Former ANC Youth League deputy president Andile Lungisa tells how the organisation is a shining example for "progressive forces" around the world.
Re-elected treasurer general Pule Mabe has little interest in discussing youth league finances with the media, but we sat him down in the plush business networking lounge for a chat anyway.
Not a man to mince words, ANC Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu outlines the league’s programme of action to achieve economic freedom.
Following the announcement of ANCYL president Julius Malema’s re-election, we find out how his loyal supporters feel, why they believe he’s the only leader for them, and their response to Maile declining his nomination.
Outgoing ANCYL secretary general Vuyiswa Tulelo discusses her tenure and the legacy she has left behind — as a wife, a mother, and a rising political star.
Watch our short, sharp summary of what Julius Malema and Jacob Zuma said in their speeches to ANC Youth League delegates.
Ahead of the upcoming ANC Youth League elections, M&G deputy editor-in-chief Rapule Tabane looks back at the last elections and tells us what we can expect this time around.
We speak to the man considered to be Malema’s main opponent for the presidency — Gauteng ANCYL chairperson Lebogang Maile.
We profile three of the Mail & Guardian’s top 200 young South Africans for 2011. This is the definitive list of young people who are making waves in various industries.
Have a look at excerpts featuring ANCYL president Julius Malema in the documentary Mining for Change: A story of South African Mining.
Go behind the scenes at the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> and sneak a peek at our latest edition, which this week includes our annual guide to the top 200 Young South Africans.
Médecins Sans Frontières has helped children in Khayelitsha living with HIV by implementing the Zip Zap circus school’s training programme, which provides them with a hobby, as well as treatment for the virus.
There is only one doctor for every 200 000 people in Thyolo, Malawi. Médecins Sans Frontières has started training ordinary people to take over simple tasks from qualified medical staff.
For one HIV-positive mother and her daughter in Malawi, collecting medication takes a day’s journey. Now their local clinic has started dispensing HIV treatment. MSF shares their story, as organisations gather in Durban for the fifth South African Aids Conference.
Police training academies schooling their recruits in violence, the latest in the plot allegations around President Jacob Zuma, and the naked truth about <i>Playboy SA</i>: We take a peek into the <i>M&G</i> newsroom on deadline day. Watch the video.
Hidden cellphone footage reveals a SAPS commander hitting trainees during a training session.
Acclaimed South African author Lauren Beukes takes us inside Zoo City, her latest novel which has won her the prestigious Arthur C Clarke award, giving insight to the characters and themes in the book, as well as answering the inevitable question — what’s next?
To celebrate SA author Lauren Beukes’ win of the Arthur C Clarke award, three ex-offenders read from prison chapters in the award-winning book Zoo City.
SA author Lauren Beukes, winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award for Literature, reads from the winning novel Zoo City at an event at Die Boekehuis.
In the run-up to the high-level United Nations meeting on HIV/AIDS on June 8-10, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has produced a video series on HIV in southern Africa. This one follows a day in the life of Maria and showcases the use of community groups to increase access to HIV treatment in Mozambique’s rural areas.
Watch our video tour as we take you inside the M&G newsroom on deadline day, and into the stories that made this edition. This is the first in a weekly series.
M&G editor Nic Dawes shares his take on the local elections. Was the DA that successful, is the ANC shaken and will coalitions change the political landscape?
The Mail & Guardian asked smaller parties what they thought about the possibility of coalitions and if they thought South Africa was becoming a two-party state.
We spoke to ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu and DA chief strategist Ryan Coetzee.
It’s past midnight at the IEC Centre, but DA leader Helen Zille joined us for a quick chat about her experience of and thoughts on how election day went.
Join us for a walkabout at the IEC centre in Pretoria as political party representatives, officials and members of the media await the results.
Service delivery seemed to be the main concern for most voters, followed closely by housing and job creation: South Africa wants results.
The ANC’s preferred candidate for mayor of Johannesburg, Parks Tau, and the DA’s mayoral candidate for the city, Mmusi Maimane, share their thoughts.
The Nelson Mandela Metropole has become a political hotbed ahead of the local government elections to be held on May 18.
Ahead of the upcoming local government elections we visited the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University to chat to the students about their voting views.
Former ANC heavyweight Smuts Ngonyama hit the campaign trail for Cope in Port Elizabeth. Can the party together with the DA topple the ANC?
Following the death of Andries Tatane after police allegedly beat and shot him, Police Commisioner Bheki Cele visited his family home to offer his condolences.