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Fikile has a daring plan for taxis

National Thanduxolo Jika & Mail Guardian Correspondent - 13 Aug 2020

The transport minister presented to the ANC’s top body a proposal to establish a bank for taxi operators and to subsidise the industry

ANC still at odds over how to tackle leaders facing serious graft allegations

Coronavirus Paddy Harper, Thanduxolo Jika & Mail Guardian Correspondent - 6 Aug 2020

The ANC’s top six has been mandated to work closely with its integrity committee to tackle claims of corruption against senior party members

VBS looting haunts the ANC in Limpopo

Politics Thanduxolo Jika & Mail Guardian Correspondent - 16 Jul 2020

The ANC is facing a revolt over the looting of VBS bank, which took money from poor communities, with warnings of electoral consequences in 2021 local elections

Assassination pushes Burundi to the brink

Africa Mail Guardian Correspondent - 23 Mar 2016

Close ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza, widely believed to be behind a spate of arbitrary arrests and killings of opposition members, gunned down.

Djibouti opposition leader vindicated

Africa Mail Guardian Correspondent - 3 Mar 2016

Weeks before President Ismaïl Guelleh stands for an unconstitutional fourth term, he has lost a “politically motivated” case against his former ally.

Ordinary people making the extraordinary happen

Article Mail Guardian Correspondent - 15 Jul 2015

Ahead of the Finance for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, Olympian Haile Gebrselassie reflects on what it takes to eliminate poverty.

Student union takes Mugabe to court

Africa Mail Guardian Correspondent - 30 Sep 2014

Zimbabwe students union takes President Robert Mugabe to court over the awarding of a controversial doctorate of philosophy degree to Grace Mugabe.

Ten things about porn in the USA

Analysis Mail Guardian Correspondent - 13 Sep 2013

We bring you 10 things you may or may not have known about the porn industry in the US.

Ten things about berets

Article Mail Guardian Correspondent - 2 Aug 2013

With his usual flair for style, Julius Malema has dressed the active members of his new political party, Economic Freedom Fighters, in red berets.

Literary Festival 2013: The authors

Article Mail Guardian Correspondent - 31 Jul 2013

The M&G Literary Festival features a lineup of well-known names from the worlds of media and publishing.

The ten things about The Man Booker Prize longlist

Article Mail Guardian Correspondent - 26 Jul 2013

The Man Booker prize is awarded for the best original full-length novel, written in English, by a citizen of the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe.

Ten things about the Bin Laden report

Analysis Mail Guardian Correspondent - 12 Jul 2013

The "Bin Laden report" is the result of an investigation by a commission appointed by the Pakistan government into the slaying of Osama bin Laden.

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