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- THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: Life insurance and children: how to do the mathsOnce you have children, there are more variables to consider when taking out life insurance Read more »
- The Conversation: Pagan loaves, Christian bread, a secular treat: a brief history of hot cross bunsDo you prefer yours with sultanas and spices, or Vegemite and cheese? However you eat them, hot cross buns reflect centuries of tradition – and superstition. Read more »
- GAMING: Gaming adventure — America’s Deep South in action with ‘imaginative presentation’Here’s what to expect of South of Midnight, Compulsion Games’ new third-person action adventure, steeped in Deep South folklore, and a unique visual style. Read more »
- SHATTERED LIVES: The devastating impact of drunk driving – a grieving mother reflects on sorrow and forgivenessNdiphiwe’s last words to his mother were about getting home safely. Minutes later, he was dead. Read more »
- PHOTO ESSAY: The Herds: Ukwanda puppets to journey the globe for climate actionUkwanda Puppets and Design Art Collective and the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape have partnered together to present The Herds, a public art and climate action project that will see life-size puppet animals travel a 20,000km route from the Congo Basin to the Arctic… Read more »
- WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Warfare — a ‘good few flash bangs’ with enemy stake-outs and modern combatCivil War filmmaker Alex Garland reunites with his combat advisor for that movie, Ray Mendoza, to deliver Warfare, another visceral look at modern military operations at a grassroots level. Read more »
- MOTORSPORT: SA teen racer Ruché Moodley chases Moto3 glory as he follows in his father’s tracksAt only 18, Ruché Moodley is travelling across the globe with his 250cc single-cylinder engine motorcycle and taking on the best in Moto3 racing. Read more »
- MISSING CHILD: Confessions in Joshlin Smith trial can be used as evidence, judge rulesHowever, Judge Nathan Erasmus ruled that the admissibility of the confessions was provisional and could be revisited later in the trial. Read more »
- ROAD RUNNING: Two Oceans Marathon organisers hopeful of truce with City of Cape Town after permit breach debacleA permit breach by the Two Oceans Marathon organisers looks to have cost them sponsorship from the City of Cape Town. Read more »