Editorial: Let’s inspire the world … again
South Africa was the first to welcome the World Cup to our beautiful continent. In these troubled Covid-19 times it’s worth reminding ourselves of that achievement.
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Editorial: Shame on you, Stella!
Politically, it would also help this country if our president were able to act more decisively against ministers who show little regard for the law
Editorial: Democrats must unite
The best chance for Democrats to beat Trump is by taking an opposite approach to his insular and isolated one
Editorial: Promises are on tap, but not water
Promises of hope and a better tomorrow await South Africa. Yet they continue to come to naught
Editorial: Trust government to put politics first
Once again, political expediency has trumped principled action
Editorial: Capture virus hits again
State Security Agency still cannot produce the security clearance certificate required for the incumbent, Baptiste Dungu, to occupy the top post at the Onderstepoort Biological Products
Editorial: On media transparency
"We believe that M&G readers and staff have a right to know who owns this newspaper and how it is funded"
Editorial: We need a better party as ANC does birthday rerun
"The ANC’s long history and continued survival is something to marvel at. But celebrating the mere fact of survival is really not enough"
EDITORIAL: ConCourt finds patriarchy guilty
The main judgment of acting judge Rammaka Mathopo starkly exposes the irrationality, rooted in patriarchy
Coal is destroying South Africa. Renewables are the future
Why are we dithering when independent power producers hold the answer? Ideology, it seems
EDITORIAL: Nigerian law is the criminal, not gay people
Social mores and prejudices forged in Lagos are echoed in the intimate spaces of people all over the continent
Editorial: Press won’t be bowled out
Cricket South Africa’s lack of transparency is its biggest problem
Editorial: Jozi deserves a better mayor
Geoff Makhubo is clearly not only tarnished, but also divisive, which raises serious questions about why the ANC leadership wants him to run the city
Editorial: Workers hold state to ransom
Capitulation to pure thuggery and extortion by employees is an example of how political considerations trump financial wellbeing
Editorial: Broken Friday specials
The Mail & Guardian should have just run a paper of specials
EDITORIAL: Jo’burg’s ‘horror factory’
Workers at the factory were found to be toiling under appalling conditions for only R65 a day.
EDITORIAL: No defence for sexual abuse
As protestors pointed out earlier this year in countrywide demonstrations, GBV is an epidemic that needs to be addressed with great haste
A sleepwalk away from state spying
We know now that before embracing new technology, we need to ask the difficult questions
EDITORIAL: Sport is for the people
Administrators, from club to national level, would do well to take the example set this month as a reminder that the people is their primary mandate
EDITORIAL: Arms against democracy
Make no mistake: this is a deal with the devil, and the real cost will be recorded not on any balance sheet, but on the nation’s soul
EDITORIAL: Rugby cause for cheer, not delusion
Of course a game of rugby has not changed the country. But it is also just a game, a game that has given us something to cheer about.
Editorial: Economic winter of discontent
Rather than wading into the economic rucks and mauls, we’ve been kicking for touch: buying time, instead of making game-winning yards
Editorial: Phone spying a threat
Software that allows governments access to the electronic communications of its citizens is a gross violation of the right to privacy
EDITORIAL: The year of the global protest
The sheer volume of protests across the world suggests that there may be common themes that run through them.
Heady days over for DA
The party was meant to challenge the ANC, not fall apart
Editorial: Journalism keeps up the good fight
In the wake of Black Wednesday, South African media continued to fight for the right to do their job
Editorial: What’s up with the doc?
Iqbal Survé has been able to construct a business empire in the name of transformation
EDITORIAL: Stop electoral violence
Not grappling with things that undermine electoral integrity created a culture of impunity
EDITORIAL: Young Zuma acts just like uBaba
"Duduzane, like Zuma the elder, appeared to believe that he was actually above the commission"
EDITORIAL: Writing was on the board for DA
It ought not to have made any sense. And yet, it somehow did. The DA had spent much of the year before at war with itself
EDITORIAL: Tanzania gags free press
Tanzania’s attacks on its once-vibrant press have become so commonplace that the crackdown barely makes the news
EDITORIAL: Sadtu, do the right thing
It is incumbent on Sadtu to lead the way and ensure that it is having tough conversations with the minister of basic education
