Saturday’s brazen raid on Bayede News appears to have been about keeping the newspaper off the streets
Is there sufficient rigour to update the existing literary canon and infuse it with new voices that will themselves become canons in decades to come?
After China released a video to show that an imprisoned poet is alive, family members of other missing Uighurs call for more of the same.
The politicisation of such an important element of democracy leaves residents frustrated and angry
UK politician Carl Sargeant was found dead just days after resigning over misconduct allegations
Eusebius McKaiser writes about the right to privacy for public figures but also discusses the ‘grey areas’ when it comes to public interest
People must choose: solve problems through democratic dialogue or intolerant violence, writes Vishwas Satgar.
If women are to play a central role in Somali politics, they will have to forge the path themselves, opines Stephanie Carver.
We hate having our most deeply held beliefs challenged or falsified. Can we learn to disagree?
League president Collen Maine said because the document was ‘very thick’ they were only concerned with the remedial action recommended by Madonsela.
The current developments in national politics are curious enough to make anyone question their sanity.
Crunching numbers and meticulous planning has vaulted the once tiny party into the pound seats.
Theresa May’s appointment as Britain’s prime minister is a feat for women globally. But she has been handed a poisoned chalice.
The year was one of disastrous and shameful decisions, but our democracy still functions.
Elites still choose the line SA takes politically and citizens are expected to fall in. We need an enthusiastic alternative like UK’s Jeremy Corbyn.
The political antics of the coming months could set the tone for the next 20 years, writes Richard Calland.
In Spain, traditional approaches and parties are being swept aside to give voters a fresh vision.
Politics is no different than the dog-eat-dog world of advertising. But similarly, politicians need to move beyond all talk and no delivery.
Times Media editor and author Ray Hartley said SA politics needed more protein or meat, in the form of tough and substantial policy decision-making.
The post-1994 dispensation has failed to give young Africans a sense of passion and hope for the future.
Alan Wieder’s biography on Joe Slovo and Ruth First focuses on the couple’s relationship, their different personalities and opposing views.
Former Constitutional Court justice Albie Sachs is bound to art and politics by love and lineage. He chats about this and his years of art collecting.
Thabo Mbeki shares his thoughts on the booing of Jacob Zuma, the state of leadership, Madiba’s legacy and whether he would return to local politics.
Professor Adam Habib addressed the M&G Literary Festival on South Africa’s suspended revolution – past, present and future.
We chat to newly appointed Human Settlements Minister Connie September about her life in politics and her task ahead.
What would a parliament with Julius Malema be like and does Agang have a fighting chance? Listen to an excerpt on the M&G’s weekly radio show.
Mamphele Ramphela announces her entry into the political world and the Oscar Pistorius case still makes headlines worldwide as he applies for bail.
In the wake of the rape and murder of 17-year-old Anene Booysen, the M&G wonders whether this issue will get a mention in the State of the Nation Address.
Senior political reporter Matuma Letsoalo analyses the first day of the Cosatu congress – the unanimous re-election of leadership, JZ’s speech and more.
Highlights from our interview with Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. Did Cosatu fail at Marikana? Will Vavi run for an ANC position? This, and more.
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi fields tough questions on the union’s lack of leadership at Marikana, running for office in the ANC and more — full podcast.
Mathews Phosa and Kgalema Motlanthe have finally broken their silence on President Zuma’s leadership qualities. So what does it mean as Mangaung approaches?