We delve into the ANC’s campaign trail as we approach the 2024 elections, marking a critical juncture 30 years into South Africa’s democracy. We uncover the enduring patterns and shifts within the ANC and its opposition, providing a deeper insight into the ANC’s efforts to retain its dominance amidst evolving political climates.
The M&G has a responsibility to deplatform dehumanising views, to advocate for free speech but not allow hate speech
Two M&G articles defending trans-exclusionary views draw on the insidious anti-trans rhetoric flourishing in the UK, but ignore our country’s constitutional protections
Few foresaw just how comprehensively the Seriti commission’s report bleaches out the slightest taint of government wrongdoing, writes Drew Forrest.
Only one sure way to restore peace and security to Xolobeni: the government must set its face against mining – and soon.
Sexwale’s opaque and controversial business dealings, particularly on our continent, raise obvious questions about whether he has the right profile.
The contractor at the centre of R60m fraud claims has been suspended from his plum government job
The spy cables reveal little about the President. There are justified fears that they will be used to drive through the "secrecy" Bill.
A major source of income and jobs is on hold while the company tries to find a solution.
Leaders should not expose themselves to the slightest perception of a conflict between their private interests and public responsibilities.
There are striking parallels between Gandhi and Madiba, but at heart they were very different men.
As the state’s direct, extensive interest in private media grows, so too must scrutiny of its influence, writes Drew Forrest.
Panic is a plausible way of understanding what went wrong in England in 1999 when SA had perhaps its best side and most realistic chance of winning.
The apartheid policeman who was instrumental in unionist Neil Aggett’s suicide has rebranded himself as a business counterintelligence consultant.
This account of an activist’s life is an honest attempt at
revealing the man and not the political martyr.
Peter Hain chronicles his journey from apartheid activist to insider in Tony Blair’s government.
We all know Procol Harum’s enigmatic "A Whiter Shade of Pale". But does anyone else in South Africa cherish their other material, asks Drew Forrest.
A compendium of reviews by an American music journalist doesn’t provide a comprehensive portrait.
ANALYSIS: The prime driver of the ANC’s assault on the judiciary inexplicably escaped prosecution.
A new book suggests climbers were trying to transcend were five years of trench warfare that shattered the Edwardian idyll.
An exhaustive book provides the political, social and sporting backdrop to the 1912 triangular Test tournament between England, Australia and SA.
If Andile Mngxitama was sniffy about Anton Harber’s "intrusion into black spaces", how would he react to this biographical novel?
There are good reasons why the phone-hacking scandal should not play into the ANC’s hands.
Through graceful 13th-century parables, Zen Buddhism reveals its enlightened nature, writes <b>Drew Forrest.</b>
The arid Northern Cape provides rich pickings for those
indulging in ‘poor man’s tourism’.
A new look takes a personal look at the Ango-Boer War.
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A new biography of Albert Luthuli surprisingly shows that he considered himself a Christian first and a politician last.
<i>Conversations with Myself</i> yields some new facts but few personal details.
This is an engaging and provocative book by one of South Africa’s foremost labour analysts — informed, authoritative and refreshingly.
The seminal fossil find at the Cradle of Humankind has unleashed a barrage of debate among scientists.
The discovery of a fossilised skeleton at the Cradle for Humankind could be the next step in the search for human origins.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu moves between homely anecdote and high theological abstraction in a wide-ranging interview with Drew Forrest.