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200 Young South Africans lit signage at The Forum on the gala evening 27 June 2024. Pic by Delwyn Verasamy
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Winners | 200 Young South Africans 2024

WATCH: The Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans event continues to shine a spotlight on those shaping the future of the country

Free to share: Post-election special edition

Dive into our exclusive special edition publication following the voting week and results

Diverse voters participating in the 2024 national elections captured in and around Johannesburg in the most hotly contested, with many surprises, elections in South Africa’s 30 year democracy.
Delwyn Verasamy, Mail & Guardian, 29 May 2024

LIVE | IEC election results

Real-time updates from the dashboard of the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa

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Full coverage | South Africa elections 2024

Real-time updates, breaking news, and in-depth analysis

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Mail & Guardian and University of Fort Hare to host National Election Debate

The Mail & Guardian in partnership with the University of Fort Hare will host a National Election Town Hall on the 17th April 2024.

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WATCH | National election debate at Fort Hare – Navigating South Africa’s political crossroads

Join Mail & Guardian and the University of Fort Hare on 17 April 2024 for a pivotal election debate. Engage with top leaders as South Africa approaches a historic election,…

The empty Onkgopotse Tiro Hall at the University of Limpopo. Taken 11 March 2024 before the M&G Election Town Hall.
Pic by Scott Peter Smith
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WATCH | Town Hall Election Debate – charting the future in 2024’s landmark elections

The M&G and University of Limpopo host a forum to discuss, among others, what a coalition government could mean for South Africa.

M&G Quiz 2022 answers

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Pay your electricity bill or have your power switched off. File photo

Eskom implements stage six load-shedding again

The power utility had eight generating units fail overnight

After 14 years of blackouts, the president has promised to expedite load-shedding’s finale. This is as the social compact to fix Eskom has seemingly stalled. (Photo by TADEU ANDRE / AFP)

Eskom says it will implement stage six load shedding from midday on Wednesday

Utility cites a high number of breakdowns since midnight, as well as the requirement to strictly preserve the remaining emergency generation reserves.

KwaZulu-Natal residents who are unemployed, financially struggling and hungry have lambasted Eskom’s proposed 36.1% tariff hike. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Eskom: It’s back to stage four load-shedding from Tuesday morning

The power utility said three Kendal power station units had tripped, resulting in a loss of generating capacity

KwaZulu-Natal residents who are unemployed, financially struggling and hungry have lambasted Eskom’s proposed 36.1% tariff hike. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Eskom sees lower levels of load-shedding at the weekend

However as generation capacity shortages persist over the next few weeks, load shedding will continue to be implemented at various stages

Online hate victim: Japan has tightened up its penalties for cyberbullying after wrestler and 22-year-old Netflix star Hana Kimura died by suicide

Your world in brief: Zoo wars and costly clapbacks

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Sunette Viljoen won the silver medal in the women’s javelin.

Olympics wrap: Semenya cruises to final, Viljoen wins silver, Schoeman nabs bronze

In what turned out to be a successful day for South Africa, Caster Semenya qualified for the Olympic women’s 800m final with supreme ease.

Dikgang Moseneke led a sizeable minority in the Constitutional Court.

Sizani fraud case postponed again, Equal Education ‘concerned’

The fraud case of Nontuthuzela Sizani has been postponed a second time, after her defence team requested more time to review new documents.

Zuma’s lawyer keeps mum over origin of tapes

ANC president Jacob Zuma’s lawyer has denied National Intelligence Agency (NIA) deputy head Arthur Fraser gave him secret tape recordings.

ANC launches election campaign

The African National Congress launched its manifesto for an election on Saturday in which it could finally face a serious political challenge.

M&G reporter scoops award

Mail & Guardian journalist Donna Block has won the inaugural Citadel Personal Finance Journalist of the Year award for the print media category. The awards are given in two…

M&G in a time warp

A century from now the foyer of the Park and Long building in Cape Town could be torn up by enthusiastic Mail & Guardian readers keen to see a real “dead tree” version of their…