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Balancing act: As a country heavily reliant on imported fuel and road transport, increases in diesel and petrol costs affect everything from farming and food processing to distribution and retail. Photo: File
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ANC

South Africans hit hard by the rising cost of living

As fuel prices increase, interest rates soar and food prices hit through the roof, citizens face tough times with many households battling to put food on the table

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Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema.

The EFF’s Julius Malema: A decade of disruption

It’s ten years since the ANC youth league expelled firebrand Malema. What has he learned in the last decade?

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ANC

Is South Africa a failing state?

All the coverage from our special report on South Africa’s current challenges.

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South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, described as the country’s moral compass, died on December 26, 2021 aged 90. (Photo by Rodger Bosch/AFP)
DESMOND TUTU

The world is better because of Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Global leaders send their condolences after the passing of the Arch, hailing him as a pioneer, a friend and a great warrior for justice.

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Without providing any specifics as to which form it would take, the United States embassy has warned of a possible terror attack in Johannesburg’s wealthy Sandton area this Saturday.
COVID 19

Say hello to lockdown lite

After months of the strictest Covid-19 restrictions in the world, it seems we are in line for a further easing of the regulations

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Enforcing the lockdown: Soldiers and police in the Cape Flats. There are concerns that some members of the security forces are abusing their authority (Pieter Bauermeister/AFP)
CORONAVIRUS

Ramaphosa announces gradual easing of Covid-19 lockdown in South Africa

Restrictions to vary by province and district, depending on infection rate and ability of health care system

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(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BONANG MOHALE

South Africa’s Covid-19 economic stimulus plan — opportunity out of crisis

The president’s R500-billion economic package offers a new deal for desperate South Africans across the class divide

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Hard choices: President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Pampierstad (above) during the ANC’s 108th anniversary celebrations. In Kimberley, about 100km away, he spoke of the poverty, which mirrors South Africa’s ‘inability to transform the economy in the past 25 years’. (Masi Losi)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

A chance to ‘reimagine South Africa’

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to announce the government’s long-awaited economic stimulus plan to deal with the effects of Covid-19. The key will be getting loans for a…

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President Cyril Ramaphosa. (David Harrison/M&G)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

‘A new age has begun’ — Ramaphosa’s Sona hits all the right notes

“We will fear nothing,” Ramaphosa says

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Can Eskom be fixed? This is one of the questions Jan-Jan Joubert asks in his book of 17 questions about our country
AFRICAN GLOBAL GROUP

Nonfiction

Find out what’s making South Africa tick – and fizzle

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CABINET REPORT CARDS

Cabinet Report Cards 2018: Going places or gotta go?

The M&G cabinet report cards has become a respected barometer of government performance.

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Three Pretoria high court judges ruled that Omar al-Bashir did not enjoy immunity from prosecution in South Africa.
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

Al Bashir ruling a ‘landmark judgement for international criminal justice’

Security experts weigh in on the possible implications of the SCA’s ruling about Sudanese President Omar al Bashir’s stay in South Africa.

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Gumede smears M&G
MG REPORTERS

Gumede smears M&G, amaBhungane

Businessman Robert Gumede launched a smear campaign against the M&G and amaBhungane following questions posed to him by the paper’s investigative team

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MEDIA APPEALS TRIBUNAL

ANC MP says info Bill ‘goes too far’

Make the press ombudsman more transparent rather than impose a media tribunal in the form proposed by the ANC, a ruling party MP has argued.

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A fresh look at our watchdogs

How far can Parliament go in recommending changes in the structure and functioning of Chapter 9 and related institutions? At most it could suggest constitutional amendments to…

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