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Grace was built the hard way
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1156+ words) A failed campsite became a landmark through grit, risk-taking and relentless attention to service The word "Grace", in Cape Grace (as in the hotel in the V&A Waterfront), did not start life as a luxury label. It started as…...
Miranda Ntshangase and Zinzi Zungu on building a creative industry that sounds like South Africa
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (999+ words) Miranda Ntshangase and Zinzi Zungu are building pathways for a new generation of African creatives to enter the industry without leaving their language, culture and stories behind There are 12 official languages in South Africa. Some of the languages make it…...
Dressing FNB Stadium in Soweto robes
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (1454+ words) I learned that the geography of the southern suburbs has been redrawn. Perhaps I am behind and need to update myself on demarcation. But we need factual accuracy and correctness. And some of us are angry about it. FNB Stadium…...
South Africa does not need another GBV plan; it needs a system that works.
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1129+ words) And then, from those homes and communities, you move into the policy world of conferences, strategies, task teams, implementation frameworks and carefully worded commitments. The distance between the two can be staggering. That experience changes the way you think about…...
The African Union cannot afford neglecting Africa’s healthcare System
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (377+ words) Concomitant to the effects of colonialism are what I term post-colonial issues/modern-day challenges. These modern-day challenges include a lack of proper governance, misuse of allocated funds and a misunderstanding of the principles that govern health economics, just to list…...
Kimi Antonelli: From the Shadows of the Grid to Immortality at Monza
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (540+ words) Mail & Guardian In the multi-storied history of Formula 1, few moments shine with the pure unfiltered brilliance of what unfolded at the Temple of Speed on Sunday afternoon. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the 20-year-old Italian prodigy driving for Mercedes, delivered a performance…...
Mapisa-Nqakula discharge application dismissed
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (438+ words) Former speaker of parliament is accused of seeking kickbacks from a government contractor during her tenure as minister of defence The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application to dismiss the corruption charges…...
‘Pay up or go’: MK MPLs face Zuma’s final warning
1+ week, 3+ day ago (307+ words) The KwaZulu-Natal MPLs were given seven days to pay their party levies and warned that failure to settle the amounts would be taken by the party as their automatic resignation as public representatives of the party uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party…...
When a sports library burns: Remembering Sy Lerman
1+ week, 4+ day ago (460+ words) Mail & Guardian South African sport has lost one of its finest chroniclers. Sy Lerman, the veteran sports journalist whose career stretched across more than six decades, passed away on 30 August 2026 at the age of 88. With his departure, a living archive…...
Africa's Green Revolution failed to deliver promised gains, new assessment finds
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1472+ words) Twenty years after Agra was launched to transform African agriculture, a new assessment finds disappointing gains in productivity and hunger, while Agra’s review acknowledges that farmers are not prospering Twenty years after an ambitious effort to transform African agriculture was…...