In Mothotlung, where three people died this week during a stand-off with police at a service delivery protest, municipal failures are the norm.
Eyewitness accounts at the Mothotlung shooting of two protesters paint a picture of police acting in contravention of crowd management rules.
The DA’s premier candidate for Gauteng has hinted at its governance plans, which include fewer government departments and a referendum on e-tolls.
Two people have been killed and two more injured in a stand-off between protesters and police during a service delivery picket.
Veteran SA journalist and author Stanley Uys, who saw the assassination of Hendrik Verwoerd first hand, has died in London at the age of 92.
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has seemed to hint at involvement in the death of former spy chief Patrick Karegeya but SA would not respond.
Is Cope back from the dead or is its first elective congress another non-starter, asks Sarah Evans from the sidelines of its Boksburg assembly.
Former editor of the Cape Times Alide Dasnois has spoken out following a public spat between the ANC’s Trevor Manuel and Songezo Mjongile.
Patrick Karegeya’s alleged killer entered South Africa on a fake passport, according to close friends of the slain former Rwandan spy chief.
From Julius Malema to the elections and Oscar Pistorius, here are nine stories on the M&G’s radar set to make headlines in 2014.