The Durban high court will set a date for the former mayor’s corruption trial to go ahead The post Crowds gather for Gumede’s pre-trial hearing in R320-million corruption case appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The well-being of about 3.2-billion people, 40% of the world’s population, has been harmed The post Over-exploitation has degraded billions of hectares of land appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Too many Nigerians are stuck in prison for longer than allowed by law – sometimes for crimes they did not commit The post Freeing Nigeria’s unjustly imprisoned appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Rangelands are ‘nature’s gift to humanity’, but have been overlooked, neglected The post First-of-its-kind rangeland atlas pushes for protection appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Schools cannot resolve a child’s abusive behaviour alone — parents and society teach them to bully The post School bullies: ‘Hurt people hurt people’ appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Residents of Verena C in Mpumalanga have to collect water from a polluted stream after projects costing millions of rands failed The post Verena C still collects water from a stream after projects costing millions failed appeared first on The Mail &...

Every year an average of 300 000 learners leave school before reaching matric. Rather than waiting for young people to become disengaged, there are easy ways we can set them up for success The post To succeed, learners need help in making the right ...

Mkhize’s request to take special leave left President Cyril Ramaphosa reeling, party insiders say The post The health minister is on the ropes for dodgy vibes as SIU zeros in appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

The state is saddled with the burden of treating acid water and polluters are escaping the responsibility The post State halts its R10bn long-term plan to fully treat acid mine water appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

As the demand for oil shrinks and prices collapse, Africa’s petro states — the likes of Angola, Nigeria, Egypt and Equatorial Guinea — will be left with massive holes in their budgets The post Petro states: What happens when 30% of your natio...