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‘Lockdown quarter’ sees jobs bloodbath

The decline in employment has been accompanied by a larger increase in economic inactivity, resulting in a 42% expanded unemployment rate

Sarah Smit - 29 Sep 2020

Dance with the ‘devil’: Why SA has fought off the IMF for so long

Politics Luke Feltham - 27 Sep 2020

Zuma vs Ramaphosa? Neither is the leader South Africans deserve

Opinion Andile Zulu - 27 Sep 2020

Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

National Lester Kiewit - 26 Sep 2020

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Disaster as climate crisis, tectonic shift swell Rift Valley lakes

caroline chebet - 25 Sep 2020

The current tectonic cycle squeezes out water from the Earth’s aquifers; the previous cycle caused water to drain out of thelakes into the Earth’s aquifers

Africa

This is how Lungu is planning to rig Zambia’s 2021 general election

Sishuwa Sishuwa - 25 Sep 2020

The president is trying to amend the Constitution and create a new voters’ roll in a bid to stay in power

Politics

The ANC’s clean-up mission is causing a standoff

Paddy Harper & Athandiwe Saba - 24 Sep 2020

ANC factions in several provinces are failing to abide by the dictates of the NEC’s decision that leaders who face corruption charges step aside from state and party posts

National

Durban business raided as Transnet contracts face scrutiny

Paddy Harper - 25 Sep 2020

Contractors allegedly paid Transnet officials for lucrative procurement deals

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Special Reports

The Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone breaks all the rules

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Galaxy Z Fold2 has meaningful innovations that offer users enhanced refinements and some unique foldable user experiences

River Club redevelopment is a triumph for the future of First Nations’ heritage

Right of reply to How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma, published in the Mail & Guardian 24 September

jody aufrichtig - 29 Sep 2020

Steenhuisen remains simply the best

Opinion ashor sarupen mp - 29 Sep 2020

Calling South African conservatives…

Opinion angelo ryan - 26 Sep 2020

Three digital transformation priorities for African healthcare organisations

Opinion mervyn george - 26 Sep 2020

‘Insult’ arrest kicks off poll race in Kenya

MPs’ detention may signal the silencing of dissent and a bid to railroad changes to the Constitution

Patrick Gathara - 25 Sep 2020

Cameroon is a ship without a captain

Africa maurice kamto - 21 Sep 2020

Ahead of planned protests, Cameroon’s main opposition leader argues that change is more urgent than ever

‘He ain’t heavy, he’s a policeman and he’s paying . . .’

Africa andrew arinaitwe - 20 Sep 2020

The story behind Ugandan photojournalist Nicholas Bamulanzeki’s iconic picture of the policeman in the floods

Government misses the mark on the recovery plan

Government, labour, business and community have come up with a combined economic recovery plan amidst three others to help kickstart the economy. Some are new, while others are old and falter in not taking into account the ‘new normal’

Tshegofatso Mathe - 27 Sep 2020

Global job losses linger after lockdowns

Business Sarah Smit - 24 Sep 2020

Developing countries have been hit harder by the Covid-19 downturn than in past economic crises

Why insurance firms’ earnings are down

Business Tshegofatso Mathe - 19 Sep 2020

Covid-19 has hit the insurance industry especially hard

Politics

ANC’s ‘moral crisis’ will foil W Cape hope

Former premier Ebrahim Rasool says voters will abandon the party until corruption is arrested

Lester Kiewit - 25 Sep 2020

Clicks-bait: EFF MP’s new parole probe

Politics Lester Kiewit - 18 Sep 2020

Kenny Motsamai, a parolee who is also an EFF MP, could be sent back to jail if correctional services finds he violated his parole conditions

More North West mayors face recall

Politics Paddy Harper - 17 Sep 2020

The ANC is wielding its axe to clear out ineffective councillors and those facing criminal charges

200 Young South Africans 2020

Environment

Hair to the rescue as oil spills blight coastlines

Synthetic materials are effective in mopping up oil but human hair is cheaper and is biodegradable

clara marchaud - 27 Sep 2020

We cannot afford incremental action on climate change

Environment Alex Lenferna - 24 Sep 2020

Global climate action is more vital than ever

Environment richard worthington - 23 Sep 2020

The dirty tricks climate scientists face

Environment marc hudson - 20 Sep 2020

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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Covid-19: Childhood and adolescence disrupted

'What we’re getting right now is that we see that there’s a lot of fear, anxiety, depression, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorders'

special reports - 9 Sep 2020

Arts & Culture

Friday

Hugh Masekela and the irrecoverable idea of home

Plagued by being in exile, Hugh Masekela’s oeuvre frequently explored the idea of home

oyama mabandla - 25 Sep 2020

Reframing women in Namibia’s early history of photography

Friday lorena rizzo - 25 Sep 2020

The Portfolio: Jamal Nxedlana

Friday christa dee - 25 Sep 2020

Phumlani Pikoli and the art of quitting school to make it

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 25 Sep 2020

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Special Reports

The ‘acceptable’ theft

So many of us point fingers at the rampant corruption in the public sector, but don’t think about ourselves and the wrongs we’ve normalised through policy

[email protected] - 1 Sep 2020

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Young professional shares his passion for the public sector and encourages others to choose...

'I was given the opportunity to serve my articles at the Auditor General’s offices and that's where I developed a preference for working in the public sector'

special reports - 1 Sep 2020

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A dose of courage: The key for women who want to make it in...

'I believe that a woman can and should have it all and make it work – it's my goal to use my story to inspire young and ambitious girls to believe this too'

special reports - 1 Sep 2020

Education

Time the state drilled down into water scarcity at schools

When the hard lockdowns kicked in it was discovered that 3 000 schools didn’t have an adequate water supply. But this is not a new problem

Bongekile Macupe - 27 Sep 2020

Children left speechless, denied identity

Education yandiswa xhakaza - 27 Sep 2020

Parents think it benefits children to lose their African language, but it leaves them lost instead

White elephant schools reveal lack of progress

Education Thokozani Chilenga Butao - 20 Sep 2020

The schools rationalisation programme is two decades old, but is still plagued by inconsistencies

Sport

African Blogtable: Who makes it out of the NBA conference

Every week the African Blogtable brings together the top basketball minds from across the continent to answer pressing questions about the NBA Playoffs

Refiloe Seiboko - 25 Sep 2020

Slam-dunk apps for basketball in Nigeria

Sport tolu olasoji - 24 Sep 2020

Would-be professionals have taken to technology into their own hands to arrange fixtures and tournaments for their favourite sport

African Blogtable: Which team will dominate this year’s NBA Western Conference finals?

Sport Refiloe Seiboko - 20 Sep 2020

This year’s NBA Western Conference finals sees the Lakers face off against the Nuggets, a matchup that last recalled a decade ago. We asked our team of experts for their predictions

World

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Australian journalists flee China fearing arrest

Their dramatic overnight exit came following days of secret wrangling that had seen both men holed up in Australia's diplomatic missions to escape the clutches of China's feared security police

Andrew Beatty - 8 Sep 2020

Death in small-town America

Coronavirus Peter Rothpletz & Kiri Rupiah - 5 Sep 2020

As the coronavirus continues its deadly march, funeral directors in small-town America quietly attend to burying the dead

Trial opens over Charlie Hebdo terror attacks that stunned France

World valentin bontemps & anne sophie lasserre - 2 Sep 2020

14 people accused of helping jihadist gunmen storm the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket went on trial on Wednesday, five years after three days of terror sent shock waves through France

UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

Special Reports

SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

The Special Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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The new normal in tourism is business unusual

Innovation and changing trends have kept some tour operators in the green, though most have struggled during the tight lockdown

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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TENDER NO. BOBS 05/2020 PROVISION OF CERTIFICATION SERVICES TO BOTSWANA BUREAU OF STANDARDS QUALITY...

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) invites tenders from reputable companies for the provision of certification services

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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