South Africa Mail & Guardian

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000
City Lodge bows out of Newtown
Once seen as part of Newtown’s revival, City Lodge’s closure points to deeper concerns about Johannesburg CBD’s viability for investors, visitors and hotel operators

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:15:00 +0000
Due process in exile ignored
In spite of a US court judgment, individuals are removed on short notice, without clarity about their destination. Once abroad, they are detained without access to counsel

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:10:00 +0000
Tourism must be SA’s defining story
Although global instability may temporarily redirect travel flows, the real opportunity lies not in benefiting from conflict elsewhere but in ensuring that South Africa becomes a destination the world actively chooses, whether there is conflict in ot...

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000
Order at the border: Illegal migration and the state’s responsibility
A responsible approach to the migration question must recognise the dignity of migrants and the state’s governance responsibilities

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000
NHI is bugbear of the upper crust
It is the political and economic fightback of those who have long enjoyed the luxury of world-class care where wealth buys life, dignity and speed, while the poor are forced to queue, wait and too often die in silence

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:58:00 +0000
ANC Eastern Cape conference indefinitely postponed amid court disputes and internal divisions
The ANC has postponed its Eastern Cape provincial conference indefinitely, leaving leadership battles and court disputes unresolved

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:07:25 +0000
US/Israel war against International Law
The assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:34:00 +0000
Motsepe leads the pack in new poll
If his camp put a serious campaign behind the numbers, no other ANC candidate would stand a chance, says the Social Research Foundation

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:15:00 +0000
Our royals must rise to occasion
The culture, traditions, customs and land of their nations are not relics to be admired. They are living inheritances to be defended

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:18:30 +0000
When art returns, who does it belong to?
As masterpieces by William Kentridge and Pablo Picasso return to Johannesburg, Homecoming becomes less about art on walls and more about who gets to claim it

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