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Editorial: Women still want their day

Editorial Editorial - 15 Aug 2020

Viwe Dalingozi’s story, like many others, is painful to read and write about. But in court it simply drags on like any other case. As we have written so many times, this cannot be the status quo.

The war on women doesn’t stop

Article Vukani Mde - 6 Dec 2019

The murder of Precious Ramabulana was brutal and shocking, but it is not unique. This is us now

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Witnesses could help get justice for Viwe

Article Vukani Mde - 8 Nov 2019

After initially overlooking key witnesses in one of the most horrific murder cases in South Africa, the state has brought them in to speak up

Viwe Dalingozi burned to death. Will she get justice?

Article Vukani Mde - 13 Sep 2019

In the first part of a series, the Mail & Guardian tells the story of her violent death, a botched investigation and her family’s quest for justice

A necessary bitter aloe to swallow

Article Vukani Mde - 22 Feb 2019

Tito Mboweni’s budget could pit the ANC against significant members of its constituency

Battle of ideas in the newsroom

Article Sean Jacobs - 14 Dec 2018

Journalist Sibonelo Radebe’s death has robbed the industry of the kind of thinker it sorely needs

Cheated, we turn to a superhero

Article Vukani Mde - 7 Dec 2018

South Africa has descended into a hell and we are pinning our hopes on Shamila Batohi to rescue us

Coalition crash leaves DA cornered

Article Vukani Mde - 31 Aug 2018

The party has a lot to do after the spectacular failure of its much-vaunted strategy to govern

Panicky EFF sinks into gutter of racism

Article Vukani Mde - 22 Jun 2018

Moves to right the state capture ship have taken the wind out of its sails, so it wreaks havoc elsewhere

‘Clever blacks’ least of ANC’s problems

Article Vukani Mde - 5 Jun 2018

Disenchantment with the party goes way beyond the middle class to the poor and working class

ANC looks over its shoulder at the EFF

Article Vukani Mde - 1 Jun 2018

The ANC is caught between pleasing investors and following through on its transformation policies

The history of 100 days: From Napoleon to Ramaphosa

Article Vukani Mde - 29 May 2018

Fixating on the 100 days in office comes with an interesting history, and lessons

DA sins the same way as the ANC

Article Vukani Mde - 18 May 2018

How the opposition is ridding itself of De Lille smacks of how the ruling party handled Malema

It’s the DA’s duty to fix where it governs

Article Vukani Mde - 3 May 2018

Cape Town’s ‘success story’ rings hollow as the party finds itself in a jam in other metros it rules

The ANC should charge and expel Zuma

Article Vukani Mde - 15 Feb 2018

"Over a period of 106 years and 12 leaders, it is obviously impossible for the ANC not to have one or two duds"

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Lester Kiewit - 26 Sep 2020

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No ‘I’ in team – but there is an ‘EA’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 26 Sep 2020

With internet lag keeping them from global competition, local gamers have settled on a format for EA’s FIFA 2020 allows 11 people to play as a team. And the prize money in local leagues is growing. Eyaaz Matwadia boots up for the first instalment of Gaming Corner

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Q&A Sessions: Mari Stimie and opera’s next act

Cayleigh Bright - 26 Sep 2020

The producer spoke to Cayleigh Bright on the day the Cape Town Opera returned to rehearsals after almost six months of lockdown about the future-proof transcendence, resilience and relatability of opera

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UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

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SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Special Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

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The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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The Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone breaks all the rules

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs