This year marks the 19th anniversary of the Mail & Guardian’s annual flagship event, Power of Women, where the immense contributions made by South African women are recognised and celebrated.
As staff face retrenchments, a print dinosaur gives three (relative) hatchlings the microphone
The association argued that the Bill is not fiscally feasible and would have adverse effects on the economy and healthcare system
Residents have been urged to avoid Boksburg Lake after it was contaminated
More than a quarter of children under the age of five in the country are chronically malnourished
What can Musk offer and what price are we willing to pay?
The Kenyan writer is dead but his story will live on, the story of the colonialism and the betrayal of postcolonial elites and how to survive
His pen exposed injustice, honoured heritage and helped free the African imagination from colonial constraint
A high school pupil’s nature walk led to a major scientific discovery
As natural sentinels of freshwater resources, they signal the health of aquatic ecosystems
BirdLife South Africa publishes revised Red Data Book highlighting urgent bird conservation crisis in Southern Africa
The statistics from the first three months of the year show an overall drop in crime but gender-based violence continued to be a concern
The white man, failing to maintain his hegemonic “manhood” in post-apartheid South Africa, seeks to reclaim it within the idiocy that is Trump’s version of masculinity
The 21 May budget is lower than the R232.6 billion proposed in the March budget that was scrapped
The finance minister said the expenditure would be carried out ‘without compromising the fiscal strategy of sustainable public finances’
Ratepayers have raised concern that proposed property rates, electricity and water tariff hikes present an affordability crisis
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said that had AfriForum chief executive Kallie Kriel and his former deputy, Ernst Roets, have sought asylum in the US, they would have become ‘hobos’
Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand have gathered data from the Diepkloof Forensic Pathology Service in Soweto to better understand why so many women turn to desperate measures instead of seeking legal and safe abortions
South Africa does not have genocide but it does have division — much of it created by the political games that our own leaders play. If there ever was a time to put our bullshit aside and present a unified front to the world, it is now
Brand SA has invited global businesses to partner in infrastructure projects in energy and logistics
In recent months, there has been a spate of abductions, assaults, arrests and murders, the victims all being opponents or critics of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government
Jobs were lost in the formal sector, as well as in trade, construction and private households
The director of facilities and security management at the office of the chief justice said he could not explain why the footage was not preserved
The Johannesburg mayor is to declare a state of disaster for crime and lawlessness, starting in July
Latest reforms to regulations confront challenges to Eskom’s grid monopoly and the potential for private generators to boost competition
Newly released maps trace the epic journey of millions of antelope across East Africa and the pressures that endanger it
Godongwana promises fiscal prudence in his new budget but the growth forecast may change
Civilians on foot caught up in road accidents present a new challenge for the department of transport
Thousands of international tourism business owners and buyers are expected to descend on Durban
Instead of the Aids denialism of decades past, it’s US funding cuts that could lead to up to 300 000 more HIV infections in the next four years. Activists like Sisonke Msimang say the past has answers for the present fight
The international landmark closed in 2023 after heavy rainfall caused soil movement that threatened safety
For this year’s Mail & Guardian God Edition, we asked a number of the country’s prominent politicians what role faith plays in their lives