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The department of basic education is providing online resources for learners during the lockdown. But, once again, children with special-education needs are left out. (Graphic: John McCan/M&G)
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LISTEN: Lockdown isn’t designed for kids with extra needs

The department of basic education is providing online resources for learners during the lockdown. But, once again, children with special-education needs are left out

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

​Eskom will be fixed, service delivery improved, Ramaphosa promises at ANC 108

ANC president says only his party can improve lives, as Northern Cape residents lament their struggles in South Africa’s sparsest province

Caughtin the crossfire: Valentino Grootetjie

Staggie legacy remains a threat

The Cape’s notorious hoodlum was buried in reverence while an innocent child was shot during a gang chase

Western Cape top cop wants to rebuild trust in police

Newly appointed provincial commissioner Yolisa Matakata says she will urgently deal with the skewed distribution of policing resources in the province

Rashied Staggie was shot dead in an apparent ambush outside his Salt River home. (Supplied)

​Cape on tenterhooks after murder of gang boss Rashied Staggie

The Hard Livings leader was fatally shot in apparent ambush outside his family home

Scalabrini launched a constitutional challenge against two sections of the Refugees Act as well as parts of its regulations.
Photo: (David Harrison/M&G)

Refugees going home to nowhere

Asylum seekers will leave the Cape Town church, but most do not have documents, a situation they blame on the home affairs department

Leader of the pack: Parliament’s retiring Serjeant-at-arms Regina Mohlomi says she never saw herself as a parliamentary bouncer, but she had to deal firmly with disruptions caused by EFF MPs. (David Harrison/M&G)

​Serjeant-at-arms takes her leave

Regina Mohlomi says she never saw herself as a parliamentary bouncer

Ben Turok served three years in jail after being sentenced in 1956 for treason against the apartheid regime. He also spent 25-years in exile, returning to South African in 1990.

“Independent” and “outspoken” Turok dies

The former ANC MP was known as one of SA’s foremost thinkers and an author of the Freedom Charter

Durban attorney Ahmed Amod remains adamant that he has done nothing wrong regarding a dubious property scheme

Defence lawyers killed as Cape Town gang wars spread

Several attorneys and advocates told the Mail & Guardian that their fraternity is now “under siege”.

Although Eskom has the right to turn off the light for defaulters, it appears to be doing everything in its power not to do so. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Scopa: No money for a bailout so pay your bills

Eskom is stuck in a tricky situation and doesn’t have the wholehearted support of MPs when it comes to recouping its money

Passion for classics runs deep

‘Some day if I’m a millionaire I’ll still be driving a Datsun’

​Is the public protector’s time running out?

Rules on the removal of a chapter 9 leader came after adverse judicial findings against Mkhwebane

DA interim leader John Steenhuisen. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

Boy on a bike fulfilling his dreams

People who know John Steenhuisen, the DA’s interim leader, say he has what it takes to lead

Cross to bear: Jean-Pierre Balous (above centre) addresses refugees being sheltered in the Methodist church in Cape Town. (David Harrison/M&G)

Fear inside the church of refugees

Migrant leader accused of military-style tactics to influence people and push authorities for a chance to leave South Africa

John Steenhuisen’s victory will likely consolidate control over the party by recently elected Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille and her backers. (David Harrison/M&G)

Steenhuisen sweeps to victory as new DA head

John Steenhuisen is the DA’s new interim Federal Leader while Ivan Meyer was elected the new party chairperson on Sunday