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Five questions to help check if you're ready to retire

Retirement is more than just a financial milestone - it's a whole new chapter in life.

England sent packing

CHAMPIONS TROPHY: ZADRAN, OMARZAI KEEP AFGHANISTAN HOPES ALIVE

Book banning is wrong approach to take

Let people read about the world, factual and fictional, writes Dennis Fitzgerald.

DA must play game where it can

Martine Brown, the timing of your letter slamming the DA for inaction was unfortunate because it was printed the day after the DA had scuppered the ANC budget announcement.

Yankees can let their hair down

It's a hair-raising situation, but the New York Yankees have had to face facts, so the club has announced it will change its facial hair policy, allowing players to have “well-groomed beards” in future.

The con in conspiracies

The world has gone crazy. Unless it has always been.

Take-home pay rises

SALARIES: INCREASES SEEN AS SIGNAL TO POSITIVE START TO THE YEAR >> Company profitability improves during 2024.

What Happens in SA Stays in SA

DISPUTE: AMERICA 'WRONG TO ENTERTAIN LOBBY GROUP'

Cape Town pays out R50m for solar

Cape Town's innovative Cash for Power programme has hit a significant milestone, with businesses and households collectively earning over R50 million since its launch in 2022-23.

De Bruyne faces honest choices

GUARDIOLA: CITY MIDFIELDER MUST MAKE TOUGH CALL

Table Mountain fire racing towards city

A change in conditions and strong gusting winds overnight has led to Table Mountain National Park fires spreading towards Tafelberg Road and Vredehoek.

Amorim laments United's costly transfer blunders

United manager Ruben Amor- im (below) believes avoiding the kind of expensive mistakes the club has made in the trans- fer market is the key to halting the English giants' decline.

Misogyny stalks demeaning jokes

It's only words, might be the argument from some - and they'd probably be men - about the sacking of an Australian radio host for \"unacceptable\" and \"disgusting\" comments about the national women's football team.

Will Jack and his crew manage to escape?

Hell Run Tobruk is the third book in the thrilling Jack Pembroke series, each of which is a stand-alone story.

Treat literacy as an emergency

Equal Education's Noncedo Madubedube has been straight-talking about the fact that most primary school pupils cannot read for meaning - and that the situation appears to be getting worse.

New babies bring smiles

South Koreans rejoiced yesterday at news that the number of births had risen for the first time in about a decade a rare bright spot for a country facing a deepening demographic decline.

Qoma: Currie Cup heartbreak lingers

The Lions will be eager for a bit of revenge when they host the Sharks in their United Rugby Championship (URC) derby at Ellis Park on Saturday afternoon, the first meeting between the two since last year's Currie Cup final.

Planning for a strong year

Alook at some critical things you need to tick off your financial checklist.

Sars prescription pain

HURDLE: ASSUMPTIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH, MUST PRESENT FACTS

Beyond the boundary

Niren Tolsi is a 48-year-old South African journalist, arts practitioner and documentary film-maker based in Cape Town.

Treat literacy as an emergency

Equal Education's Noncedo Madubedube has been straight-talking about the fact that most primary school pupils cannot read for meaning - and that the situation appears to be getting worse.

G20 needs cooperation to face world challenges - Cyril

Multilateral cooperation is the only hope of overcoming unprecedented global economic challenges: slow and uneven growth; rising debt burdens, persistent poverty, inequality and the existential threat of climate change, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Rand leaves others in dust

Over the past year, only two of the 16 key currencies monitored by Currencies Direct have proven to be more resilient against a resurgent US dollar than the South African rand.

Where idea of a Volkstaat comes from

The idea of a Volkstaat has diminished over time, even among the conservative Afrikaners.

Pakistan will play for pride

Pakistan's hurting players will be motivated by pride in their dead rubber against Bangladesh today, head coach Aaqib Javed (above) said, after the hosts were dumped out of the Champions Trophy in the group stage.

Land must return to blacks

It was a cold Saturday of 20 July, 1985 - the funeral of the Cradock Four, Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli.

Al girlfriend scams lover

Shanghai A man in Shanghai lost $28 000 (about R500 000) after being tricked into a long-distance \"relationship\" with an AI-generated girlfriend, Chinese state media reported yesterday.

Kitshoff call no surprise

The retirement from rugby of Springbok legend Steven Kitshoff earlier this week did not come as a major surprise to many, but was still a very disappointing outcome.

Misogyny stalks demeaning jokes

It's only words, might be the argument from some - and they'd probably be men - about the sacking of an Australian radio host for \"unacceptable\" and \"disgusting\" comments about the national women's football team.

Trump casts shadow over G20

Washington is now the biggest source of discord in global forums.