Mandy De Waal
latest news & developmentsSuffer the little children
Humanist Leo Igwe has taken on popular pastor Helen Ukpabio over the hunting of "child witches" in Nigeria.
KwaZulu-Natal will pay Cele’s legal costs
The taxpayer is picking up the tab for suspended police chief Bheki Cele’s defamation case as "a matter of principle".
Lessons from the private sector
Private sector shows the public sector how its done
Zuma hotline’s puzzling statistics
The citizens’ aid has been either excellent or dismal, depending on your maths methodology.
Curse of the TV tapes: Pirates of Somalia
A young Canadian with fantasies of becoming a celebrated director risked his life to document the inner workings of Somalia’s pirates.
Desktop trap is a cracker
Three South Africans have come up with a killer of a game that should carry a productivity warning.
Nollywood and the net: A love story
With the help of an entrepreneurial expat in London and YouTube’s partner programme, cheaply made movies from Nigeria have successfully gone global.
Power to stop tenders the ‘root of tension’, says Madonsela
A new "good governance and integrity unit" set up in the public protector’s office to investigate corrupt state officials is the root cause of tension
Going to the blogs
The knives are out in the food writers’ kitchen with the new media giving the established press indigestion.
Municipalities ‘are feeding graft’
Almost every municipality is corrupt and the growing lack of transparency and accountability is creating networks for graft to survive and thrive.
Youth league’s bitchin’ PR
If you’re a political journalist in SA who engages the African National Congress Youth League, it appears taking abuse comes with the territory.
Gumede firm told to ‘gijima’
Two forensic reports under lock may explain why home affairs cancelled multibillion-rand IT contract.
Pilots fly taxis for VIPs
Taxpayers are funding the use of military aircraft to ferry ministers around. Mandy de Waal reports.
Rumpus over state IT report
The State IT Agency, which provides IT services to all government entities, stands accused of overpaying service providers by millions.