In his keynote address at our literary festival, editor-in-chief Nic Dawes examines the culture of complaint at the heart of media oppression.
The gritty reality is that Zuma will return to the messy business of running a democracy.
The <i>M&G</i> and Charities Aid Foundation Southern Africa have created the annual Eugene Saldanha Memorial Fund in social-justice reporting.
Having made the leap, it’s not ideal but there’s the promise of much better things to come.
In a country awash with unrestrained patriotism the biggest favour we can do for our nation is to remember that it’s our democracy that needs to win.
I have been asked repeatedly over the past week "Why did you do it? Why run a cartoon that you knew would cause such profound anger?
<i>M&G</i> editor <b>Nic Dawes</b> responds to the uproar over the Zapiro Prophet Muhammad cartoon in Friday’s paper.
Zuma’s office claims the president should be exempt from the Access to Information Act.
King Shaka International is R8-billion worth of shiny new kit on the other side of town. And it couldn’t be more different.
Freedom is not a six-year-old with a flag, or a passive recipient of "delivery". It is a joyous, anxious, endless battle, writes <b>Nic Dawes</b>.
Corruption is a heavy thing — literally, writes <i>M&G</i> editor <i>Nic Dawes</i>.
President Jacob Zuma has defended controversial ANC Youth League president Julius Malema again, saying he will not be forced into shouting him down.
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/ 15 January 2010
Journalists and newspapers get things wrong. They get big things wrong…
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/ 24 December 2009
M&G editor and sometimes chef, Nic Dawes, looks at how fashionable foods have done nothing for our sense of cuisine.
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/ 4 December 2009
Dubai is the nation state as mortgage bubble: hype, leverage, and a lot of concrete mixers. Last week, the air came hissing out.
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/ 19 October 2009
<i>M&G</i> editor Nic Dawes shares his thoughts on Sue Williamson’s new book about where the South African art world is at and where it has been.
<i>M&G</i> editor Nic Dawes reflects on <i>Precedent and Possibility: The (Ab)use of Law in South Africa</i>, co-authored by Judge Dennis Davis.
New Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan tells Nic Dawes what activism might mean amid global recession.
After its traumatic birth the new political party needs care desperately. Many in the party are aware of this problem and are trying to correct it.
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/ 9 February 2009
It may or may not be Trevor Manuel’s last budget speech, but it will almost certainly be the most important and the most difficult.
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/ 19 December 2008
The latest legal skirmish between Dave King and the state has ended in a split decision favouring the businessman in the area that matters most.
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/ 27 November 2008
MTN doesn’t want me, Vodacom takes me for granted and neither Virgin nor Cell-C are my type. I am switching to pay-as-you-go.
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/ 22 October 2008
Point: Will the ANC, mindful of the real power that it is vesting in MPs, be more careful who it sends to Cape Town?
Jara was expelled from the Young Communist League over his criticism of the party’s backing for the presidential aspirations of Jacob Zuma.
Opponents of legislation face a dilemma: should they concentrate on fighting it or on ensuring that any new body preserves the Scorpions’ approach?
Finance minister Trevor Manuel has issued a stern threat of legal consequences for journalists over his court battle with Terry Crawford-Browne.
A row over the development of one of Cape Town’s most popular coastal sites has taken a sharply political turn.
A series of anonymous letters from employees and former employees of daily newspaper <i>Beeld</i> to the board of its holding company, Media24, has accused Beeld management of "serious corruption".
The chair of Parliament’s justice committee has called for the Judicial Service Commission to consider opening to the public some of its hearings on the conduct of Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
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/ 11 September 2007
I meet the spook at coffee shops on the post-industrial fringes of town, past the tile warehouse, table at the back. The spin doctor prefers a fashionable bar where art-school luvvies with constructivist haircuts serve espresso kissed with golden foam. We take a high-visibility table and I listen as he tells me the truth with a slant, writes Nic Dawes.
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/ 24 November 2006
A police headquarters investigation three years ago gathered damning evidence against Glenn Agliotti — giving the lie to police Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s claim that he did not know his friend was a crook. The investigation gathered evidence not only of Agliotti’s allegedly criminal activities, but also of his involvement with Palto, a squad of "freelance" operatives who used Selebi and the police as their cover.
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/ 17 November 2006
The arrest of Glenn Agliotti on suspicion of murdering mining magnate Brett Kebble has opened perhaps the biggest can of worms in South Africa’s criminal history. The arrest could have grave implications for police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi, who famously called Agliotti "my friend, finish and <i>klaar</i>".