Born Free: South Africa’s political future: GNU, budget 3.0 & 2026/2027 party elections? – Podcast episode six
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
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Born Free: Why is South Africa involved in the DRC? – Podcast episode five
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
Born Free: The gender-based violence epidemic is South Africa’s hidden war – Podcast episode four
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
Born Free: Is higher education a national crisis? – Podcast episode three
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
Born Free: Will the GNU survive? Can the ANC and DA reconcile after the budget? – Podcast episode two.
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
Born Free: From Washington to Sandton. The politics of a diplomatic fallout. – Podcast episode one.
Born Free is a bold, unfiltered voice for South Africa’s youth
Diary: Journey to Jazz returns for 2025 and a behind the scenes listen at South African music history on the From the Hip with Benjy Mudie podcast
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Einstein Fix is a paradoxical podcast that’s a symphony of exuberance
A new podcast tells the story of an enterprising asylum seeker with joy and anguish
The Last Afternoon in the Garden | Episode 4 – What about a conviction?
In this fourth episode of The Last Afternoon in the Garden we go back to the communal garden one last time to reflect on everything that has happened. We seek out experts to try and explain the violence and confront a person from the past who has a different version of events.
The Last Afternoon in the Garden | Episode 3 – It’s a Dirty War
In this third episode of The Last Afternoon in the Garden we are struck by incredible tragedy, but everyone involved pulls together, gets sensible and builds a strategy so they can win.
The Last Afternoon in the Garden | Episode 2 – Gathering the testimonies
In this second episode of The Last Afternoon in the Garden we get deeper into the work of Mbale Kubheka, the determined attorney who is working to get a conviction for the assassination of Ayanda Ngila.
The Last Afternoon in the Garden | Episode 1 – Fighting for water
My investigation started as looking into an assassination, but became about land ownership in South Africa. I became increasingly aware of what it takes to achieve even small victories against powerful, established forces.
The Last Afternoon in the Garden | Introduction
Ayanda Ngila was assassinated in the Ekhenana communal garden in Durban, South Africa, on the 8th of March, 2022. Ayanda was 30 years old and shot in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon. He was fixing a water pipe in front of women and children and as he went down he yelled for […]
The Fiscal Cliff | State-owned entities: A war zone between political and economic elites
The corporatisation of SOEs has disempowered the South African public and benefited corporate power and private finance
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A 6 Part Podcast Series #UnlockWomen about Money, Wealth and the balance of making it all work! Money, money, money! On July 5th, the Mail & Guardian, in partnership with African Bank, aired the inaugural episode of the #UnlockWomen Podcasts. Mikateko Chauke, African Bank’s Head of Strategic Communications & PR, shared her insights on money […]
This is Jo’burg Season 1 Episode 9
In the 1980s Capital Radio 604 was more than just a cool station broadcasting from the hippy haven of Port St John’s on the Wild Coast. It’s small, but effective news team was based in Jo’burg, from where they tackled the state, one bulletin at a time
Money Talks Podcast Episode 3 | Unlocking women’s financial empowerment
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Money Talks Podcast Episode 1 | Unlock women about money
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Ampersand Mixtape 4: It wasn’t roaring
For this mixtape Charles Leonard has picked his favourite subversive songs from around the globe and tells their fascinating and often curious stories.
It includes an infamous drinking song
This is Jo’burg Season 1 Episode 8: All that Jo’burg Jazz
In this episode Charles Leonard speaks to a city musician who’s just released an album through one of the most respected international record labels, explores how this brash mining town’s history can be heard in Jo’burg jazz, and finds out what makes someone open a new record store in the city
This is Jo’burg Season 1 Episode 7: What’s so funny about Africa’s wealthiest city?
Charles Leonard is taken on a walking tour by the Rand Club’s first black, female chairperson. He also gets Jo’burg’s funniest stand-up comedian to tell him his funniest Jo’burg joke
‘This is Jo’burg’ Season 1 Episode 6: Of Pentecostal Noise and Hadedas
In this episode Charles Leonard examines two types of Jo’burg noise: one made by religious humans in an inner city suburb, the other a familiar avian racket.
‘This is Jo’burg’ Season 1 Episode 5: Outsiders
Charles Leonard asks three women from different backgrounds about the idea of being outsiders, about being Jo’burgers and what this city means to them
‘This is Jo’burg’ Season1 Episode 3: “Your call will be answered…”
In this third episode of ‘This is Jo’burg’, Charles Leonard hears from a can-do homeless person who regulates traffic at intersections during the constant power cuts – he explains why he started doing it
Ampersand Mixtape 3: United Sounds of Africa
Charles Leonard has picked 28 of his favourite songs from our continent. Be ready to be entertained, surprised and hopefully thrilled by his celebratory selection of old and new African tunes
Ampersand Mixtape 1: “Tickets, please!”
The Ampersand Mixtape aims to bring back some of the original mixtape joy, albeit without the physical cassette and with an adapted format..
The age of podcasters as thought leaders is upon us
Self-styled podcasting celebrities – usually male – more and more frequently stray into journalism’s lane, but writer Khanya Mtshali probes the pitfalls of this using the examples of podcasts The Hustlers Corner and Podcast and Chill
PODCAST | The Mail & Guardian team breaks down the ANC policy conference
The M&G looks at some of the key issues in the ANC that will undoubtedly make for robust conversation as the party congregates
PODCAST | NEC member Nonceba Mhlauli on the ANC’s electoral reform and state capture
The M&G chats with national executive committee member Nonceba Mhlauli on the ANC’s electoral reform and state capture findings
PODCAST | The ANC policy conference with Gwede Mantashe
We chat with Gwede Mantashe on the days leading to the ANC policy conference and the root cause of corruption and state capture
PODCAST | ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe on the step-aside rule
The Mail & Guardian journalists discuss the step aside rule, its genesis and role in the ANC’s renewal programme with NEC member Pule Mabe
PODCAST | War for diamonds – An unequal battle
These are the illegal miners who are in constant battles with the government to obtain legal mining permits