEMBER
Laughter in the algorithm era
LAWYER WINS AT ART
COFFEE POTS, DOPPELGÄNGERS, SELF-DEBATES ... AND KENTRIDGE
Exhibition
FACE OFF
Fictional façade pencilled in
LOST IN MOROCCO
‘THE ROSES’ HAVE WILTED
Things to stream
ELDER’S STRANGE LUCK
THE GRIT OF JOBURG
ZIBU SITHOLE
COUNTRYMAN CHRONICLES
Your Stars
Oh, the monsters we birth into reality
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