EDITOR’S NOTE

THIS year’s Women’s Day was a cold, harrowing one with a young woman’s death we should have prevented.

Sandile Ngidi, a regular contributor to this newspaper at Rhodes University this year, spoke to fellow students after the Khensani Maseko tragedy (see page 8).

In our Game Changer series this week we profile a hunter-turned conservationist who has some interesting ideas for sourcing funding for the “green walk” he’s decided to dedicate his life to (see page 13).

Long before June 16 became a painful date on our national calendar, it had reminded a group of families of the horror of loss and helplessness. But they may soon find closure as their loved ones who died in the gallows are set to be given proper burials (see page 14).

Liz Clarke got to know Bok captain Siya Kolisi better as he and the team prepare to pulverise Argentina in Durban next Saturday (see page 15).

What an inspirational story!

Guest columnist Professor Siphamandla Zondi continues to hold the fort for our foreign editor. He looks at what is happening in Zimbabwe

(see page 16).

Is the honeymoon over? Is the real crocodile emerging from under the murky waters of the postrobert Mugabe transition?

And how can women in leadership avoid transmogrifying into “coldhearted ice queens” and “colourful drama queens” when they move up the ladder of leadership? See page 17 for advice.

There are two other articles well worth reading about women’s issues on that Big Issue page.

On page 19 ethekwini DA caucus leader Nicole Graham highlights a growing problem for the metro which she argues will not be fixed through sports days and more needs to be done to arrest this growing challenge that is a threat to the city’s success.