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Khadija Patel

Khadija Patel pushes words on street corners. She is a former editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian, a co-founder of the The Daily Vox and vice chairperson of the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI). As a journalist she has produced work for Sky News, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Quartz, City Press and the Daily Maverick, among others. She is also a research associate at WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Witwatersrand) and has previously worked in community media. In 2017, she was among 11 people from across Africa and the diaspora who were awarded the inaugural Africa #NoFilter fellowship from the Ford Foundation and in 2018, she was awarded honorary membership of the Golden Key Society. She is passionate about the protection and enhancement of global media as a public good.

Pitch perfect: Mohamed Salah. (Reuters/Phil Noble)

The Continent’s Africans of the Year: Mo Salah

Pitch perfect Mo Salah believes he is the best player in the world. Who are we to contradict him?

Stuffed with love: A delicate dish to make, good mutabbaq needs
steady but quick hands. (Instagram)

Love of food in places we love

The connection between the preparation, consumption and sharing of food is a sacred one

This picture shows a poster by Italian urban artist Salvatore Benintende aka “TVBOY” depecting Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa  wearing a protective facemask and holding a mobile phone reading “Mobile World Virus” in a street of Barcelona on February 18, 2020, a week after the World Mobile Congress was cancelled due to fears stemming from the coronavirus that sparked an exodus of industry heavyweights. (Pau Barrena/AFP)

LIVE UPDATES: Coronavirus

The latest on the spread of covid-19, how it is affecting the world, and what efforts are being made to prevent the spread of the virus

What a mess: President Cyril Ramaphosa waits patiently for the chance to deliver his State of the Nation Address, but EFF disruptions
caused speaker Thandi Modise to suspend the joint sitting of Parliament.  (David Harrison/M&G)

A Sona to reflect troubled times

Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times

Labour federation Cosatu, like many progressive South Africans, is concerned by the plight of workers at the Mail & Guardian — and this legendary newspaper itself.

A year in the life of the M&G

Editor-in-chief, Khadija Patel, writes about the year that was, what we reported and why we reported on it

Halfmast: A MSL match last weekend, at which journalists had their accreditation revoked. CSA is dealing with several issues ? including allegations of financial malfeasance, and a lack of transparency about its workings. (EJ Langer/Gallo Images)

What CSA won’t fix this weekend

The beleaguered cricketing body could well swing the axe on Saturday but swapping the bodies in the boardroom will not be enough

Ismail Vally shares his memory of losing someone well known, but better loved.

Slice of life: A gathering to say farewell

We had gathered the fragments of ourselves in a moment of togetherness, sharing a memory of someone well known, but better loved.

Military might: An Egyptian serviceman fires an anti-aircraft missile. The Egyptian navy is negotiating to buy missiles from Denel. (Maxim Zmeyev/Reuters)

Denel wants to sell arms to Egypt

Nearly 2 000 people were arrested in Egypt this week. Their crime? Daring to protest against the country’s military government. The act of protesting is outlawed, so many of…

(John McCann/M&G)

What we do is important. Trust us

Given attacks against media and important questions being raised about our work, we need to be open about why we do what we do

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane calls Basani Baloyi’s court case “vindictive vengeance”, and it may well be so. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Now FNB probes Mkhwebane

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has come under intense scrutiny following a series of controversial findings

Supporters of Ramaphosa at a rally. In her recent report the public protector found that some of the money raised for his presidential campaign was paid to the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation. She did not provide further details. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Report dims Cyril’s halo

Mkhwebane’s investigation has put party funding in the spotlight, but her motives have been queried

Another popular chant at Anfield describes Salah as a “gift from Allah”. (Jose Breton/NurPhoto)

Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah reduces Islamophobia

Salah’s popularity is particularly notable. One popular chant heard around Anfield these days goes like this: ‘Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah, Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah’