There’s high drama at the Mandela household. Where does Mandla get his power, and can Makaziwe overrule him? We explain on this week’s M&G Newsroom.
The world holds its breath with Mandela still in hospital, Obama set to land in SA on Friday and Kenny Kunene upsets the ANC. Stay in the know.
The Mandela family has been granted permission to exhume the bodies of Nelson Mandela’s son Makgatho and his siblings Makaziwe and Thembekile.
Whistleblower Edward Snowden possesses the cunning skills needed to survive the world of espionage. But even America’s most wanted needs an ally.
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.
President Jacob Zuma has updated SA on Madiba’s condition, while Mac Maharaj is unimpressed with the media’s reporting on Mandela’s health.
How will Mamphela Ramphele’s Agang SA change how the country is run, and how much faith do its supporters have in its success?
From contraception for schoolchildren to PrePex circumcisions, we discuss the Aids-prevention efforts debated at the SA Aids conference.
Julius Malema walks the lonely road to court, the Proteas take a lonely flight home and SA spooked by UK spies.
Human Rights Watch has conducted an investigation into the dozens of bodies found in a river in the city of Aleppo, Syria, earlier this year.
Angie Motshekga is way too busy these days to notice the outrage over her poor leadership. Clearly her department is in need of a (Harlem) shake-up.
The DA has slammed International Relations Minister Maite Nkoane-Mashabane’s handling of reports of spying by the UK as a "half-job".
Surrounded by mine dumps, Tudor Shaft informal settlement has radiation levels comparable to that of Chernobyl. The health risks are unknown.
Three of the M&G’s 200 YSA discuss the country’s unemployment issues and the controversial topic of male initiation.
VIDEO: After three months of scouring the nation, we finally reveal who make up the M&G 200 Young South Africans.
From male chickens who lose their penises to boost their mating chances to Julius Malema’s return to politics, here’s this week’s headlines.
VIDEO: Nelson Mandela has been in hospital for six days with a lung infection. South Africans voice their hopes and concerns on Madiba’s health.
Kent Lingeveldt turned his passion of longboarding into a business that is both local and lekker. He is an M&G 200 Young South African.
VIDEO: Nadine Mckenzie is a dance teacher who is proving that ability lies in the mind, not just the body. She is an M&G 200 Young South African.
VIDEO: Ross Tucker is a sports scientist who knows how to close the gap between getting gold silver. He is an M&G 200 Young South African.
Can a new task team fix a post-Julius Malema ANC Youth League? Spokesperson Bandile Masuku talks about plans to rebuild the body.
From name-dropping and mudslinging to dung-flinging, our politics are in an odorous mess.
Youth delegate at the world Aids conference Phindile Sithole-Spong talks about reclaiming her sexuality after learning she was born with HIV.
Solar geysers are unreliable and are not helping to curb SA’s energy problem. Why is the innovative technology not working the way it should?
VIDEO: Sizwe Nzima is an entrepreneur assisting his Khayelitsha community by delivering medicine by bicycle. He is an M&G 200 Young South African.
PODCAST: We speak to M&G reporter Faranaaz Parker about government’s apparent inability to track the rising number of circumcision deaths in SA.
Sarah Evans and Phillip De Wet bring us up to speed on the Oscar Pistorius case and discuss if the media have been reckless in their reporting.
Xoli Fuyani is an environmental educator helping children to discover their natural heritage. She is an M&G 200 Young South African.
This week the media got a tongue lashing over its Oscar Pistorius coverage, the ANC Youth League is in the red and twerkers let it all hang out.
Meet Mohau Modisakeng, a multidisciplinary artist who is engaging audiences from Cape Town to New York. He is an M&G 200 Young South African.
Cybercrime poses as huge a threat to SA as HIV and Aids, say experts. What is our government’s response? Watch the video to find out.
Dina Pule works tirelessly to ensure a decent wage for all. Her (ahem) partner Phosane Mngqibisa lives the same philosophy – from Pule’s office.