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Monako Dibetle

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There are initiatives that can be taken to help millennials overcome challenges. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Homeless freedom fighters battle  for a place called ‘home’

Many Umkhonto weSizwe veterans find themselves living on the streets, abandoned by the country that they helped to free​

As national recycling week comes to and end

National recycling week: Start recycling, or we’re in trouble

As national recycling week comes to and end, South Africans need to start playing their part in preserving the environment.

Dispatches: ‘I greet you with the hand of life’

Paul Motshabi was badly beaten by the AWB in 1996. Now he lives quietly in the township of Makokskraal.

The corner in Kagiso that had all the news.

Dispatches: With you I know I cannot go wrong

Mr Mogopodi sold newspapers outside Kagiso. Until one day, he disappeared.

Police fire on protesters in Boipatong after the massacre.

Boipatong: Ghosts of a massacre

Lebole Dibetle was a dedicated policeman who was sent to Boipatong after the massacre. He would never be the same again, writes Monako Dibetle.

Vulnerable get a second chance

The judges commended Ndlovu Care Group for its many achievements so far and encouraged the group to find ways to expand its healthcare programmes.

Home away from home

Home away from home

Works by Chinese-South African authors give insight into the immigrant experience.

Which way is up?

Women are still struggling to break the glass ceiling in corporate South Africa, with only 306 directorships out of 2 851 held by women.

Cracks in the monolith

The ANC is in no danger of losing the election. But the party shows signs of losing voters’ unquestioning struggle loyalty.

But I live in Kagiso

But I live in Kagiso

<b>Monako Dibetle</b> takes us on a ride through his infamous township and finds a complicated path back to heart and home.

Red, white and green

Have you wondered why a wine bottle should traditionally have a punt, that depression in its base?

My city, my World Cup: Great expectations

The <i>M&G</i> revisits street traders and a shebeen queen to find out if the World Cup delivered on expectations.

A trip down World Cup memory lane

Book Review

Dancing on his grave

In Tshing, outside Ventersdorp, a Soweto football derby encounter generates more excitement than the news of Eugene Terre’Blanche’s demise.

‘Through Feni I examine myself’

‘Through Feni I examine myself’

"You will not find a place in this country with so many artworks [made by one artist] … even if it is by many artists, put together under one roof."

Sharpeville is still bleeding

Sharpeville is still bleeding

Fifty years after the massacre, the township is crippled by neglect.

Go behind the scenes of the making of Tim Burton’s imaginative tour de force

A glimpse of Wonderland

Go behind the scenes of the making of Tim Burton’s imaginative tour de force, his version of Alice in Wonderland. Using green screen and 3D technology he visualises this…

Du Pré says farewell

Durban University of Technology (DUT) is without a leader again following the resignation of vice-chancellor and principal Roy du Pré.

‘Bullies’ called to account

‘Bullies’ called to account

Education department taken to Human Rights Commission to explain ‘forced removal’ of learners.

Budget snubs academics

Budget snubs academics

University academics were left out in the cold in last week’s Budget — unlike with teachers and vocational education lecturers.