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/ 9 December 2011
The successful hosting of the Fifa World Cup in SA might have given a misleading picture of this country’s true standing among football nations.
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/ 2 December 2011
The science is clear: even if Durban delivers a second round of carbon-cutting commitments and everyone agrees, climate change will accelerate.
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/ 2 December 2011
The Supreme Court of Appeal has moved explicitly to respond to escalating political attacks on the role of the judiciary.
It is now official. The <i>M&G</i> and two of its journalists are under investigation by the Organised Crime Unit.
Mac Maharaj is spokesperson for President Jacob Zuma, but that job description doesn’t begin to capture his true influence.
Parliament’s ethics committee deserves praise for slapping the maximum penalty on senior ANC MP Yolanda Botha for non-disclosure of her interests.
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/ 11 November 2011
The National Planning Commission is preparing for the launch of its long-term programme for South Africa’s future.
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/ 10 November 2011
If you have been watching the progress of the Protection of State Information Bill you may be suffering from symptoms of whiplash.
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/ 4 November 2011
That the ANC and its president, Jacob Zuma, have an adversarial relationship with the judiciary is no longer a matter of conjecture.
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/ 3 November 2011
Anything decided in Pretoria pales into insignificance compared with what is going on in Europe.
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/ 21 October 2011
When Mbongeni Ngema claimed in the hit song <i>AmaNdiya</i> that Indian were responsible for the oppression of Africans in KZN he was called to order.
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/ 21 October 2011
Is it an ambush by scandal on the road to Mangaung or a wise capitulation in the face of a near-certain court defeat?
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/ 14 October 2011
In October 2008 Parliament shelved two Bills that could have a severely negative impact on the free flow of information in this country.
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/ 14 October 2011
SA wants to know whether the DA is genuine in its support for Lindiwe Mazibuko as parliamentary leader or whether this just a publicity stunt.
Two sporting events cradling our collective national pride fall on this weekend. By Monday we could either be in collective mourning or be celebrating
It is a fiery, tragic indictment of the total absence of freedom of speech in Tibet and China.
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/ 30 September 2011
When the current state of South Africa’s democracy causes Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu to feel "just a sadness", we should all be worried.
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/ 30 September 2011
The trail of bodies that seems, coincidentally, to follow in the wake of some sort of association with Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir, keeps growing.
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/ 16 September 2011
Why has President Jacob Zuma suddenly decided that, after all, we do need the "closure" that a commission of inquiry into the deal would bring?
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/ 16 September 2011
Gender-based violence: it is a useful term. After all, we need a portmanteau phrase to capture the panoply of horrors visited on women in our country.
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/ 9 September 2011
The internal politics of the ANC can be hard for outsiders to understand. In fact, insiders very often find themselves baffled too.
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/ 9 September 2011
Before President Jacob Zuma’s sole nominee for chief justice was interviewed by the JSC, we argued that Mogoeng Mogoeng was unsuited to the job.
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/ 2 September 2011
Fifteen months from the ANC’s 2012 elective conference, the scenes outside Luthuli House were turbulent, but not surprising.
President Jacob Zuma’s supporters and advisers are not amused by ongoing questions about his choice of chief justice.
The global series of Slutwalk protests was sparked by the remark of a Canadian policeman.
Many South Africans were stunned this week by President Jacob Zuma’s nomination of Constitutional Court Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.
This week the Mail &Guardian reports on another attempt to stitch up a tender for government property
South Africans deserve a rigorous examination of all the candidates and substantial reasons why Ngcobo’s successor was chosen. Democracy demands it.
Replay. We in Africa are stuck on replay. Again thousands of people, mainly children, are dying of starvation in the Horn of Africa.
As absurd as Malema’s averments sound, however, crucial questions of law and media ethics are in play here.
Jonathan Shapiro has been asked to stop drawing President Jacob Zuma with a shower head sticking out of his head.
South Africans can be forgiven for wanting heroes, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> weighs in.