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Power struggle: Altovise Lawrence, James Ngcobo and Mothusi Magano in Oleanna. Photo: Supplied

Play questions justice, truth and accountability

South Africans have a knack for using humour to tackle the most serious of issues and this can be seen in Oleanna

A million books? The Jacob Zuma Foundation’s Mzwanele Manyi hands copies of Jacob Zuma Speaks to a buyer. (Phill Magakoe/AFP)

Dare we cheer a happy new year?

Will 2022 will be any less harsh than 2021? Our correspondent certainly hopes so

A moveable feast: Being able to track delicious restaurant-quality food to one’s doorstep is a pandemic positive. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Oh joy, my lockdown food is on its way

The pandemic dates us all and has changed us all. Our Netflix and Uber Eats profiles are proof

Reimagining Rasta, the father of Art Comedy

In theorising his oeuvre, it seems that the ‘people’s painter’ is most likely working in a new mode

Better loot the dead than in the red

Too many eyes on the state’s tills? An SMS from the ANC suggests it’s turning to a pandemic-appropriate source of party funding

Orange you glad to see me?

The president’s aesthetic choices may contain hidden messages — or was that really him on the TV?

This picture shows a poster by Italian urban artist Salvatore Benintende aka “TVBOY” depecting Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa  wearing a protective facemask and holding a mobile phone reading “Mobile World Virus” in a street of Barcelona on February 18, 2020, a week after the World Mobile Congress was cancelled due to fears stemming from the coronavirus that sparked an exodus of industry heavyweights. (Pau Barrena/AFP)

Lockdown syndrome: The latest fallout from the Covid-19 crisis

Is this “syndrome” another symptom that the lockdown has made us all a little bit crazy? Is it a symbol that we all just need to get a grip on it?

Illustration: Carlos/ Mail & Guardian

Carlos on love in the time of coronavirus – cartoon

There’s a premium on my humors

The u is disappearing all over Africa, and maybe the Gates Foundation is to blame.

At the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival women will only be in the audience this year

Are women just not funny enough?

No female acts in the line-up of the almost month-long 12th Jive Cape Town Funny Festival.