The reader navigates themes such as migration, black masculinity, displacement, aspirations, racial identity and sexuality before wokeness
From “sinister sexual behaviours” to “lies” and efforts to “manufacture ignorance”, Joan van Dyk looks at the high-stakes sex-ed fight
"Women do not have the power to stop rape. We cannot simply break our silence or act in certain ways to effect change."
After trying to find trade-offs to give them the edge, most parties agreed to wait until next week for a vote on the fate of the city
The country’s woodlands are being deforested to make charcoal because of electricity cuts and as land is cleared for agriculture
The Mail & Guardian should have just run a paper of specials
Talking about a revolution is fitting given the state’s performance over the past 25 years
Liberation movements attracted more than half of the popular vote in their most recent parliamentary elections in many African countries
The elections come during a three-year recession, high unemployment, inequality and a fishing scandal
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