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LATEST Kidnappings for ransom – part one: from Mozambique with greed

SA ‘is losing war on kidnapping because of corruption and infighting among Crime Intelligence’

News Kidnapping for ransom – part two: top ... Kidnapping for ransom – part two: top cop ‘tried to extort money from family’ A victim’s son relives the 17 days in which his father was missing that led to a colonel appearing in court

News Kidnappings for ransom — part three: ... Kidnappings for ransom — part three: the SA syndicates ‘These guys are well resourced and financed, with state-of-the-art cellphone technology’

News Kidnapping for ransom – part four: ... Kidnapping for ransom – part four: insurance inquiries on the rise Usually for corporates only, families are now now signing up and ‘we have seen ransoms vary from R1m and R76m’

News Covid-19 pandemic at a ‘turning point’: ... Covid-19 pandemic at a ‘turning point’: groundbreaking study Wits University publishes world’s first study on decoupling Omicron from death

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Tanya Farber Senior science reporter

News Rare chance for Africa to make its own vaccines, but market must buy Global summit says procurement agencies must commit to purchasing locally

Sipokazi Fokazi Journalist

News Cape’s Hospital of Hope a case study of teamwork in the face of ... Organisation, support and planning gave healthcare workers a sense of unity, purpose and job satisfaction

Sunday Times Daily Editorial

Opinion & Analysis EDITORIAL | It seems donations to the ANC are just another form of ... Despite state capture commission’s best efforts, ANC is well entrenched in the art of glossing over ‘conflicts of interest’

Makhudu Sefara Editor: TimesLIVE

Opinion & Analysis MAKHUDU SEFARA | Bordering on madness: why do we fight over lines in ... The Ukraine conflict shows how a line on a map, separating people of the same culture and language, can start a war

Patrick Bulger Columnist

Opinion & Analysis PATRICK BULGER | Cometh the iceman: putin’ history in its place in ... So anachronistic is Vladimir Putin that, without even blinking, he’s revisiting a century-old feud while pondering World War 3

Tom Eaton Columnist

Opinion & Analysis TOM EATON | Watch as armchair virologists and revolutionaries invade ... In the coming politically confusing days, expect to see the widespread insistence that two wrongs do, in fact, make a right

Sue de Groot Deputy features editor: Sunday Times

Opinion & Analysis SUE DE GROOT | Why did Putin start a rort with Ukraine? Just coz A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

World There will be Vlad: why Putin’s pride can only lead to his fall He has fallen into the autocrats’ trap, and history has many examples of what will almost inevitably follow

World Russia needs European cash more than Europe needs Russian gas Soaring gas prices suggest Russia has Europe over a barrel, but it’s a tenuous scenario that could backfire on Moscow

Liam Del Carme Sports reporter

Sport LIAM DEL CARME | After an offside start, SA just might blitz URC ... SA teams have the chance to make this weekend’s round a watershed one