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PREDICTORS: A year-long study suggests that poor work-life balance and work-related strain can follow older employees into the bedroom, with frequent night-time awakenings emerging as a greater problem than short sleep...
Letting kids serve booze ‘may increase future drinking risk’
UNDER-AGE: Children who fetch, pour or open alcoholic drinks for adults may be more likely to see underage drinking as acceptable, potentially increasing their risk of harmful alcohol use later in life, according to new...
The Polygamist becomes SA’s biggest Netflix breakthrough
RELATABLE: The hit adaptation of Sue Nyathi’s novel has become South Africa’s longest-running Netflix Global Top 10 success, reaching audiences in more than 60 countries while driving a remarkable resurgence in the...
Shiraz shines in all glorious colours
VERSATILITY: From elegant, cool-climate Syrah to generous blends and a fresh salmon-hued rosé, the 14th Shiraz SA Challenge celebrated the remarkable diversity and rising quality of one of South Africa’s most...
Toyota Is the Way
RESILIENCE: The Japanese manufacturer leads in passenger, LCV and MC segments By Ali Mphaki Toyota South Africa recorded its strongest monthly sales performance of 2026 in July delivering 14 142 new vehicle sales and...
Sybateli sets new date for ambitious new album
IMMERSIVE: Pretoria-raised rapper Tyson Sybateli will release Amehlo, a genre-blending exploration of surveillance, technology and modern identity, next month… By Lehlohonolo Lehana Pretoria-raised rapper Tyson...
Bonang blazes another trail
ACHIEVER: Media icon and entrepreneur Bonang Matheba will receive the 2026 Trailblazer Award att fifth annual Basadi in Music Awards in Johannesburg… By Jake Mawela Bonang Matheba’s influence across broadcasting...
COURT LIFELINE FOR 1 000 EKAPA MINERS
MECHANISM: Numsa’s landmark victory has halted Ekapa Minerals’ liquidation, opening the way for business rescue and offering renewed hope of saving hundreds of jobs… By Nicholas Mwangi The National Union of...
Women leaders enter Africa’s political classroom
COHORT: Forty women from Africa and the Caribbean have begun an intensive leadership programme designed to equip them with practical skills in campaign financing, coalition-building, political communication and...
Boikanyo named UN agency’s youth champion for East and Southern Africa
VOICE: Award-winning South African poet and youth advocate Botlhale Boikanyo has been appointed UNFPA’s Regional ICPD Youth Champion, taking on a role that will see her champion the rights, health and participation of...
Burkina Faso and the return of political economy
SOVEREIGNTY: Against the backdrop of a neoliberal order, in which resource extraction, sovereignty, labour, ownership and other economic questions continue to be depoliticised, Nishant Upadhyay asserts that developments...
Spaza shops: A multi-billion-rand sector ‘that keeps pennies’
PERPLEXITY: Worth up to R184 billion and meant to create lasting wealth, most spaza shop owners – instead – left with slender margins while the greatest rewards end up in corporate balance sheets...
