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- THE CONVERSATION: Beyond the stats and alarming headlines — understanding the risk of brain injury in sportConcerns about brain trauma in contact sports such as soccer and rugby are all too real, but sensational headlines can be misleading. Read more »
- HISTORIC FEET: Runner Marissa Groenewald to tackle Comrades — and human trafficking — with a skipping ropeThe ‘rope runner’ has made history by completing the Two Oceans marathon and has set her sights on the ultimate human race next. Read more »
- THEATRE REVIEW: A Doll’s House: Not a sequel, a play with questions about gender equality that affect us allAt the end of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, Nora went off to find her freedom, slamming the door behind her. In A Doll’s House, Part 2, she returns to the same door, and must knock to be admitted. Lucas Hnath’s play is not a sequel, however, but a slick,… Read more »
- COURT RULING : Freedom Day 2025 – official freedom from pending VAT increase31 years after the first Freedom Day, this year’s public holiday saw the nation win freedom from a looming VAT increase. Read more »
- GNU DISCUSSIONS: DA wants to remain in GNU after ‘constructive’ ANC meeting, but still needed to file affidavit for Court to issue an order to stop VAT increaseDuring an ANC and DA meeting on Friday, the DA is believed to have expressed its ‘sincere’ commitment to remain within the GNU. On Saturday Helen Zille, the DA's federal council chair announced that the DA had to file a supplementary affidavit to the Western Cape High Court asking that… Read more »
- WEEKEND WRAP: No VAT, all slash; South Africans gatvol of GNU drama; and picking the next popeNo VAT, all slash. Inside the IDT CEO’s R22m assets splurge. And how the next pope will be elected - all in the Weekend Wrap. Read more »
- Newsletters: I have a picture for you! 19 April-25 April 2025The First Thing newsletter's Ever-lasting Subscriber Photo Gallery. Read more »
- OPINIONISTA: Global call for integrity: the urgent need for an international anti-corruption courtThe end of the Scorpions marked the beginning of the State Capture project undertaken during the two Jacob Zuma presidencies. No one today seriously regards the Hawks as any part of the solution to the challenges of grand corruption. Read more »
- ESCAPE: Wild show-stoppers — baby beasts and birdlife in breathtaking ChobeThough the green season in northern Botswana means having to deal with tall grass and fewer waterhole sightings, it also means all manner of baby animals are being born. Cue cuteness overload. Read more »