+ The E-Edition of this week paper + This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G Community Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently. Subscribe Subscription enables: - M&G community membership - independent journalism - access to all premium articles & features - a digital version of the weekly newspaper - invites to subscriber-only events - the opportunity to test new online features first Already a subscriber? Log ..read more

Latest creations come to Midrand fashion week South African Fashion Week is in full swing, having started on 18 April and set to wrap up on Saturday, 20 April, at the Mall of Africa in Midrand.  Over the course of three days, the event serves as a platform for established and emerging South African designers to exhibit their latest creations for the Spring/Summer 2024 season.  Some of the designers who will be showcasing at the Fashion Week are Thabo Makhetha, Jacques van der Watt of Black Coffee as well as Helen Gibbs. Attendees can expect a diverse array of styles, from the avant-g ..read more

A new survey released last month suggests that the Democratic Alliance (DA) will win over Western Cape voters in the May elections. The results from the Social Research Foundation’s Political State of Play in the Western Cape showed the DA at 59%, the ANC at 20%, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) at 6%, and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) receiving 5% of the vote. But what makes voters turn out for a specific party? Do they interrogate political parties’ manifestos or stick to lifelong loyalty to a particular party? In releasing their election manifestos, parties set their future agenda, commun ..read more

Defence advocate Charles Mnisi poked holes in state witness Lieutenant Colonel Gideon Gouws’s testimony relating to the cellphone evidence allegedly linking some of the five men accused of murdering Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa in 2014.  At the Pretoria high court on Thursday, Mnisi sought to debunk Gouws’s testimony and prove the accused’s claims that they did not know each other before their arrests in 2020.  The witness is a data and cellphone analyst.  Bongani Ntanzi, Muzikawukhulelwa Sibiya, Mthobisi Mncube, Mthokozisi Maphisa and Fisokuhle Ntuli have pleaded not guil ..read more

Brace yourselves for an evening of cultural immersion as the collaboration hosts an unparalleled art auction extravaganza David Endean and Lisa King extend a cordial invitation to art enthusiasts far and wide to join them for an unforgettable soirée on Thursday, 25 April at 6 PM, RED! the gallery, 76 Wale Street, Cape Town. Prepare to be fascinated by an eclectic collection of wonderful art pieces ranging from captivating paintings to awe-inspiring sculptures, meticulously curated to ignite your imagination and awaken your senses. But here’s the twist: anticipation meets opportunity as eager c ..read more

The array of crises unfolding under the DA’s watch in Tshwane paints a troubling picture of a party that may be ill-prepared to continue its rule As the Democratic Alliance (DA) prepares for upcoming elections, the grim record of governance in Tshwane under Mayor Cilliers Brink suggests a party at odds with the needs of its citizens. Reports from Corruption Watch reveal that Tshwane, along with other metropolitan areas like Cape Town and Johannesburg also under DA control accounts for a significant majority of corruption allegations across the nation.  This statistic, part of a broader an ..read more

In response, the government has taken several steps to bolster its security framework A video circulating on social platforms such as WhatsApp and X has captured the attention and concern of many in South Africa. The footage, attributed to the military wing of the ANC known as Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), contains a dire warning of planned anarchy and riots commencing on 30 May. The announcer alleges knowledge of ANC plans to tamper with electoral outcomes, escalating fears of potential violence reminiscent of past turmoil. The alarm raised by the recent video finds its roots in the painful memor ..read more

Perhaps the greatest irony of this life is that the only certainty in it — our death — is itself a mystery. We know we are going to die, but we don’t actually know what that means. We struggle to accept that fact; death happens to other people, not us. We know that our bodies die, because we see the dead bodies of animals, and, more rarely, humans, but the irrefutable end of our self, of our identity, is on many levels ungraspable.  Death makes a mockery of life, in the sense that all our strivings, plans and achievements are absolutely nullified by it. In contradiction, this gives life p ..read more

Experts like civil engineers say it is not too late to save South Africa’s waterways from high levels of pollution This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G Community Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently. Subscribe Subscription enables: - M&G community membership - independent journalism - access to all premium articles & features - a digital version of the weekly newspaper - invites to subscriber-only events ..read more

The United States is not the only country looking at the coming election much as someone tied to the railway tracks in an old film looks at the oncoming train. As the US faces the terrifying prospect of a return to the White House by Donald Trump in November we face the equally terrifying prospect of Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema taking significant power through coalition arrangements after 29 May. If the opinion polls prove to be correct the ANC will largely be destroyed in KwaZulu-Natal and the ANC will sink to 40%, or even lower, nationally. There is a real possibility that Zuma’s uMkhonto w ..read more