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Western Cape secession is plain bigotry
South Africa's Western Cape has become the crucible of a perilous mutation in which urban secessionism masquerades as emancipation from ANC misrule.
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Treat our local elections with care or risk foreign meddling
South Africa’s next local government elections will not be stolen with ballot boxes or soldiers.
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Social contract: Raw deal for citizens
South Africans are doing more than ever, so why does the system feel like it's doing less?
3 min |
M&G 06 February 2026
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Matlala's SAPS links revealed
South African Police Service (SAPS) section head for quality management Rachel Matjeng testified that while she was in a romantic relationship with businessman and alleged leader of the Big Five cartel Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala she was not aware of his criminal activities.
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Hunger rising sharply across SA households
South Africa is facing a deepening hunger crisis, with millions of households skipping meals, compromising nutrition and resorting to harmful coping strategies because of rising food prices, unemployment and inequality.
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Engineering the next 50 years
Inside Minister Manamela’s high-stakes plan to rewrite the rules of higher education
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Mantengu workers face salary delays
Financial disclosures and production shortfalls raise questions about the miner's stability and cash flow
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Rwanda on its own to prevent Genocide II
Although critics like to believe otherwise, the country is not choosing sides in the Democratic Republic of Congo
2 min |
M&G 06 February 2026
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A star among the stars
At the Wits Digital Dome, Sjava reflects on 10 years of music by placing himself not above but among the stars that shaped his journey
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M&G 06 February 2026
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A gleefully twisted tale of ambition and survival
It’s not often nowadays that you see a movie that’s genuinely surprising.
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Marriage is no joke
A thoughtful look at marriage, resentment and reinvention, Bradley Cooper's latest film lets its characters stumble, flail and quietly evolve
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M&G 06 February 2026
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KwaZulu without Natal a misnomer
History does not belong to kings, politicians or even historians alone. It belongs to the evidence. And the evidence, in this case, does not support the proposed renaming
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Hunger in the land of plenty
In November 2011, the Sowetan reported on four children from Verdwaal in the North West who had set out on foot to find their mother and sister, who had left home in search of food.
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Who eats well, who doesn't?
In South Africa, we often speak about hunger as though it were an unfortunate side effect of poverty, climate shocks or global food prices.
3 min |
M&G 06 February 2026
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The pioneer of mixed-use precincts
Century City stands as proof that long-horizon planning, private infrastructure investment and adaptive development can succeed
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Steenhuisen blows DA succession race wide open
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen's sudden decision not to stand for the party's leadership at its next conference has thrown the succession race in the official opposition wide open, with Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis throwing his hat in the ring.
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M&G 06 February 2026
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Water crisis exposes whose lives matter
Gqeberha is once again confronting a deepening water crisis that exposes not only infrastructural decay and municipal failure but also the enduring realities of racial capitalism, marked by water apartheid and neoliberal governance in South Africa.
3 min |
M&G 06 February 2026
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EFF vows to 'punish' ANC at polls
Next local government elections will be a decisive test, Malema says as party launches plan of attack
2 min |
M&G 06 February 2026
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The democratic cost of digital silence
When officials are absent on social media where public debates are happening, information vacuums are filled by speculation and bad actors
6 min |
M&G 06 February 2026
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African university system must be of Africa
It must dare to invent the future
5 min |
M&G 30 January 2026
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Inquiry battles to find witnesses
Evidence leaders compelled to ask for a postponement
3 min |
M&G 30 January 2026
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Motsepe, the Crown Prince?
Supporters argue that Motsepe possesses the skills and experience to lead the ANC and South Africa. His potential presidency is expected to strengthen relations with the United States, create jobs and reduce unemployment
4 min |
M&G 30 January 2026
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Morero a burden to Joburg
Embattled Joburg mayor Dada Morero on Thursday faced yet another motion of no confidence, with a cloud of instability hanging in the city.
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M&G 30 January 2026
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Law, dignity and the cost of silence
For half a century, Sahrawis have struggled to exist, to be recognised and to retain dignity under conditions that international law defines as unfinished decolonisation
3 min |
M&G 30 January 2026
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Tide turns on SA’s age of hope
Up, up and away: Under President Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa has done very well since his 2018 State of the Nation Address and is on an upward trajectory, the writer argues.
5 min |
M&G 30 January 2026
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From healing to victory
In this candid conversation, Lady Zamar opens up about the making of Emperor Eclipse, her creative process and what life after healing means to her
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M&G 30 January 2026
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Simphiwe Dana sings the room into stillness
There is a hymn in Tinsimu Ta Vakreste, hymn 288, titled Vonani, wa ta, Hosi Yesu — behold, the Lord Jesus is coming back.
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M&G 30 January 2026
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Recovering the past, facing the future
In 2119, McEwan imagines a world shaped by climate disaster, war and lost knowledge, where the search for a poem becomes an urgent philosophical quest
3 min |
M&G 30 January 2026
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The evergreen love of Karyn White
From laundry-filled mornings to soul-soaked afternoons, she remains the soundtrack of South African Sundays and grown-woman clarity
4 min |
M&G 30 January 2026
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ANC will not abandon partners
Smaller parties in the coalition running the metro accuse the ANC mayor of failure to address chronic service delivery problems in Johannesburg and not consulting them enough
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