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latest news & developmentsGarden feeds hundreds in inner city Jo’burg
Hunger is widespread in SA and malnutrition affects children’s growth. Refiloe Molefe is doing her bit to change this with her food bank project
Who’s who on the US blacklist
The Mail & Guardian dug through the list of more than 7 000 entries on the US Office of Foreign Assets Control’s report
Landy’s Velar roars in plush luxury
Cruising at 160km/h while getting a hot stone massage. Really
Migration system is ‘xenophobic’
Despite the home affairs minister stating otherwise, Africans who have fled to SA from horrific conflict are still living in fear
The digital breadcrumbs behind the M&G’s censorship attack
From the US to Cameroon, from SA to South Sudan to Spain. Tracking down the people trying to take our site down took us all over the internet
Data-driven safety plan aims for rapid violent crime prevention in the Western Cape
Data collection, R1-billion in funding, behavioural change and investigators: This is how the Western Cape is trying to deal with violent crime
Rape stats unreliable
South Africa has the highest rape numbers in the world
Prejudice against immigrants cuts across class and race
Xenophobia, the study shows, is part of a broader problem of prejudice in South African society
How to win votes and influence people
A Netflix documentary The Great Hack detailed the connections between Cambridge Analytica, the US election of Donald Trump and Brexit
Slice of life: ‘Cannabis calm saved me’
Today, I’m a weed activist. I’ve seen the injustice of really, really good people getting fucked by really bad laws
Jo’burg grants dodgy fleet tender
This is the second part of a series investigating how the city has been using loopholes in its procurement processes to award lucrative contracts
Boots, balls & bluster: Blowing the whistle on rugby ref bias
Claims of favouritism stalk the game, but the data on penalties paints a picture at odds with righteous indignation
‘Why me’ changed my life
Some events change a person’s life
Job losses threatens the CSIR’s reputation
The council’s climate change research could suffer from job cuts
Gauteng quality of life increases despite deepening inequality
The Quality of Life Survey measures both objective circumstances and subjective opinions of respondents