Carlos Amato

Carlos Amato is an editorial cartoonist, writer and illustrator living in Johannesburg, with a focus on sport, culture and politics. He has degrees in literature and animation, used to edit the ‘Sunday Times Lifestyle’ magazine and is the author of ‘Wayde van Niekerk: Road to Glory’ (Jonathan Ball, 2018).

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Rehumanising Diego Maradona

Sport Carlos Amato - 13 May 2020

In two recent documentaries, we finally get up close to the complicated sadness of Argentina’s original football deity

Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip: The guerilla priest

Article Carlos Amato - 23 Feb 2020

From his adventures with Steve Biko to his support for shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal, Bishop Emeritus Rubin Phillip has always walked the talk of radical Christianity

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Would wage transparency work in SA?

Article Carlos Amato - 25 Jan 2020

In Scandinavian countries, citizens can look up what any other citizen earns in an online national database. Could South Africa use a version of income transparency? Economists, as usual, are divided.

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Edwin Cameron’s fight for humane prisons

Article Carlos Amato - 30 Nov 2019

The retired Constitutional Court judge is the new inspector of prisons and he argues that SA’s courts should stop filling them up

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Let the small gods live on in cowpats, Santa and song

Article Carlos Amato - 18 Apr 2019

In an era of crumbling secular belief systems, what can atheist parents give to their children in the place of religion?

Mighty Phil Masinga’s final whistle

Article Carlos Amato - 14 Jan 2019

The footballer's prodigious physique was matched by his heart and mind — and when history called, he answered.

Mbappé and the City of the Fight

Article Carlos Amato - 11 Jan 2019

The ultras remain the heartbeat of the PSG fan base and they have a vexed and complex history

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Uncaptured: The money problem and the journalists who have ‘stopped looking’

Article Carlos Amato - 20 Dec 2018

Part IV: Journalists helped pull SA back from a precipice by exposing the depth of state capture. But they are staring into an abyss of their own

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Uncaptured: Newsroom weaknesses and the trap of false narratives

Article Carlos Amato - 20 Dec 2018

Part III: Investigative journalists helped pull South Africa back from a precipice by exposing the depth of state capture

Uncaptured: Journalistic ethics in the era of diversionary retaliation

Article Carlos Amato - 20 Dec 2018

Part II: Journalists helped pull SA back from a precipice by exposing the depth of state capture. But they are now staring into an abyss of their own

Uncaptured: How it all began

Article Carlos Amato - 20 Dec 2018

Part 1: Journalists helped pull SA back from a precipice by exposing the depth of state capture. But they are now staring into an abyss of their own

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No gain without pain, says Cyril’s capitalist comrade

Article Carlos Amato - 14 Sep 2018

Colin Coleman and Cyril Ramaphosa go way back, and the Goldman Sachs banker has the ear of ANC policy gurus

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Press Releases

Special Reports

UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

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

Special Reports

SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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

Special Reports

The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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

Special Reports

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

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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

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

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

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs