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Madiba’s life and words show us that humaneness is the balm our country needs to heal (Trevor Samson/AFP)

Honour Mandela by protecting water

"Mandela’s values were not confined to realising political freedom but included issues such as environmental justice."

Exit: Britain’s former leader, David Cameron, introduced Brexit and Theresa May had to quit because of it. (Henry Nicholls/AFP)

Letters to the editor: June 28 to July 4

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Yield: Many people can’t work in their chosen career in agriculture, but new developments may change this. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Letters to the editor: June 21 to 28

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Professor David Everatt argues that Cyril Ramaphosa and Nelson Mandela are the only presidents who have polled better than their party (Andrew Lichtenstein Corbis/ Getty Images)

Letters to the editor: May 10 to 16

Our readers write in about election research

Industrialised nations often ship their waste to poorer countries under the premise of recyclability, fuelling industries that harm local populations

Letters to the editor: April 26 to May 2

Our readers write in about plastic waste and an article on President Jair Bolsonaro

Not just talk: The University of Cape Town is taking steps to address unhealthy campus culture. (David Harrison)

Letters to the editor: April 18 to 25

Our readers write in about the University of Cape Town, recycling and the South African Jewish Board of Deputies

False: Israeli soldiers pray near the Gaza Strip. The author says Israel does not represent South African Jews and rejects the analogy between the Palestinian and apartheid struggles.  (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Letters to the editor: April 12-18

Our reader writes about BDS this week

Going in deep: The CSIR is involved in a variety of projects relating to the environment. (Massimo Rumi / Barcroft Media/Getty Images)

Letters to the editor: April 5- 11

Our readers write about the CSIR, the upcoming elections and Ace Magashule

Letters to the editor: March 29 to April 4

Letters to the editor: March 29 to April 4

Our readers write in about Azapo, Islamophobia, the elections in the wake of Eskom’s woes and failing state-owned enterprises

Hopeful: Azapo says it is targeting the 10-million voters who are not ANC members in the May 8 elections. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP)

Letters to the editor: March 22 to 28

Our readers write in about Azapo, Islamophobia, the elections in the wake of Eskom’s woes and failing state-owned enterprises

In deed:  The law needs to be respected in terms of property, which is the anchor of freedom and human rights. (Oupa Nkosi)

Letters to the editor: February 22 to 28

Our readers write in about land reforms, Israel and Brazil’s meat industry

In an address to the nation on Sunday night, President Cyril Ramapahosa said he would seek an “urgent judicial review” of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s report.

Letters to the editor: February 15 to 21

Our readers write in about President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, citrus farming and job creation, and the state of Eskom

Toilets in townships and informal settlements need to be improved. Photo: David Harrison/M&G

Township sanitation remains the pits

The commodification of basic services is to blame for the current appalling situation

Equal Education’s co-founder Doron Isaacs (David Harrison/M&G)

Letters to the Editor: November 30 to December 6

Our readers write in about voting for the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania, the Democratic Alliance and Equal Education

Mining areas, such as Klipspruit, are harmed by acid mine drainage and could be safer and healthier if the department of mineral resources enforced laws. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Letters to the Editor: November 23 to 29

Our readers write in about: Eusebius McKaiser’s agenda and the weakness of the mining inspectorate

Trout are seen by the department of environmental affairs as an invasive species. But a reader says that there is no evidence of them causing the death of indigenous fish species

Letters to the Editor: November 16 to 22

Our readers write in about investments into the economy, religious freedom, abuse against women, and about our environment reporting

To assist with the crisis, Barnes said the Sapo had deployed more resources by beefing up regional managers and it paid up all its suppliers. (Kevin Sutherland/Sunday Times/Gallo Images)

‘We are still not there but we see light’ — Sapo on clearing mail backlogs

​The South African Post Office says it is dealing with a local mail backlog of about 4.8 million items

A reader questions why the horrors of the civil war in Yemen, such as the recent bombing of a bus carrying children, do not make the headlines. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

Letters to the Editor: November 9 to 15

Our readers write in about Yemeni children, the integrity commission, and the M&G’s brief error

A scaled-down labour inspectorate will leave vulnerable workers at the mercy of ‘unscrupulous employers’

Labour court judges block workers’ right to strike

In recent weeks, three cases have come to light that clearly show that labour court judges are issuing court orders forbidding strikes

Pawn: Brett Kavanaugh has been appointed to the US Supreme Court, but the writer says, even if he wasn’t, another clone from the conservative hive mind would have replaced him. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)

Letters to the editor: October 12 to 18

Our readers write in about Brett Kavanaugh and the Mail & Guardian environment reporter