Category Archives: News

Tensions in South Africa’s mining sector, in particular the platinum belt, have reached boiling point. Some are calling it a “Miner Spring”. What started as a labour dispute at Lonmin in Marikana, it turned deadly almost a month ago and … Continue reading →

Follow the Mail & Guardian‘s liveblog as shootings have left several dead at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine late on Thursday afternoon. Mine workers have been striking since Friday in an increasingly violent situation that saw 10 people killed, including two … Continue reading →

Gareth Cliff chats to DA spokesperson on police, Diane Kohler-Barnard, in the latest event from the DA Young Professionals, against the backdrop of the ongoing saga around controversial police leaders Richard Mdluli and Bheki Cele. Follow the Mail & Guardian … Continue reading →

You may be able to feign disinterest in the wedding, but we know better. The M&G‘s resident royalist (who, come Kate and Wills’s big day, will be glued to the screen, tissues in hand, It Should Have Been Me t-shirt … Continue reading →

The country’s favourite youth leader has been in the hot seat in court lately. Afrikaner interest group AfriForum has taken African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema to court, contending that his singing of a struggle song containing … Continue reading →