Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
charlotte maxekelatest news & developments
(Rajesh Jantilal/Getty Images)

Has the tripartite alliance become an anachronism?

Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently of the ANC?

Chris Hani was shot dead in the driveway of his home in 1993. Photo: Supplied

Has the tripartite become an anachronism?

Can the South African Communist Party exist effectively and independently?

(John McCann)

Gender equality is good for everyone

When human capital is more diverse and more representative, companies are more creative, more sustainable and more profitable

Words: Among SA’s celebrated people is activist, academic and writer Charlotte Maxeke

OPINION| Black writers and publishers are South Africa’s ‘linguistic orphans’

The challenges we face in the world of scholarly and leisure reading and writing are not unique to our country but it is crucial to overcome them if we want to be as good as we…

Brutal extermination: A painting of Jan van Riebeeck with his men at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Let us never forget: The South African Constitution is written in blood

By recalling the true origins of constitutionalism in our country, we can make sense of the Constitution’s promise and it can – perhaps once again – play its redemptive role

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – December 6, 1990: Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo . (Photo by Gallo Images via Getty Images/Sunday Times)

Tambo, Mandela, Biko and Maxeke all left legacies

The youth of South Africa need to heed these role models to rise up to the challenges that face them

Potential white elephant: The construction site of Gauteng’s emergency Covid-19 hospital in Carletonville on the West Rand. It has cost about R500-million, but equipment for patients will add to that. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Emergency hospital: Gauteng’s potential R500-million albatross

Construction of an emergency Covid-19 hospital is running months behind deadline, promising to come online only after Gauteng’s peak

South Africa’s land reform journey is still shaped by the legacies of colonial conquest and apartheid.
(Madelene Cronjé)

Recall unheard voices in South Africa’s history

Adelaide Tantsi Dube’s poem was published in 1913, the year Africans were stripped of their land

The 126-year-old pictures are a record of the tour to Europe by the African Choir. Members of the African Choir

Portraits of the small histories that define big ones

An Iziko exhibition turns the spotlight back on an all but forgotten choir whose members were key in helping to shape South Africa’s future

Cracking cartels: The Competition Tribunal penalised construction firms for colluding on contracts to build 2010 Fifa World Cup stadiums such as the Cape Town Stadium.
Audio

Ramokgopa: We are assessing if anyone is trapped under the debris at Charlotte Maxeke

The newly-appointed Gauteng health MEC confirmed that five people were injured when a section of the hospital’s roof collapsed.

Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg,
Audio

Search dogs called in to find victims trapped under the rubble

Emergency services say three more people may still be buried in the rubble.

Many will know that Charlotte Maxeke is the name of a Heroine-class submarine. And a heroine she was

Heralded heroine: Why is Charlotte Maxeke’s life such a blurry memory for SA?

Why a book on Charlotte Maxeke? Zubeida Jaffer explains how this extraordinary woman should be remembered in South Africa today.

Minister of Women

ANCWL praises Maxeke for helping to empower woman

Kicking off their woman’s month celebrations, the ANC Woman’s League have praised their founder Charlotte Maxeke for helping empower woman in SA.

Workers must make themselves felt in the ANC

Zuma calls for recognition of women in ANC history

The centenary provides an opportunity to celebrate the contribution of women to the struggle, the president told the ANC Women’s League.

SA submarine achieves world first

The SAS Manthatisi has become the first naval submarine in the world to be brought into a new class by the International Classification Society, Germanischer Lloyd, the South…