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Khadija Patel
Khadija Patel pushes words on street corners. She is a former editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian, a co-founder of the The Daily Vox and vice chairperson of the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI). As a journalist she has produced work for Sky News, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Quartz, City Press and the Daily Maverick, among others. She is also a research associate at WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Witwatersrand) and has previously worked in community media. In 2017, she was among 11 people from across Africa and the diaspora who were awarded the inaugural Africa #NoFilter fellowship from the Ford Foundation and in 2018, she was awarded honorary membership of the Golden Key Society. She is passionate about the protection and enhancement of global media as a public good.
Naeemah Abrahams and the secret to defeating evil – do something
In the hospitals of 1980s South Africa, Naeemah Abrahams saw how often women showed up battered and bruised, a phenomenon her colleagues didn’t make much of. Three decades later,…
The Continent’s Africans of the Year: Mo Salah
Pitch perfect Mo Salah believes he is the best player in the world. Who are we to contradict him?
‘Where the governments see statistics, I see the faces of my friends’
Yvette Raphael describes herself as a ‘professional protester, sjambok feminist and hater of trash’. Government officials would likely refer to her as ‘a rebel’. She’s fought for…
Love of food in places we love
The connection between the preparation, consumption and sharing of food is a sacred one
LIVE UPDATES: Coronavirus
The latest on the spread of covid-19, how it is affecting the world, and what efforts are being made to prevent the spread of the virus
A Sona to reflect troubled times
Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times
A year in the life of the M&G
Editor-in-chief, Khadija Patel, writes about the year that was, what we reported and why we reported on it
What CSA won’t fix this weekend
The beleaguered cricketing body could well swing the axe on Saturday but swapping the bodies in the boardroom will not be enough
Slice of life: A gathering to say farewell
We had gathered the fragments of ourselves in a moment of togetherness, sharing a memory of someone well known, but better loved.
Denel wants to sell arms to Egypt
Nearly 2 000 people were arrested in Egypt this week. Their crime? Daring to protest against the country’s military government. The act of protesting is outlawed, so many of…
What we do is important. Trust us
Given attacks against media and important questions being raised about our work, we need to be open about why we do what we do
Now FNB probes Mkhwebane
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has come under intense scrutiny following a series of controversial findings
Report dims Cyril’s halo
Mkhwebane’s investigation has put party funding in the spotlight, but her motives have been queried
Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah reduces Islamophobia
Salah’s popularity is particularly notable. One popular chant heard around Anfield these days goes like this: ‘Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah, Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah’