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Carlos 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!

(Sebabatso Mosamo/ Sunday Times)

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

Justice Edwin Cameron has always been an activist judge; his approach has been to marry intellectual rigour with the imperative to realise the transformative power of the law. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

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

(Graphic: Carlos Amato)

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?

Phil Masinga (L) had a heart and a mind to match those mighty legs and arms. And that makes his death so much harder to bear. (Darren Walsh/Action Images)

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 (Photo Archive)

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

The connector: Colin Coleman at the South African headquarters of Goldman Sachs. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

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

Respected: Xolani Gwala believes that the story comes first. He says it is critical in debates on national issues that clarity must come before stone-throwing. (Oupa Nkosi)

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

Thomas Mueller despairs after Germany’s defeat by Korea Republic.

Half the game is lost off the pitch

The toxic debates that have dogged former titans demonstrate how national attitudes shape team performance

See no evil: Like Jesus

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

Russia is putting its best foot forward

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

He may not have been as flamboyant as some of his peers but Zola Skweyiya was a committed man of principle who worked hard to make freedom tangible.

Obituary: A leader with backbone

Historians may struggle to pick Zola Skweyiya’s greatest political legacy, because there are several contenders

Ayanda Patosi

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.

Kaizer Chiefs defender Siboniso Gaxa.

Soweto derby: Fullbacks to the forefront

Once considered the sluggards of the game, now they must have both defensive and attacking skills

Bloemfontein Celtic fans understand the art of supporting a team.

Telkom Knockout: Siwelele on song for a samba duel

Whoever wins the Telkom Knockout final, the power balance of South African football will become a shade healthier when the final whistle sounds.

Teams participating in the Dreamfields Champions League Festival at Marks Park.

Building hope on fields of dreams

A multimillion-rand initiative that supports the creation of a football culture in local schools is winning hearts and minds.

Zambia coach Hervé Renard.

Football: How Copper Bullets struck gold

The strength of the Zambian team is mutual respect, which is shared by their coach, who is happy to let their feet do (most of) the talking.

‘We need fans’ support

Only way is up for Sundowns

After a month of uproar, an odd semblance of peace has descended on Sundowns’ custard-yellow castle in Chloorkop.