South Africa Mail & Guardian

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:43:48 +0000
SAACA is teaching the next generation to care through pet cancer awareness
In South Africa, conversations around pet cancer awareness rarely include the animals quietly sharing our homes and our lives. Yet cancer remains one of the leading health concerns affecting pets globally and according to the South African Animal Can...

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:31:47 +0000
The importance of mental well-being in school sport
Sport psychology also builds resilience and emotional skills that support long-term participation and enjoyment, says Dr Michelle Bach, lecturer and senior clinical psychologist at the NWU's Centre for Health and Human Performance.

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000
Starlink in Africa: Breakthrough or backdoor? The continent’s digital future at a critical crossroads
What is presented as connectivity is, in truth, a recalibration of power, one that risks subordinating the continent’s political destiny to the algorithms and profit motives of foreign corporations

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:14:07 +0000
How the US-Israel-Iran conflict is reshaping South Africa’s coal exports
Middle East tension has pushed up energy prices and boosted demand for South African coal, raising questions about climate commitments and exports

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:45:56 +0000
Murders in Gauteng decrease while sexual assault and kidnapping trend upwards
Gauteng experienced a notable 15% decrease in murders and a 9.9% drop in rape cases but kidnapping increased by 1.6% and sexual assault by 5.2%

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:41:43 +0000
Joburg ANC mayoral process faces scrutiny amid claims of flawed nomination process
Party insiders say concerns over compliance with ANC guidelines could result in the process being challenged or restarted, while similar disputes have emerged in other Gauteng metro regions

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:35:57 +0000
Africa’s conservation models struggle to shake colonial yoke
Two of the continent’s premier game reserves – Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve and South Africa’s Kruger National Park – stand on the frontlines of species loss, working tirelessly to protect wildlife under the shadow of rising extinct...

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:32:23 +0000
Kenya’s Ebola case and the politics of contagion
The Kenyan court’s decision should be read well beyond Kenya. Across Africa, governments will need to negotiate such arrangements with greater care, more transparency and a firmer sense of constitutional discipline and national interest

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:23:07 +0000
Are Africans welcome at the World Cup?
African music megastars Tyla and Rema are scheduled to perform at the World Cup’s opening ceremony in Los Angeles. But while African music and soccer are welcome at the tournament, many African fans and journalists, it would seem, are not.  

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:10:14 +0000
President Ramaphosa’s migration speech gets the diagnosis right: The real test is whether South Africa has the system to deliver
Migration outcomes are largely determined by the quality of the systems into which migrants enter. When any one of the systems underperforms, the pressures become amplified. When several fail simultaneously, migration become politically explosive

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