The Emusoi centre in Tanzania is changing the lives of young Maasai girls in the community, by helping them receive secondary school and further education.
Kenny Kunene gives Bongani Madondo a candid interview on Zwelinzima Vavi as his marketing tool, sushi, tenderpreneurs and keeping it real.
Footage filmed by Zimbabweans over the past two months highlights the issues that continue to plague the country and its people, political and economically.
Julius Malema has urged strikers at the Impala Platinum mine in Rustenburg to negotiate a peaceful end to their labor dispute, which has left 3people dead.
Thousands of children catch minibus taxis to school every day. Umbrella organisations dealing with scholar transport aim to make traveling to school safer.
An extremist right-wing survival camp, about 230km east of Jo’burg, is breeding virulent racism, training teenage boys in its ideology.
M&G editor-in-chief Nic Dawes talks us through his predictions for the 2012 budget speech.
President Robert Mugabe celebrates his 88th birthday. The M&G ask Zimbabweans in Johannesburg, if he’s been a good ruler for the past 24 years.
The Johannesburg City Library reopened its doors following a R68-million facelift. The M&G attended the opening to speak to those involved.
We catch up with ANC ministers and opposition party leaders following President Zuma’s State of the Nation address.
In Julius Malema’s "farewell speech", he didn’t hesitate to criticise the leadership of the ANC.He clarified, we haven’t heard the last word on nationalisation.
We talk to editor-in-chief Nic Dawes about what we can expect from Zuma at this year’s State of the Nation address.
AmaBhungane advocacy coordinator Glenda Daniels brings us up to speed on the state of the fight for media freedom and the secrecy bill.
The ANC’s NDC of Appeals chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Saturday that the NDC’s guilty verdict against ANCYL top brass & Julius Malema, is upheld.
Social grants are a bonanza for retail stores that act as payouts for thousands of South Africans every month. The M&G joins the queue at a superstore.
People illegally occupying an inner-city building were evicted in an unconstitutional Red Ants operation, leaving them homeless on the streets of Jo’burg.
The Market Theatre’s artistic director, Malcolm Purkey, talks about the new theatre season, with historical protest plays Woza Albert!.
MSF has launched a treatment and education programme to curb cholera in Haiti and is considered the deadliest cholera outbreak in the world, claiming 7000 lives
The ANC slaughtered a bull ahead of the centenary celebrations as part of a traditional cleansing ceremony.
During his centenary address, President Jacob Zuma said the ANC is determined to move towards the second centenary with a more rejuvenated organisation.
Nelson Mandela’s personal chef Xoliswa Ndoyiya talks about what it was like cooking for the former statesman. She has released her first cookbook.
Youth of all ages travelled to Durban during COP17 and through creative events spread the message that their future lay in the hands of the negotiators.
Boekehuis has recently been threatened with closure by it Media24. M&G speaks to Mark Gevisser about what makes Boekehuis different from other bookshops.
The fossil of the day awards have been an established part of COP since 1999. COP17 drew to a close, the conference’s overall ‘colossal fossil’ was announced.
As negotiations entered the 11th hour at COP17, activists chanted slogans to the ICC. Those who saw out the peaceful protest were escorted out by UN security.
At the Gobabeb research centre in the Namibia desert, young African scientists gather data for climate predictions.
An unlikely alliance of business, civil society, government, farmers and rural communities in Bavianskloof is working to restore ecosystems.
We visit communities with local water project Umphilo WaManzi. Helping people adapt to climate change and educating them on how to protect their water supply.
Human Rights Watch released a report on the violence that underprivileged, black lesbians and trans men face on a day to day basis.
As high level negotiations kick into gear, M&G environmental journalist gives a clear analysis of the major developments and issues facing cop17.
Thousands of activists have hit the streets of Durban to make sure their voices are heard during COP17. "Climate change negotiators need to do more", they said.
Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace. He outlines what the organisation wants to see happen here at the negotiations in Durban.