MG Reporter
Barbara Creecy: Transport
/ 19 December 2025

Barbara Creecy: Transport

SCORE: E The department of transport gets an E because its leadership has decided to manage chaos rather than regulate a crisis. The department might point to some wins like the turnaround of Prasa with the rail agency achieving its first clean audit in nine years and nearly doubling its passenger trips to 77 million. […]

Pieter Groenewald: Correctional Services
/ 19 December 2025

Pieter Groenewald: Correctional Services

SCORE: C In 2025, Groenewald stepped down from his leadership role in the Freedom Front Plus to focus on his ministerial duties. In June, parliament’s portfolio committee on correctional services warned of a projected R1.4 billion overspend for the department for the 2024/25 fiscal year. It flagged food costs, a high number of inmates, rising […]

Nomakhosazana Meth: Employment and Labour
/ 19 December 2025

Nomakhosazana Meth: Employment and Labour

SCORE: E Despite her efforts to make the department a more proactive facilitator of job creation, Meth still faces an unemployment rate above 30% at the end of 2025. The unemployment rate rose to 33.2% in the second quarter but dropped to 31.9% in the third quarter of 2025, which means employment increased by approximately […]

Thembi Simelane: Human Settlements
/ 19 December 2025

Thembi Simelane: Human Settlements

SCORE: E It’s fair to say that Simelane has struggled to come out from under the heavy cloud of corruption allegations against her linked to the VBS Mutual Bank scandal. Earlier this year, the Democratic Alliance also opened a criminal case accusing Simelane of defrauding Eskom of more than R700 000 through inflated billing while […]

Babyface to wow South African fans this weekend
/ 10 December 2025

Babyface to wow South African fans this weekend

For two exclusive concerts on Friday and Saturday, the 13-time Grammy Award-winning singer, producer and songwriter will serenade R&B and soul fans at the 2025 All White Soul Sessions Concert at Time Square’s SunBet Arena in Pretoria.

Correction and apology to AfriForum
/ 5 September 2025

Correction and apology to AfriForum

On 6 August 2025, The Mail & Guardian published an article under the headline “Mbalula dares US to bring on sanctions against ANC leaders” . The article incorrectly claimed that AfriForum has advanced a narrative that there is a “genocide” occurring against white South Africans. The organisation has not claimed that there is a genocide. […]