It is that time of year again, and the Mail & Guardian will as always rise to the occasion. Next week our bumper end-of-year edition will be out on Friday. Cutting-edge analysis, in-depth features, incisive wit and sophisticated charm pack its pages.
While the country’s matric pupils bite their fingernails until their results are released at the end of the month, we put Cabinet members out of their misery (and some straight into despair) a little earlier with our Cabinet Report Card.
In recent years we have resisted tearful pressure from many Cabinet members’ representatives the day before publication, asking that their bosses’ grades be revealed. This year we are similarly tight-lipped. But those who rule us have only seven days to wait for the most definitive account of their performance over the past year.
We also test how closely you’ve been following the year’s events at home and abroad with our fearsome 101-Question Quiz, regale you with the sundry wisdoms and idiocies uttered this year (”Yes, They Really Said It”), and provide a full list of who hasn’t survived the year (Obituaries).
The country’s best writers discourse on ”Sex in Africa — who does it how?”, ”The evolution of South Africa’s most vibrant, most violent city”, and ”Tomorrow’s leaders”, and much, much more.
And on December 31, we’re in the shops again, including Not the Mail & Guardian. You won’t see news as courageously frank and highly dubious as this. Think of it as group therapy for frustrated readers who want real stories. We’ll be hanging it all out, breaking every rule of decency and restraint. Be afraid, be very afraid — and prepare for more laughs.