Is joblessness a result of a lack of skills or low growth, or is low growth a result of lack of skills? Government is not speaking with one voice
What will it take for the government to acknowledge the link between gender-based violence and femicide and alcohol?
The Proteas players say they will come to Boucher’s support in his fight against racism allegations, but first they must focus on the Test series against the Kiwis
Commercial media reproduces the views of the dominant class and has been unable to unpack the underlying failures of capitalism
Goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in the last quarter of an hour gave Liverpool a commanding lead ahead of the last-16 second leg at Anfield in three weeks’ time
Tech giants are under growing pressure to better balance privacy and ad-targeting, as users complain and regulators threaten tougher rules
Its position has shifted from social democracy to neoliberalism over two decades. But what is it now?
Our religions may preach tolerance but more often our convictions lead to conflict
The slowdown was helped by lower fuel prices. But this relief was temporary, as February saw another petrol hike
A rare German film by the Ghanaian filmmaker King Ampaw gets a second screening 50 years later
For households in mining towns a greener economy must provide more secure jobs that pay enough to ensure household wellbeing and upward mobility
Answers to South Africa’s food system problems could lie in the pre-colonial epoch
Jane Kubai ran away from home to avoid FGM. She then worked day and night to obtain a qualification. Now, her father advises other families against child marriage
Zenprop chief executive James Tannenberger, who stands to benefit financially from the River Club development, failed to address the substantive points of our original article
‘Large parts of the president’s speech are straight from the DA’s playbook’ – Steenhuisen
If diplomatic efforts cannot avert further conflict between Ukraine and Russia, a dramatic shift in international relations could occur
The president, in a letter to a watchdog parliamentary committee, confirmed the authenticity of a leaked recording in which the problem is discussed, but said he was talking only to allegations made publicly by others
The M&G politics journalists Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper chat with EFF leader Julius Malema, reflecting on the 10 years after he was expelled from the ANC and his impact on the EFF and on South African politics
South Africa needs a profound restructuring of state-capital relations, coupled with a comprehensive social policy, to address unemployment, poverty and inequality
Manchester United blew another lead in a damaging draw while Newcastle’s fight for survival was boosted by a valuable victory over Aston Villa.
Family formation is not simply a matter between two individuals who are in love; it instead is framed by culture
The 2017 OECD Benchmarking report assessed the quality of education globally and South Africa ranked 75th out of 76 countries
They can have positive and negative effects, such as restricting small-scale fishers access to the ocean or restoring endemic fauna
Akwasi Frimpong, Ghana’s skeleton star, on the reasons he’s not at the Winter Olympics
Appropriate policy, supported by a social compact by labour, business, communities and the government, can maximise the opportunities of the just transition
Critics fear President Kais Saied is growing increasingly authoritarian following his decision to dissolve the country’s judicial watchdog
If to be ‘normal’ is to be Western European, North American, male, white, middle class, able bodied and heterosexual, then all our attempts at normativity fail
After developing ‘terrible depression’ Simbirisiyo Mushanewana learnt that helping others also meant helping himself
Love him or loathe him, Julius Malema has had a dramatic impact on the local political landscape
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But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’
In the meantime, government will mull the best options to replace this grant with another form of income support