Eric Wood is emblematic of the one step forward, two steps back path to accountability for State Capture in SA. Wood – former director of Regiments and Trillian – was arrested and appeared in court on 27 May 2022 to face charges linked to State Capture at Transnet. Nearly four years later, his trial has yet to start.

Tshepo Tlapu, a former elite cricket prospect, spiralled into addiction, homelessness and life on a dumpsite before finding his way back. Today, he’s a mentor, educator and counsellor.

On a path that also took him through the Labour Appeal Court and Constitutional Court, Jappie remained unshowy and ‘down to earth’, remembered for being serious in argument and exacting about preparation, but not without humour.

Despite state censorship over its Palestinian and anti-colonial themes, Gabrielle Goliath’s Elegy persists as a vital act of feminist breathing, a collective exhale that transforms shared grief into a powerful, transborder community of care.

Ethical failure in South Africa’s organisations often begins not in boardrooms, but in everyday human resource practices that quietly erode trust and accountability. Fixing governance requires rebuilding ethical people management systems that shape culture long before misconduct surfaces.

It can be a good strategy to refinance your high-interest debt, but there are behavioural risks involved.

South Africans are under financial pressure, but many are responding with a new kind of discipline: cutting extras, paying down debt, boosting emergency savings and trying to take more control of their money.