CAR reject François Bozizé and President Jacob Zuma encounter a heap of technical difficulties in the land of bandits and bromance.
This week in Politics Need to Know: SA troops sent to the DRC, the JSC battles racist controversy and the ANC Youth League searches for a new leader.
Sama nominee Sizwe ‘Reason’ Moeketsi’s star is on the rise. We speak to him to find out why.
The news that has everyone talking: All about the Central African Republic, the best and worst of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and more.
Watch the M&G’s video analysis of South Africa’s disastrous military deployment in the Central African Republic, in our latest M&G hangout.
VIDEO Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s controversial CAR comments, North Korea threatens nuclear action and Jo’burg Pride is no more.
This week is all about the Brics summit, Riah Phiyega’s evasive testimony at the Marikana commission, Julius Malema’s Polokwane farm loss and more.
Msholozi’s call for a pay freeze among top executives has been greeted with a cold reception. Enter the ninja …
The ANC’s back against the wall over CAR, Nelson Mandela’s sixth night in hospital and Jacob Zuma’s failed attempt at a salary freeze.
Some might say President Zuma is no stranger to the land of make-believe. Here he finds himself in curious company. But can he keep up?
A photographer tells us about collaborating on a powerful project to document the diversity of spiritual practices in Réunion Island and South Africa.
This week: the death of South Africa’s soldiers in the Central African Republic and renewed calls for Communications Minister Dina Pule to be sacked.
SA’s hip-hop and kwaito stars, including a hologram of the late Brenda Fassie, celebrated the country’s musical history at the Hansa Festival of Legends.
We speak to Kwanele Sosibo about what Riah Phiyega said and notably left out of her testimony at the Farlam commission into the Marikana killings.
Julius Malema loses his farm to the taxman, Barack Obama is likened to Satan and Helen Zille has a run in with a rat. Never a dull moment on Weekend 101.
eShibobo: that deft manoeuvre where you embarrass your opponent with trickery and sheer skill. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela knows how to stay on the winning team.
We talk about the disbanding of the ANCYL’s NEC, Zimbabwe’s referendum, insiders’ experience of the SxSW conference and Sama nominee predictions.
Footage obtained by the Mail & Guardian reveals how both Zanu-PF and the MDC-T are using food to bribe Zimbabweans for votes ahead of the elections.
We dissect the ANC’s decision to disband the executives of its youth league and Limpopo executive and recap the boardroom circus unfolding at the SABC.
A decade after the advent of BEE, SA is still one of the most unequal countries in the world. Has BEE failed or is it a work in progress? We discuss.
A shock report reveals 28% of school girls are HIV positive in SA, the world gets a new pope and an eight-year-old marries a 61-year-old woman.
Terry Kurgan talks about her mid-career retrospective, including <em>Hotel Yeoville</em>, her most controversial photos and Joubert Park’s photographers.
Agent Zuma will let nothing stand in his way, as he tracks down the country’s most talked-about item. But the clock is ticking.
Mthethwa is called to account for police brutality, the Free State government fails to convince on its R48-million website and the SABC saga continues.
PODCAST: We discuss Moeletsi Mbeki’s tussle over his Dainfern mansion, while Chris Roper and Alistair Fairweather share their experience of SxSW.
We speak to our education reporter about her experience in the Eastern Cape where too few teachers and appalling toilets seem to have become the norm.
Human Rights Watch reveals how child marriage in South Sudan exacerbates high maternal mortality rates and perpetuates violence against girls.
The Free State’s exorbitant website, the world bids farewell to Hugo Chávez, and America tries to change their national anthem. Stay in the know.
The Pimples, staunch Catholics that they are, go to the Vatican to witness the election of a new Pope. To hymns of praise, a strange figure appears.
The knives are out for Zwelinzima Vavi and bungles at the SABC could spell trouble for the public broadcaster. Watch the politics you need to know.
We discuss police brutality, former crime intelligence member Solly Lazarus and Chris Roper tells us about the South by Southwest conference.
The M&G speaks to Minister Pravin Gordhan about government corruption and whether he thinks it could be eradicated.