The most recent issue of the Mail & Guardian contains two follow-up articles about the recent Zondo Commission evidence relating to reporters being on the

Some of the pharmaceutical companies producing Covid-19 vaccinations would be forgiven for being unenthusiastic about South Africa’s whining about vaccine availability. The whole sorry vaccine

On Wednesday a number of strange missives were dispatched by the minister of finance, Tito Mboweni, from (presumably) the wilderness of Magoebaskloof where he has

South Africa has been given a reprieve. A short one, to be sure, but a reprieve, nonetheless. Last week Parliament announced that the deadline for

After springing a surprise alcohol ban on South Africans during what was supposed to be a festive season, minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said another liquor sales

This Week in History recalls memorable and decisive events and personalities of the past. 5th February 1862 – Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the

The government and other commentators – in describing the Expropriation Bill of 2020 as ‘a good piece of legislation’ which ‘carefully circumscribes’ the powers of

The passage through Parliament of the Expropriation Bill, which is likely later this year, will be a watershed moment in South Africa’s post-1994 politics, with

In eastern Mpumalanga this month, a ‘labour dispute’ ended in death. Two narratives emerge about the build-up. One revolves around murderous ‘white monopoly capital’, the

A new study found that the AstraZeneca vaccine is significantly less effective against the new Covid-19 strain that emerged in South Africa. This is a