VBS bounty buys Floyd a Rover
The EFF leader admits he bought the vehicle but denies there was a link to the now defunct bank
What we do is important. Trust us
Given attacks against media and important questions being raised about our work, we need to be open about why we do what we do, writes Khadija Patel, the editor-in-chief of the M&G
Slice of life: ‘I fell in love with a space’
I fell in love with the amount of empty space and the possibilities of what we can do with it
Tensions rise in Bosasa court case
Much is at stake both for the president and the public protector in the most significant legal and political battle of Ramaphosa’s first years in office
Two vie for DA federal chair
With nominations opening this month, the contest for the Democratic Alliance’s second-in-command is heating up
Jobseekers suffocate in the shade of Sasol’s smokestacks
Residents of the Metsimaholo municipality have accused the chemicals and energy company of not employing locals and of pumping toxic pollutants into the air
No headstone for Aviwe – the woman a country forgot
In the Eastern Cape, as a village buries yet another murdered woman, mourners struggle to understand where the freedom, so hard fought for in South Africa, has gone
Millions lost in scam at dysfunctional municipality
A report recommended fraud and corruption charges against a former Pietermaritzburg mayor and municipal manager, relating to over R290-million
Mabuyane sold ANC-donated Jeep
The Eastern Cape premier sold a vehicle that originally was the property of the party
CENSORED: How the M&G got taken down
How Africa’s oldest news website got taken down by a spurious plagiarism complaint
Schools expel children with no IDs
A case at the Makhanda high court this week could be the only hope for those who don’t have birth certificates to attend school
The power, the purse strings and the NHI
The NHI Bill proposes major shifts in who controls our national and provincial health budgets.
Will the draft legislation rob provinces of control?
New ‘normal’ as Lockdown reloaded
The president has directed the police minister to deploy another 1 000 troops in the Western Cape in the second wave of ‘Operation Lockdown’
AFRICA:
‘We will have to begin from zero’
Six months after Mozambique was hit by cyclones Idai and Kenneth, recovery is far from complete
‘JZ’s pilot’ joins South Sudan’s ‘gestapo’
South Africa’s Vukani Aviation formed a joint venture with the notorious secret police in South Sudan
BUSINESS:
Beyond baobabble, toil & trouble
There’s a climate crisis.
Eskom, whose plants burn carbon-producing coal, is in a financial crisis. It’s time to disrupt policy inertia
Plastic is paving an eco way
Two local projects are turning to plastic instead of bitumen to bind the asphalt used to construct roads
Saudi strikes spill hopes of a petrol price cut
The AA forecasts 95 octane will drop by 5 cents a litre and 93 octane by 20 cents
Big JSE shake-up as Prosus lists
Naspers’s listing of its internet holdings on Euronext makes its assets more tradeable
Pensions must note climate risk
The law requires funds to consider environmental risk when making an investment decision
COMMENT & ANALYSIS:
EFF media ban undemocratic and dangerous
The media’s response to the party should be to continue doing good investigative journalism
EDITORIAL: Journalism and the climate crisis
This is something that our sector has spent much time grappling with. It is what we are still trying to work out
EDITORIAL: Boks a hope for all of us
Picture the scene. Siya Kolisi, the first black Bok captain, raised in Zwide township outside of Port Elizabeth, lifting the World Cup
SA has a legacy of trauma
Transforming the symbols of apartheid violence is not the endpoint of addressing our heritage
A day for getting high on emotion
September 18: the day dagga was decriminalised and the day that the ConCourt reconfirmed beating a child is illegal
Ignore male victims at society’s peril
There is a crisis of violence against women. But men also suffer brutalisation. This
contributes to the abuse of women
The cost of breaking your silence is high
Those who have been violated are called on to solve the problem of gender-based violence
How to (kind of) make it as a M&G columnist
There will be rejection in the form of no replies, which will haunt you for days. Keep going
EDUCATION:
Mother-tongue learning lays a better foundation
“But what does multilingualism mean in practice in this context?”
The past, the present and the future at UP
The university is launching four transdisciplinary initiatives to harness knowledge in the 4IR era
Advancing gender equality in academia
Even in institutions of higher education, women continue to face discrimination. Here’s how we can fix that
FRIDAY:
The Weekend Guide
For good vibes and an art fix, don’t miss this
The Portfolio: Andrew Curnow
Andrew Curnow shares how the improvised jazz group SPAZA created their eponymous album
Stirring up SA’s culinary pot
Khanya Mzongwana is challenging ideas about which dishes belong on a South African menu
Finally, a biography of Tiro
The anti-apartheid activist died when he was only 28, but he still inspires students
BLK JKS find life after robots
Their single blends Leraba’s famo vocals and nostalgic memories of the 2011 Hifa festival
SPORT:
The haka can’t scare Bokke gees
The two sides will clash in their opening World Cup match and as the recent head to head between them showed, New Zealand will not have it all their way
What doesn’t kill you: Jermaine Seoposenwe survives bigoted Lithuanian stint
The life of a Banyana player in Europe
Who’s who in the Rugby World Cup?
The Springboks are in the mix but there is no shortage of volunteers to break the Kiwi grip on rugby’s top honour
Chelsea may just fool ’Pool
Liverpool are the far superior team but their old rivals have a knack for showing up uninvited
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