Mail & Guardian readers give their views on the upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s homestead and Thuli Madonsela’s subsequent Nkandla report.
Give us an unbiased outlook on the situation in Ukraine and acknowledge that the truth in trials is also often "thrown to the wolves", say readers.
M&G readers are all about politics and the law this week.
From making fun of Russia at the Winter Olympics in Sochi to focusing on the matric pass-rate standard, here’s what our readers had to say.
One M&G reader accuses Andile Mngxitama of black apartheid. Another appeals for the release of a US political prisoner.
Readers slam assaults on sex workers and accuse the Mail & Guardian of putting public protector Thuli Madonsela in danger.
The ANC government is punishing black people through e-tolling, says one reader. Another says Dr Death saved her life.
Neoliberalism is a hegemonic force out to wreck our country and Africans dying to flee the continent is senseless, say readers.
Multilingual teaching and non-profit schools are vital in SA, say M&G readers.
From Bantu Holomisa and the IEC, to a review of Sir Bob Hepple’s autobiography, readers have their say.
It feels churlish to berate the MPs who rushed to console former minister of communications Dina Pule after she was disciplined by the House.
Education prospects are looking grim for South Africa’s school pupils, and government is now compelled to respond. What is its diagnosis?
A poem that by some miracle might also reach some children in schools without proper infrastructure, books or decent teachers.
So the Gupta family say they organised their landing at a military air base "by the book". Which book? The cheque book?
One thing Radebe gets right about Mangaung is that "this is a water-shed for the movement", says the New Citizen.
Solms-Delta’s chief executive Craig MacGillivray responds to Glynnis Underhill’s article about wine-farm workers.
In Parliament, ANC MPs giggled and clapped when Lindiwe Sisulu said Democratic Alliance MP David Maynier had a "flea-infested body".
Thabo Thwala responds to an article on the Mail & Guardian about South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande.
The right-of-reply article by Dr Jeff Ramsay, deputy permanent secretary for Botswana’s government communications is full of spin, says Sam Ditshego.
Zuma can save the ANC by not accepting nomination for the presidency at Mangaung, says Paul Khitsane.
We will never win the war against the demon of corruption if it is true that President Jacob Zuma misled Parliament and the nation about his "bond".
There are many benevolent Bongos in Hout Bay. They have built crches and quality schools for children from less privileged backgrounds.
You do us a disservice with stories such as Daryl Ilbury’s Light at night sets off alarm bells, says Professor Philip Lloyd.
The continued insulting of the president does indeed need to be banned, says Kwazi Mthembu.
The article Lindiwe Sisulu’s fancy flights pure indulgence is bereft of context and real facts, writes Sandi Mbatsha, adviser to Lindiwe Sisulu.
The article "Khama Inc: All the president’s family, friends and close colleagues" reads like a breathless whodunnit, writes Tom Tweedy.
To equate Israel with apartheid, as Gideon Levy does displays a profound ignorance of the horror that was South Africa.
In SA parties are elected, not individuals. Why, then, do we have the insistent hype about a debate between President Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille?
The Rubicon speech was received with great dismay by South Africa’s diplomats, writes Pieter Wolvaardt.
Floyd Shivambu and his ilk repeatedly insist on being authorities on issues of which they clearly have limited understanding.
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