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latest news & developmentsCarlos on three little pricks
You’ll feel a slight pinch, nothing more.
Carlos on South Africa’s deepest holes
Check out the unnatural wonder that is the SSA
Carlos on the 21-day corona lockdown: Tsek!- Cartoon
Heyi maan voetsek!
We’d be extinct if it weren’t for hope
Hope requires empathy and a courageous optimism and faith that, as a species, our existence as humans transcends even the darkest of times
Edwin Cameron’s fight for humane prisons
The retired Constitutional Court judge is the new inspector of prisons and he argues that SA’s courts should stop filling them up
Let the small gods live on in cowpats, Santa and song
In an era of crumbling secular belief systems, what can atheist parents give to their children in the place of religion?
Mighty Phil Masinga’s final whistle
The footballer’s prodigious physique was matched by his heart and mind — and when history called, he answered.
Uncaptured: Newsroom weaknesses and the trap of false narratives
Part III: Investigative journalists helped pull South Africa back from a precipice by exposing the depth of state capture
No gain without pain, says Cyril’s capitalist comrade
Colin Coleman and Cyril Ramaphosa go way back, and the Goldman Sachs banker has the ear of ANC policy gurus
Return of the irrepressible Bra X
This, an interview with radio personality Xolani Gwala, is the first in a series of profiles that will be a regular feature in the M&G
Half the game is lost off the pitch
The toxic debates that have dogged former titans demonstrate how national attitudes shape team performance
Winners need a devil in the detail
This World Cup is proving that the best footballers must have the evil eye as well as boring old ball skills
Great expectations of the cartoon world war
In the first of a series of columns for the duration of the World Cup, Carlos Amato looks at the prospects ahead of Russia 2018
Obituary: A leader with backbone
Historians may struggle to pick Zola Skweyiya’s greatest political legacy, because there are several contenders
SA’s Ayanda Patosi wants to net the big one in Europe
Gavin Hunt believes SA’s Ayanda Patosi, who currently plays for a Belgian club, has the ability to outdo Steven Pienaar on the European soccer field.