From sport to sushi in one match flat. Not the kind of transformation you were hoping for?
This week Mugabe shows his age, SA rugby (still) needs transformation, the Flabba saga continues and Chile earthquake leads to mass evacuation.
An HRW report details how Gambia’s government commits serious human rights violations against perceived critics and political opponents.
After just one look at South Africa’s state of affairs, Homo Naledi is ready to run back to her cave.
A video taken inside the Cape Town prison shows the poor state of basic facilities such as toilets and showers.
A Nigerien blogger visits villages in Niger, investigating whether child mortality rates have improved since the commitment to the MDGs in 2000.
Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune’s handling error during their match with Mauritania has overshadowed our rugby team’s transformation issues.
Professor Lee Berger introduces us to Homo naledi, a new species and ancient human ancestor, discovered in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind in 2013.
The M&G looks at the troubled ANCYL after their elective conference. Can the organisation return to its former glory with Collen Maine at the helm?
Thousands of women are left to care for and support their husbands who have been left jobless and sick after contracting silicosis in the gold mines.
Durban gets to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, SAA losses are lower than last year and 25 days of uninterrupted electricity. Yay Eskom!
On the sidelines of China’s victory celebrations, Jacob Zuma and Omar al-Bashir have met to discuss strengthening relations.
After evading justice for nine years, DRC rebel commander Bosco Ntaganda is facing the ICC on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Young foodie, Thulane Shabalala walked away from a promising career as a professional hotel chef to pursue his own dream in the food industry.
We take a look at what got South Africans talking on twitter this week, as well as Mugabe’s complete turnaround.
Hungry South Africans will have to fight for their daily bread as the rand continues to plummet against foreign currencies.
As national recycling week comes to and end, South Africans need to start playing their part in preserving the environment.
We take a look at the Marikana commemoration held on Sunday and Oscar Pistorius’s prolonged prison stay – if only Donald Trump could save him.
Artist Palesa Makua leads ‘My Skin Speaks’ – a project that challenges how society views women and encourages women to embrace their bodies.
While the world contemplates Oscar Pistorius’s imminent release from prison, Pimples gives their take on what it will look like.
An HRW report finds that the South African government is failing half a million children with disabilities who are shut out of the education system.
In this week’s episode we look at the unintended consequences of BIC’s sexist women’s day advert and just a few of Jacob Zuma’s ‘oops’ moments.
French economist Thomas Piketty is to deliver this year’s Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg in October.
This photo essay shows the faces of some rural families affected by the gold mining industry’s failure to prevent silicosis.
In this week’s episode we look at potential job losses in the gold sector, Juju sort of has his day in court and Cecil the lion is still making news.
Highlights from a debate on decolonising culture and institutions and the Rhodes Must Fall campaign, from the 2015 M&G Literary Festival.
A Thokoza artist and entrepreneur is launching a creative hub for local artists, providing a space where they can meet, work and collaborate.
UCT’s associate professor in the department of sociology Xolela Mangcu, presents his perspective on decolonising institutions at the 2015 M&G Litfest.
Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (Wiser) member Professor Achille Mbembe presents on decolonising institutions at the 2015 M&G Litfest.
University of Johannesburg philosophy department head Professor Thaddeus Metz presents on decolonising institutions at the 2015 M&G Litfest.
Wits PHD student who has focused on the Rhodes Must Fall campaign, Leigh-Ann Naidoo, presents on decolonising institutions at the 2015 M&G Litfest.