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Stories

A chance to help children on World Read Aloud Day
Education
/ 2 February 2022

A chance to help children on World Read Aloud Day

Stories can help us find our way back to health, hope and possibility

By Mabel Mnensa
Here’s the story: The psychological effects of the pandemic on children
Coronavirus
/ 16 July 2020

Here’s the story: The psychological effects of the pandemic on children

A free webinar discusses how to help young people struggling to find their place in the new normal without classmates and friends

By Barbara Meyer
Shree Laxmi’s walk in the City of Gold
Article
/ 13 April 2017

Shree Laxmi’s walk in the City of Gold

What would the Goddess be met with, were she to walk the streets of Johannesburg?

By Youlendree Appasamy
For my parents, for my witnesses
Article
/ 7 April 2017

For my parents, for my witnesses

A meditation on losing parents, spirituality and how love is a verb, as expressed with potato-based food.

By Heather Clancy
​Heard the one about the Spaniard, Ouma and the lion?
Article
/ 28 February 2017

​Heard the one about the Spaniard, Ouma and the lion?

A new book allows insights into the lives of the first inhabitants of the Bitterpits, the Karoo’s harshest region, through the stories of the /Xam.

By Kevin Davie
​How folktales grown in new soil can paint a less Grimm picture for our dancing girls
Analysis
/ 27 July 2016

​How folktales grown in new soil can paint a less Grimm picture for our dancing girls

The classic Grimm fairy tale’s theme of wild teenage abandon is echoed in popular culture, but the moral of the story is luckily changing.

By Staff Reporter
Mombelli’s stories from the heart
Article
/ 13 March 2014

Mombelli’s stories from the heart

Carlo Mbombelli, a jazz enthusiast and lecturer. If he’s not busy teaching, he can be found on stage and in studio.

By Lloyd Gedye
The struggle of life after apartheid
Article
/ 14 June 2013

The struggle of life after apartheid

Achmat Dangor’s tradition of looking below the superficial continues.

By Jane Rosenthal
Introducing Africa’s voicebox
Videos
/ 13 February 2013

Introducing Africa’s voicebox

Voices of Africa is the M&G’s new blogging platform.It showcases stories of life in different parts of the continent that the world doesn’t hear often enough.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 18 October 1996

My heart touches your heart

Once quite long ago, in a land not so far away, there lived a young woman called Gcina Mhlophe.

By Staff Reporter

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