Weekly Mail

A Sona to reflect troubled times

Article Bongekile Macupe & Khadija Patel - 13 Feb 2020

Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times

What we do is important. Trust us

Article Khadija Patel - 20 Sep 2019

Given attacks against media and important questions being raised about our work, we need to be open about why we do what we do

Thandi Modise, the knitting needles guerrilla

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 May 2019

The first in a two-part series by Thami Mkhwanazi. This week: Life in the camps

Editorial: Turning the page at the M&G

Article Editorial - 12 Dec 2017

'It is our ardent hope that our new proprietor, the MDIF, will allow us the freedom to tell the stories of South Africa as it ought to be told'

M&G needed now just as much as it was 30 years ago

Analysis Chris Roper 1 - 11 Jun 2015

Governments and big business might be good, or bad - they require the same amount of oversight and investigation by media and civil society.

M&G’s ‘PC Review’: How the internet changed 20 years ago

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Apr 2014

Twenty years ago this week, South African newspaper readers were given their first in-depth exposure to the internet by the Weekly Mail.

Honour outs revolutionary newsman

Article Anton Harber 1 - 21 Nov 2013

Founding co-editor of the "Weekly Mail" Irwin Manoim has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Wits University.

Looking back to where it started

Article Reg Rumney - 26 Apr 2013

The founder of the M&G Investing in the Future Awards, reports on how they have kept pace with the changes in corporate social responsibility.

Cartooning no fun for Kentridge

Article Sean Otoole - 25 Feb 2011

Famous artist William Kentridge's brief stint as a cartoonist for the <i>Weekly Mail</i> was marked by trepidation.

We’re back. And we’re still strong

Article Weekly Mail Reporters - 2 Dec 1988

We're back. We're still strong. And we're ready to carry on fighting.

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National

Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

National

Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

National

Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rahoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.

Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.

Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

Special Reports

Looking inwards

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it