Faranaaz Parker's Profile

Faranaaz Parker is a reporter for the Mail & Guardian.

She writes on everything from pop science to public health, and believes South Africa needs carbon taxes and more raging feminists.

When she isn't instagramming pictures of her toddler or obsessively checking her Twitter, she plays third-person shooters on Xbox Live.

 

Wild Wild Web

"Foresight is failing lawyers miserably. We're rules based and text based; the internet leaves us bewildered," said Pria Chetty, founder of the techno

The SAPS and the 'dodgy' office deal

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will soon wrap up a probe into the contested R500-million lease of a Pretoria building by the South African police.

Great aspirations

Vusi Nyhila didn't get the best start in life. Like many South African children, his family has struggled with poverty.

Take Five: Of Twitter hoaxes and Bubble Balls

The M&G's Faranaaz Parker rounds up five quirky things you may have missed over the last week.

Read 'em and weep

The M&G's annual report card is always picked apart, and last year's was no different.

Climate change can be an 'opportunity', says Stiglitz

South Africa has the capacity to put itself at the forefront of emerging countries when it comes to adapting to climate change.
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