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Maria McCloy helped define post-apartheid urban culture through fashion, media, music and an uncompromising commitment to South Africa’s creative spirit

The Mail & Guardian is pleased to announce that the call for nominations for the 2026 edition of the 200 Young South Africans has been extended to Friday 10 April 2026.

More than a chronicle of Namibia, Barbara Adair’s book experiments with language and structure

The president should address this

The M&G 200 YSA 2026 call for nominations, honouring exceptional young leaders, innovators and changemakers shaping the future of our country, are open

Political cartoonist Carlos Amato reflects on satire, sensitivity and why South Africa remains one of the last frontiers of free cartooning

This is an edited version of former co-editor Irwin Manoim’s speech delivered at a reunion of those who were there when the Weekly Mail, now the Mail & Guardian, was founded 40…

Memoir is a gripping account of journalistic bravery, father-son reckonings and resilience

The M&G is not immune to criticism. We have made many mistakes over the years. What we can be unequivocal about, however, is that a blow to anyone in the news media is a gut…

As staff face retrenchments, a print dinosaur gives three (relative) hatchlings the microphone

When politics resembles possession, the Vatican should offer group rates for exorcising elected officials

A good, old-fashioned bar is like print media: distinguished by its charming, convivial, if slightly dog-eared nature

The awards celebrate people, projects and organisations that champion environmental concerns

WATCH: The Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans event continues to shine a spotlight on those shaping the future of the country

Twenty years ago, our analyst wrote that the ANC had not erred catastrophically enough in government to give the opposition a foot in the door