Velenkosini Hlabisa also defended the Ingonyama Trust Act, which he said had been beneficial to black people in KwaZulu-Natal 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-on ..read more

The proposal entails Anglo significantly lowering its exposure to South Africa by demerging its holdings in beleaguered Anglo American Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: - M&G newsletters access - notifications - the best possible experience Already registered ..read more

Since the French Revolution, with its mottos “liberté, égalité, fraternité”, discourse on the cohesion of geopolitical entities has seen waves of greater and lesser intensity, but one thing is clear: a healthy social entity needs fraternité or, in modern terminology, social cohesion. The level of social cohesion is an indicator of the country’s well-being. People act in the interest of the common good and do not evade social rules to pursue their personal interest. They identify with their country and its institutions; they perceive themselves as treated fairly by the authorities; they accept ..read more

2023 Veuve Clicquot Bold Women Award Winners Zama Ngcobo and Claire Blanckenberg reflect on then and now It’s been almost a year since Zama Ngcobo and Claire Blanckenberg were honoured as the winners of the 2023  Bold Future Award and Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award, respectively. Launched in 1972, the Bold Woman Award is imbued with the enterprising spirit of the Maison’s leading lady, Madame Clicquot, and celebrates female entrepreneurs who share her values of determination and fearlessness. With entries now open for 2024, we sat down with last year’s laureates to hear what life, and bu ..read more

Frankie en Felipé The Afrikaans romantic comedy Frankie en Felipé, which took four years to make, follows the story of two brothers whose lives take completely different paths when they are separated as children.  When they are reunited, just before Frankie’s wedding, their past catches up with them as they negotiate the tangled mess that their lives have become.  First-time producers and writers, the late Bradley Olivier (Frankie) and Solomon Cupido (Felipé) offer local audiences laughter, tears and lessons on coloured culture.  The film also highlights how families can find wa ..read more

A coalition of environmental justice organisations says the proposed coal mine will have an adverse effect on the functioning of downstream ecosystems 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 ..read more

But Khehla Mngwengwe argued that the term ‘coolie’ was not a hateful term 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 featu ..read more

National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi on Wednesday said the decision by a Middelburg regional court magistrate to strike the fraud and money-laundering case against former Eskom chief executive Matshela Koko off the roll was questionable. Asked about the case at a media briefing, Batohi said magistrate Stanley Jacobs’ decision to strike the case off the roll for unreasonable delays was the harshest option he had at his disposal. “In that particular case, the magistrate could have made one of several orders. Several. He took the most drastic order of striking off and we must a ..read more

South Africa’s complex regulatory processes are a barrier to the development of renewable energy projects that could play a role in resolving the country’s energy crisis. To streamline the process of bringing renewable energy projects to fruition, the sector has called for regulatory hurdles to be removed, and for infrastructure upgrades to be done to enable the addition of renewable energy to the electricity grid. One of the difficulties is securing permits and licences crucial for project commencement, said Alecia Pienaar, of law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. Pienaar said bureaucratic red tape ..read more

South Africa’s mobile network users will join consumers in leading global markets with access to next generation networks as domestic mobile network operators (MNOs) prepare to switch off legacy 2G and 3G for more advanced 4G and 5G technologies. This change, however, requires some careful management. While it can help the country to catapult its digital economy into the future, it also holds some significant risks. This is why the Association of Comms and Technology (ACT) is advocating for an industry-led but state-enabled transition, an approach that has been successful elsewhere in the worl ..read more