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MAIDSTONE, ENGLAND – APRIL 13: Ryan ‘Task Azi’ De Oliveira Bastos of South Africa and Shiaan ‘Shiaan1201’ Rugbeer of South Africa warm up prior to their match during Day 1 of FIFA eNations Cup 2019 on April 13, 2019 in Maidstone, England. (Photo by Dan Mullan – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
EA SPORTS

Unlock South Africa’s potential in the global video gaming industry

The country’s revenue from the gaming industry was R7.3 billion in 2023. This can be increased by encouraging electronic sports and the development of local games as well as…

  • Sipho Ngwenya
5 min read
Women of the struggle: Artist Sue Williamson with works from her series of photo portraits from the ongoing series All Our Mothers. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Goodman Gallery
ACTIVISM

The long and short of a 50-year artistic career

Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon

  • Charles Leonard
11 min read
MG MORNING

Mail & Guardian and University of Fort Hare to host National Election Debate

The Mail & Guardian in partnership with the University of Fort Hare will host a National Election Town Hall on the 17th April 2024.

  • M&G Online reporter
2 min read
River runs through it: A still from Abri de Swardt’s Kammakamma (2022 – 2024) video which appears on his exhibition at the Field Station on the outskirts of Cape Town’s Greenpoint Park.
ABRI DE SWARDT

Short film project pushes against the current

In his Cape Town exhibition, Abri de Swardt delves into the politics and history of water

  • Georgia Munnik
6 min read
Through the lens: Videographer Andiswa Mkosi has sustained archive losses.
ANDY MKOSI

Filmmakers speak about their experiences of documenting and archiving people’s lives

In the same league as the ability to document is the capacity to store and maintain the recorded footage

  • Tseliso Monaheng
8 min read
I Know What a Closed Fist Means (2020), consists of four photographic prints of oversized fists in which the artist challenges universal assumptions.
ART

Lerato Shadi: The body, the land and the toll of unsung labour

The artist continues to give voice to unrecognised labour through her expanding practice that includes durational performance, installation and video work

  • Kwanele Sosibo
12 min read
In his new visual album, Shane Eagle portrays himself as a heroic character in a fictitious universe, which is the basis of rap music. (Photo: Kgotso Aphane/Maverick Seizure)
DARK MOON FLWR

Xenergy: Domiciled in Shane Eagle’s universe

With the pandemic crimping the flow of Xenergy, Shane Eagle has released a virtual performance in the form of a visual album

  • Sabelo Mkhabela
6 min read
The Rex Trueform factory and building in Salt River, Cape Town. (Photo: David Harrison)
ARCHITECTURE

Picking up threads from the cutting room floor

Lesiba Mabitsela’s multidisciplinary project interrogates the influence of modernity through examining the intersections between fashion and architecture

  • Nkgopoleng Moloi
10 min read
An order by the Pretoria high court has put on hold the City of Tshwane’s efforts to cancel a contract to fix the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant, which is at the heart of the Hammanskraal water crisis. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
HAMMANSKRAAL

Hammanskraal crisis: Slow tender stops clean water flowing

Little has changed in Hammanskraal since the Mail & Guardian last visited the area in August, when residents said the tap water had made them sick.

  • Sarah Smit
  • Malcolm Sekgothe
1 min read
COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND

More battles ahead for domestic worker unions

Florence Sosiba, speaks to the Mail & Guardian about how important domestic workers are and exclusion in the COIDA

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Rapper K.O speaks about his creative process
BAND

Finding Your Niche with K.O

Rapper K.O speaks about his creative process, his intentions with Skhanda and South African hip hop losing its identity.

  • Malcolm Sekgothe
1 min read
Just over a year ago
CANCER

“Life has been good to me, considering where I come from” – Xolani Gwala

Just over a year ago, veteran radio presenter Xolani Gwala’s cancer was in remission. He spoke to the Mail & Guardian once he was back on air.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Kanya Cekeshe’s legal team filed an urgent appeal at the Johannesburg high court on Tuesday against Monday’s judgment by magistrate Theunis Carstens.
BAIL APPLICATION

Kanya Cekeshe’s lawyer appeals decision not to grant him bail to the high court

Kanya Cekeshe’s legal team filed an urgent appeal at the Johannesburg high court on Tuesday against Monday’s judgment by magistrate Theunis Carstens.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Kanya Cekeshe is one of about 9% of prison inmates who fall under the special dispensation
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS

Fees Must Fall activist Kanya Cekeshe has been denied bail

Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command Mandla Shikwambana and Kanya Cekeshe’s uncle Mnikelo Madala react to Cekeshe’s bail denial.

  • Malcolm Sekgothe
1 min read
IFP president, Velenkosini Hlabisa.
2019 ELECTIONS

Leader’s principal aim to build IFP

Gravitas: Velenkosini Hlabisa brings his experience to his new post as leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read