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Tshegofatso Mathe

Tshegofatso Mathe is a financial trainee journalist at the Mail & Guardian.

Despite new management, problems that are costing the economy dearly continue to compound. Can the logistical behemoth turn the tide? Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg

Transnet turns a new leaf, but there are many cracks in the system

Despite new management, problems that are costing the economy dearly continue to compound. Can the logistical behemoth turn the tide?

Designer Nyambo MasaMara stitches together each symbol, fabric and colour in a synchronised way to celebrate African people

MasaMara takes us home for AFI’s Fashion Week

Designer Nyambo MasaMara stitches together each symbol, fabric and colour in a synchronised way to celebrate African people

Mbhela won for his artwork Iphasi nesiphesheli, which is part of the series titled Umlando uyaziphinda, meaning, “history repeats itself”. Photo: Supplied

Iphasi nesiphesheli, a visual piece by Mondli Bhele, wins this year’s Sasol New Signatures art competition

Striking collage using found fabrics and a familiar scene shows how ‘history repeats itself’ and that we can learn from it and overcome its brutal lessons

Sign of the times: Bokani Dyer (above) has rejected the deals he’s been offered because he has not received one which would benefit him and the record label.  (Kevin Gruetzner/ Kevin Gruetzner Fotografie)

How the digital age has changed the existence of big record labels

The evolution of technology has changed how music is produced, removing the need to have a contract with a record label to do it. With more musicians choosing to be independent,…

Thabo the Tourist, aka Thabo Jacob Modise, (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Explore Joburg art galleries with Thabo the Tourist

Experience Rosebank’s Art Mile with Thabo Jacob Modise, aka Thabo The Tourist

SA female filmmakers exhibit their work at Festival de Cannes

A candid story about love; and how human beings’ shortcomings get in the way

ShaneCooper & MABUTA- By AidanTobias

Open your eyes to Finish The Sun

Mabuta’s second album is a colourful sonic experience, inspired by the sounds of Africa.

Meet Ofenste Pitse, the director of an all-black orchestra

Ofentse Pitse, the head of the first South African all-black orchestra, talks about her love for classical music and the plans she has for her musical ensemble, Anchored Sound

Drake regularly finds himself at the top of the charts in the streaming era. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for dcp)

Do music charts matter in the digital era?

Patterns in how people consume music are changing. Does this mean music charts are losing their relevance?

Bathabile Dlamini (Oupa Nkosi)

ANC Women’s League could dissolve following Dlamini verdict

As the president of the body, Bathabile Dlamini’s guilty verdict imperils the existence of the league

Country duty: Entrepreneur Theo Baloyi worked for PwC before striking it out on his own and founding Bathu sneakers. As well as capitalising on his love for sneakers, he also started the brand to help to address unemployment in South Africa.

Q&A Sessions: ‘I am a product of opportunities’ — Theo Baloyi

Theo Baloyi, motivated by his love for sneakers and his goal of reducing unemployment, founded Bathu in 2015. He shares his transition from corporate employee to entrepreneur

Risk-taker: Bokang Masala, the owner of Bonema Tracker, says some years’ experience in the corporate world gave him the confidence to start his latest new venture. (James Puttick)

Bokang Mosala: ‘I am an entrepreneur at heart’

Businessman Bokang Mosala has, from a young age, chased financial independence. In high school, he sold sweets and at university he embarked on various business ventures that…

Last year, the Ethiopian government shut down the entire country during protests triggered by the assassination of popular musician and activist Haacaaluu Hundeessaa.

Rights groups call out ‘complicity’ of telecoms companies’ in internet shutdowns

Internet blackouts not only infringe on people’s human rights, but also cost companies and the economy billions, as evinced by MTN’s shutdown in Eswatini

Illicit: Tobacco farmers want the price of cigarettes to be fixed so that smokers know that if they are paying less than R28 for a box of 20, then the product is illegal. (Michael D Kock)

Tobacco farmers want the taxman to do more to control illegal cigarette trade

The Black Tobacco Farmers’ Association the introduction of a minimum price level for cigarettes

Presence: Mosotho screenwriter Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese directed Mosonngoa, Behemoth: Or the Game of God and This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Q&A sessions: Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese:

Jeremiah Lemohang Mosese grew up in a village, taught himself to use a camera and has gone on to win prestigious awards at international festivals

Tastes of travel: Delicious dishes, inspired by faraway lands. Photos: Supplied

Covid demand spices up Libstar profits

The 2020 lockdown meant tourism took a dive, but according to Libstar subsidiary Cape Herb & Spice, many people chose to ‘travel via their taste buds

Bob van Dijk. Photo by Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Naspers and Prosus in share swap Catch-22

Asset managers are concerned about the share exchange but others welcome it because Naspers has dominated the JSE

While on suspension and under investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) for allegedly corrupt payments, National Lotteries Commission (NLC) chief operating officer Philemon Letwaba appeared in court last week. (GroundUp)

Brothers implicated in NLC dubious payments take each other to court

National Lotteries Commission chief operating officer, who is also under investigation by the SIU, has now been charged with malicious damage to property after a fight with his…

Change agent: Zanele Njapha says jobs will be more hybridised, dispersed and flexible in the future

Q&A Sessions: Zanele Njapha, the ‘Unlearning Lady’

From primary school educator to boardroom re-educator, Zanele Njapha now teaches adults to transition to the workplaces of the future, honing skills all children have but many…

Banking on the future

Savings rise amid Covid fallout

Low interest rates usually encourage spending, but uncertainty created by the pandemic has driven people to save their cash in hard times