Media: The yarn gets a shot in the arm
The receding dominance of print and the pre-eminence of the internet had every writer and reader thinking articles would be reduced to 140 letters.
Marikana: Amcu and the leadership dilemma
The National Union of Mineworkers seems to have failed its members, but will a union born of violence fare any better?
Deep Read: In the eye of the Lonmin storm
The Lonmin massacre that shocked the nation has left many searching for answers. But what was it like to be there as the tragedy unfolded?
Lonmin crisis: A tinderbox of discontent
Violence has become the modus operandi of such strikes in South Africa and Lonmin is no exception, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Amcu treading on NUM territory at Lonmin mine
Amcu seems to have gained ground at the Lonmin mine after the NUM president was ejected from the union meeting, following violence that left 10 dead.
Gautrain bus drivers left stranded
Settlement talks for fired workers have stalled again after employer Mega Express skipped scheduled negotiations for a fifth consecutive time.
Apartheid-defying rugby team still too ‘sensitive’
An agricultural firm in the US will not say why it pulled out of plans to fund a film on an apartheid-busting social rugby club of the 1980s.
Heidelberg: Even ‘good’ towns have bucket loos
Gauteng’s second-best municipality seems to have a grip on things, but service delivery still falls short, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Music review: El-P – Cancer4Cure
El-P has moved towards the mainstream, or at least a wider audience. Thankfully, he has pulled it off without sacrificing urgency and proficiency.
Clash of customs
Boys in Mpondoland are going behind their parents’ backs to attend dodgy initiation schools that too often claim the lives of youths who would be men.