BATTLE OF THE EGOS Standoff continues as Tehran and Washington refuse to yield 6 min 0 By Mel Frykberg
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS No golf, but Roelf Meyer, SA’s new ambassador to US, will walk the course 6 min 3 By Victoria O'Regan and Peter Fabricius
By Colin Coleman Time for change: Ambassador Roelf Meyer begins new chapter for SA-US relations 8 min 4 20 May 2026
GEOPOLITICS ANALYSIS Trump claims triumph in Beijing, while Xi Jinping smiles 7 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
SHIFTING LOYALTIES US is falling out of love with Israel as war machine rumbles on 5 min 3 By Mel Frykberg
By Natale Labia Economic strain, war fatigue converging to challenge decades of bipartisan US backing for Israel 4 min 3 5 May 2026
MORE THAN MEETS THE ICE Antarctica land grab theory goes global — ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott must ‘distance’ himself 9 min 0 By Tiara Walters
By Pieter du Plessis Democracy is a muscle that must be exercised, or it will be lost 5 min 0 29 April 2026
WAR ON IRAN Pakistan’s SA envoy ‘hopeful’ for Iran-US peace talks even as blockades continue 5 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
By Natale Labia The Great Decoupling — why global markets are shrugging off war and fear 4 min 0 21 April 2026
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Canada has gone elbows up with its tourist boycott of US 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
DASHED AMERICAN DREAM ‘Wasn’t me’ — the Viljoens deny US shoplifting charges, while still in ICE custody 3 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Strait of Hormuz Trump card hints that humans are driving markets 3 min 0 By Lindsey Schutters
PAPAL TENSION Pope says he will continue to speak out against war after Trump attack 2 min 1 By Reuters
ISS TODAY OP-ED Diplomatic shuffle as Ramaphosa bumped from France’s G7 — or was he? 4 min 1 By Peter Fabricius
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Israel pounds Lebanon with heaviest airstrikes of war as Hezbollah pauses attacks 6 min 3 By Reuters
GEOPOLITICS When diplomacy fails — the disastrous cost of the US-Israeli war on Iran 7 min 0 By Erin McCandless and Abdulla Moaswes
PLANET CAPTURE ANALYSIS Iranian roulette — war in the time of portfolio diversification 9 min 10 By Richard Poplak
Bluster and boasts Trump marches up and down an Iranian hill and into a swamp 4 min 9 By J Brooks Spector
