EDITOR’S NOTE

WE’RE in the middle of the Champions Racing season and serious punters have started separating donkeys from cup horses to put their money on. The fashionistas are also getting ready with their timeless pieces.

With the Vodacom Durban July around the corner, our chief reporter wrote the lead story on this page about veteran neversay-die jockey Jeff Lloyd, who intends retiring in style after the race.

And if you thought being a jockey was an easy ride, see page 15.

As yesterday was Youth Day, we spoke to some young people to get their views about June 16, 1976, and what they’re doing with their lives (page 8).

And imagine there were no fences all the way from KZN to Tanzania and elephants could roam freely as they had done before the colonial borders.

That’s the mammoth dream of two people who are our Game Changers for this week.

And, believe it or not, the free-spirited giants are already showing the way (see page 13).

The “sleeping lion” that China used to be has now awakened and is shaking the world (see page 16).

What will become of the US when it’s overtaken as the world’s biggest economy? Will the IMF relocate to China as its constitution requires?

The BRICS summit to be hosted in Joburg is only five weeks away. What does the bloc have to show for its decade of existence? For answers, see page 18.

And don’t skip Victor Kgomoeswana’s column. It’s about the winds of change that have led to the return of some of the billions of dollars stolen from Africa.

There is nothing wrong with the ANC cadre. But there’s something seriously wrong that’s destroying the 106-year-old organisation, writes Tinyiko Maluleke (page 19). No prizes for guessing what or who he’s talking about.