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The African Union’s #MeToo moment
Women staff object to ‘professional apartheid’ and routing discrimination at the AU commission
Magashule turns on ‘turncoat’ DD
Deputy president David Mabuza will have to defend himself against claims of nepotism in Mpumalanga
Slice of Live: I also wrote to heal
I wanted [my family] to see me as this perfect person but obviously the best relationships come from people accepting you for who you are
Cyril to Supra: Step down or be fired
In what’s seen as a political move, the North West premier has the option to jump before he is pushed
Whistleblower fingers North West leaders in ‘farm scam’
A company that secured contracts worth hundreds of millions of rands from the North West government was allegedly a conduit to funnel funds, farms and livestock to senior provincial politicians, including Premier Supra Mahumapelo
Royal relation takes on Ingonyama reins
A sister-in-law of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has been appointed as acting chief executive of the embattled Ingonyama Trust Board, following the resignation of Dr Fikisiwe Madlopha last month
Coligny stumbles in its shaky steps towards reconciliation
A year ago, this North West town was on the brink of a race war. Today, an uneasy peace prevails, but a combative EFF has warned that it may ‘burn again’
Rush of suitors woo De Lille
But the feisty mayor of Cape Town is taking it slow—and might even decide to go it alone again
Saftu opens the door to Cosatu’s Western Cape leader
Cosatu’s Western Cape secretary, Tony Ehrenreich, has informally met senior leaders of the South African Federation of Trade Unions and could soon join Saftu
Sanco honcho and Zuma sponsor given the boot
Roy Moodley, the treasurer of the South African National Civic Organisation and a benefactor of former president Jacob Zuma, has been kicked out by Sanco’s leadership
‘VBS refused to take me seriously’
A businessperson says the bank wouldn’t look into her partner’s alleged fraudulent transactions
Maile: I’m not a robot for Mashatile
The rising Gauteng ANC star has denied that his political mentor is an ambitious puppetmaster
Battle lines drawn in KZN between Jacob and Cyril factions
As the ANC gears up for the rerun of its KwaZulu-Natal provincial congress later this month, former Durban mayor James Nxumalo is being punted as a potential candidate for chairperson by supporters of President Cyril Ramaphosa
Battle to salvage the soul of Venda’s sacred sites
The land is more than just the dusty earth on which we stand. We grow from the soil and we go back to it. This week Lucas Ledwaba writes about a few dedicated souls who are leading souls who are leading the fight to restore the spiritual relationship between the land and its people
Late payday highlights plight of grade R teachers
Grade R teachers in KwaZulu-Natal were paid several days late this month — highlighting the fact that these foundation-phase educators have yet to be fully absorbed into the basic education system
Eastern Cape mud schools progress stall
Hundreds of makeshift schools still exist in the province, despite a 2016 deadline for fixing them
Child porn: ‘The heart of darkness’
The industry is buried in the dark web and children grow up haunted by the abuse they suffered for the rest of their lives
BHEKISISA
Toilet to tap and back again
The reality is many of us look at water like we do a takeaway container
Obesity could be the new smoking
Research in the United Kingdom has found that obesity is becoming one of the biggest causes of cancer, but a hard-hitting awareness campaign has been labelled as fat shaming
AFRICA
The hit on Gezahegn Gebremeskel
The Ethiopian human rights advocate was murdered in broad daylight in Jo’burg. Friends and family claim the Ethiopian regime was responsible
Canada bars Angolan journalist
Rafael Marques is a prominent human rights defender, yet Toronto has denied him a visa
State land grabs fuel Sudan’s crisis
Millions of hectares have been given to foreign and local investors, leading to a land shortage
Mopane worms sound climate alert
The caterpillars are a vital source of protein and income but are being overharvested
Cameroon pays the price of gold rush
The mining boom has left the east pocked with ‘open tombs’ and created an ecological disaster
Chad’s strongman gets even stronger
Chadian lawmakers on Monday April 30 passed a controversial change to the country’s Constitution, which bolsters President Idriss Deby’s powers despite opposition warnings that it will undermine democracy in the oil-rich African country
BUSINESS
Who will call the PIC to account?
Its due diligence claims are being questioned after the exposure of several large dubious investments
Apps for the people by the people
Two young innovators are brining information about taxis and kasi businesses to your phone
Transnet pensioners’ R100bn payout a step closer
A hard-won Constitutional Court victory for former Transnet employees has brought the group one step closer in its bid to claim about R100-billion in pension monies owed to them by the state-owned enterprise
Netflix has big appetite for growth
The entertainment giant is disrupting the industry but its rivals are not giving up without a fight
A trade tutorial for Trump
The US leader doesn’t understand global trade and so his decisions will harm the world economy
SA-India sisters call for more government support
Despite South Africa creating opportunities for women to start businesses, the country is low on an index of women entrepreneurs
FRIDAY
Time to speak out about abusers
I had an uncle. My cousins and I were warned not to go to his home because he was a known rapist. But he never spent a day in prison
Spat clouds malombo festival
The event is being touted as a tribute to Philip Tabane but the organisers’ caginess and a Twitter exchange suggests all is not well
The real stars of a taxi trip
The queue marshal and the taxi owner: Snapshots from the life and times of the taxi
Safe spaces: Freedom for honeys
Nightlife is undergoing a radical change and making partying fun for everyone
Artistic odes to the individual
So far, my 20s have been characterised by a need to hide my abundance of tears because I cannot show weakness. There is no room for vulnerability because, as a black woman, it is my duty to be militant
‘Seding’ word stew is tough to chew
Lesego Rampolokeng’s latest novel, Bird-Monk Seding, if one can call it a novel, is a rampaging, fast-talking, spontaneous and often opaque window into a dark, dangerous world; a world filled with injustice, suffering and copious amounts of bodily fluids
The body in pain
Roxane Gay’s recent memoir explores what it feels like to be trapped in a vessel deemed undesirable
Zimdancehall and the reconfiguring of the outlaw in Zimbabwe
For the past two or three years, writer and former Mail & Guardian reporter Percy Zvomuya has been tracking down the story of Zimdancehall, culminating in a recent longform piece, “None but ourselvesâ€, published in Chimurenga Chronic
The descendents of TKZee
It may have traditionally been a definitively kasi sound but kwaito has grown to include different demographics
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
It’s the DA’s duty to fix where it governs
Cape Town’s ‘success story’ rings hollow as the party finds itself in a jam in other metros it rules
‘Black Jesus’ falls from grace
It’s easy to feel a sense of smugness about the fall of the “Black Jesusâ€, Supra Mahumapelo
AU is still a men’s club
All too often, the African Union is derided as a “dictator’s clubâ€
May Day, it’s our very own day
But an apparition at the march morphs into Niehaus — Daddy has even gutted Cosatu
Good news, Chicken, the sky isn’t falling
Surprised? Which is to be expected when the media thrives on keeping us in a state of alarm
We can back SA’s golden girl by challenging our stereotypes
I remember well when Caster Semenya came home after her first gold win and the controversy it stirred over her sex
Equal access to water is paramount if South Africa is to change
As the country’s water resources continue to be under pressure, the question of equity and the allocation of water for transformation, the goal of which is poverty eradication and promoting sustainable socioeconomic development, is critical
Expropriating land won’t rid us of red tape
Current land reform policy is so bogged down by bureaucracy that there’ll be no quick-fix solution
The intolerable loss of dignity
Obliterating being human is beyond our comprehension and so we invoke evil and dignity — but the wound is indelible
The family unit is in crisis
Without examples of love, young people don’t have the tools to contribute to society
Thank you for vaping
Of all vapers, devotees with large handsets interest me the most
Letters to the editor
Our readers write in about the land debate, Zimbabwe as the jewel of Africa and Ebrahim Rasool
EDUCATION
Open varsity gates to the commons
These institutions needn’t be discrete spaces and can be used to change the urban environment
Why students reject whiteness
Maslow’s hierarchy suggests that the need for — and fulfilling of — self-actualisation and esteem are behind turmoil at universities
SPORT
Giro d’Italia’s Israel start under fire
Politics is set to overshadow the iconic cycling race, which stands accused of ‘sport-washing’ human rights violations
Thrilling clash to end season
Real Madrid has Ronaldo and huge experience but the electric frenzy that is Liverpool has Salah
Bad science won’t undo Semenya
Not only is the IAAF’s data dubious, experts say the testosterone rules are unethical
