An editorial from the M&G’s coverage of the 2009 elections
We issue a plea to incumbent leaders and the loud opposition: for once, let’s put our country and its people first.
US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote
This is one of the great global conflicts of our age. History will condemn us if we recognise that fact too late
A national cannabis master plan has been developed, with the department of trade and industry tasked with its implementation and administration, but the momentum towards turning all of this into a reality, appears to have been lost in the build-up to the 29 May elections
The department of higher education on Friday announced that it would deregister Damelin, CityVarsity, Intec and Lyceum College
We have learned to live with sporadic electricity supply but South Africans will not be as kind to the government if our taps run dry
Homophobia is a plague that must be condemned, vigorously and without hesitation, at home and abroad, in our social values and our legislation
Sewage pollution has harrowing consequences for human health, such as waterborne pathogens like cholera, salmonella, typhoid and hepatitis
Violent crime, unemployment, corruption: South Africans have chosen to emotionally sedate themselves as a form of self-preservation
The mentality of denial and blame shifting has landed us where we are in 2024
The party wants parliament to appoint boards for state-owned enterprises
Bafana Bafana rolled the years back and reached the semi-finals by knocking out African giants Tunisia and Morocco
South Africa’s service delivery woes have attracted all manner of violence. As water becomes more scarce, things will get worse
Powerful nations pontificate against human rights abuses when it suits them but funding the war against civilians in Gaza appears to be an acceptable hypocrisy
Access to the missing middle should be celebrated, but it is only one step in what looks to be a long journey for the higher education system
South Africa’s grotesque sexual violence statistics give credence to those who want to use his death and prominence to highlight the country’s sex crimes
Why do fossil fuels have a voice and space at the Conference of the Parties in Dubai?
Zondo is distrusted by the government, inevitably so because of his finding that the ANC was complicit in state capture
What if we never believed any of the fake reports by a fanatical spook community backing Jacob Zuma?
But for now, the classified report leaves relations between the United States and South Africa in a static, safe place
Bathabile Dlamini’s presidential loss to Sisisi Tolashe arguably severed the last hydra head of the Radical Economic Transformation faction
The media industry must scrutinise the source of information and every news story and opinion piece we run, to prevent us and our readers from becoming collateral damage in the factional wars in the governing party
The low voter turnout in the local polls is something our leading parties must take to heart as they look to rebuild their relationship with the electorate.
South Africa already faces numerous crises including hunger, poverty, unemployment, inequality — all of which are being worsened by the climate crisis.
Those who tell the truth should be cared for by the law, but they aren’t
There is a truth in politics: this crisis will pass, and people will be distracted by the next one. Just survive this moment, and you will escape accountability
“Until the law itself makes it nigh impossible for tragedies like Tatane, Marikana and Khosa to occur without real consequence, our fractured relationship with authority will persist.”
South Africa was the first to welcome the World Cup to our beautiful continent. In these troubled Covid-19 times it’s worth reminding ourselves of that achievement.
Politically, it would also help this country if our president were able to act more decisively against ministers who show little regard for the law
The best chance for Democrats to beat Trump is by taking an opposite approach to his insular and isolated one
Promises of hope and a better tomorrow await South Africa. Yet they continue to come to naught