South Africa Mail & Guardian
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:35:00 +0000Dearth of State briefing; death of black legal practice
Discriminatory procurement practices keep black law firms small, while many black advocates are forced to leave the Bar. LPC statistics for 2024 show that the largest majority white-owned law firm has 396 partners, compared with 18 in the largest bla...
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:30:00 +0000Nanette is going to keep showing up
With a deluxe edition of her latest album on the way and a milestone performance only days away, Nanette is ready to step into the next stage of her ascendancy
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:30:00 +0000How IDC breached own governance
Powerful executive and dismissed employee were central players in the funding of dodgy BEE consortium
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:25:00 +0000The sound of freedom is not silence
Leaving the township can change your surroundings but unlearning the fear it taught your body is where the real work of freedom begins
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:25:00 +0000From freedom to looting
Explosive testimony before the Madlanga Commission has laid bare allegations of cartel-linked corruption involving senior police officials and municipal departments, raising fresh questions about procurement processes, criminal accountability and gov...
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:20:00 +0000Oliver Tambo: The quiet architect of liberation and the Moses of a nation in exile
The ANC president was the quiet architect of liberation,
carrying a people through the long wilderness of exile, sustaining
hope when the promised land seemed impossibly distant
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:20:00 +0000Fruit of freedom withers under broken land deal
The death of Spokes Sithole at 108 exposes the broken promise of one of South Africa’s largest land restitution settlements, where freedom and land ownership have not translated into lasting prosperity for many beneficiaries
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:20:00 +0000Nomsa Mazwai’s sober fest reimagines how we celebrate
A Freedom Day weekend gathering at the Soweto Theatre, where families are invited to experience music, food and wellness, fully present and fully sober
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:15:00 +0000Vuyelwa Maluleke’s ‘The Blue Album’ and the language of return
A one-woman performance that confronts memory, violence and complicity, as Vuyelwa Maluleke reclaims language to tell a black queer township story on her own terms
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:15:00 +0000Three decades on: Assessing South Africa’s Progress since 1994
The democratic breakthrough of 1994 stands as one of the most significant political achievements of the modern era. Against the odds, South Africa chose negotiation over civil conflict, ballots over bullets, reconciliation over revenge