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SIU heeds the ‘more orange overalls’ call

Article M&G Data Desk - 6 Dec 2019

In an interview with the Mail & Guardian Data Desk, the head of SIU said it is fixing internal problems

NPA recovers nearly R12-billion

Article M&G Data Desk - 1 Nov 2019

In the past year alone, the Asset Forfeiture Unit has recovered money and assets gained through corruption-related crimes

Want a jet, a car, a house? Gupta sale is on

Article Thanduxolo Jika, Athandiwe Saba & M&G Data Desk - 18 Oct 2019

Money from the dodgy family’s assets will be used to settle debts. Eight companies are under business rescue – but what’s the point?

The high price of coal connections

Article Thanduxolo Jika, Sabelo Skiti & M&G Data Desk - 11 Oct 2019

Eskom is spending R4.5m more on coal each day because of contracts that are lucrative for certain producers

What does ‘fourth industrial revolution’ even mean?

Article M&G Data Desk - 5 Sep 2019

The M&G Data Desk aims to find out what 4IR really is

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Emergency! City of Joburg’s tender processes investigated

Article M&G Data Desk - 11 Jul 2019

Three of Johannesburg’s biggest fleet tenders — amounting to billions of rands — bypassed the regular tender process

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‘Drugs are the tools for the youth to self-destruct’

Article M&G Data Desk - 28 Jun 2019

A new report reveals that South Africa is the leading importer in southern Africa of chemicals to make illicit synthetic drugs such as tik

Consultants a fruitless waste

Article Sabelo Skiti & M&G Data Desk - 28 Jun 2019

Despite spending more on external services to plug gaps left by mismanagement data shows that municipalities are underperforming

Jozini: Where youth actually vote

Article M&G Data Desk & Jacques Coetzee - 3 May 2019

The youth of Jozini are determined to make a better future for themselves despite record unemployment

FF+ gains traction in Mossel Bay

Article Lester Kiewit & M&G Data Desk - 26 Apr 2019

And it is not only white conservatives who are donning the party’s green and orange colours

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Small parties are shrinking – except for Freedom Front Plus

Article Dinonofo Pico 1 & M&G Data Desk - 26 Apr 2019

Over the past four elections the smaller political parties have been losing votes hand over fist

Umdoni residents want change

Article Paddy Harper & M&G Data Desk - 18 Apr 2019

Counting Every Person: The M&G Data Desk has analysed voting results across SA for the past 20 years

Where voters won’t come out to vote

Article M&G Data Desk - 12 Apr 2019

Many citizens in the North West have lost faith in elections, saying they do not get what is promised

What women want

Article M&G Data Desk - 12 Apr 2019

There are more women registered to vote than men. In response, political party manifestos have increased their attention to gender issues.

Trust in Presidency up, courts and media down — survey

Article M&G Data Desk & Jacques Coetzee - 9 Apr 2019

‘Ramaphoria’ is not dead just yet despite a few bumps on the road to the elections

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

National

SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

Coronavirus

SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

Lester Kiewit - 17 Sep 2020

It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

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Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

Special Reports

CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

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Special Reports

Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

Special Reports

JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

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