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Kiri Rupiah
Kiri Rupiah is the online editor at the Mail & Guardian.
Senegal: Macky Sall’s latest choice less murky when seen through oil and gas
The president’s official reason for postponing the upcoming election has been met with suspicion. Analysts say: follow the money
Nigeria is ‘disappearing’ its people
A new investigation says the military is involved in the disappearance of thousands of citizens
Saudis use ‘sportswashing’ to paint over alleged killings
The government denies any wrongdoing, describing the allegations of the murder of Africans on the country’s borders as unfounded
Amazing Africans of the year show world how to achieve true greatness
Here are some of the people who made it in worlds as diverse as entertainment, sport and politics — and made a difference on the continent
Zimbabweans stuck in limbo in South Africa
The legal challenge to Zimbabwean Exemption Permit deadline in December is being led by the controversial Simba Chitando, who is the head of Zanu-PF’s Sandton branch and whose…
Read it: Zondo commission report, part 1
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will only act on the recommendations of the Zondo commission when the final of its three reports has been handed over to him.
The Continent’s Africans of the Year: Agnes Tirop
She was not your property: Agnes Tirop was on track for global superstardom, before her race was brutally cut short.
Facebook face plants
This outage comes at a precarious time for Facebook, which is still navigating the fallout of whistleblower Frances Haugen accusing the company of prioritising profits over…
Local government elections: Dear ANC, look before you leap
In love, as in politics, look before you leap
High court orders Prasa to halt ‘irregular’ GladAfrica tender
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa did not publicise the tender and gave it to the consultancy despite its bid being R346-million more than that of another company.
All the president’s women
It was the women in Jacob Zuma’s life who threw the former South African president’s character flaws into sharpest relief. And it was women who ultimately brought him down
When violence is policy: How do we curb police brutality?
With high-profile savagery by the police becoming routine, what can be done to transform our broken relationship with law enforcement?
Life Esidimeni: Waiting for justice is an injustice
We are a nation of inquests, commissions and ad hoc committees. Not action.
Resuscitate the public broadcaster
The SABC is simply too important to South Africa’s democracy for it to be gutted: we cannot allow it to die
What connects the M to the G?
The Ampersand connects the M to the G. We leave ‘when-we’ Weekly Mail nostalgia and financial strain behind and focus on the now