1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (917+ words) The widescale abuse of Ukraine's children by the State'The Mail & Guardian Recent reports have exposed child trafficking, neglect and abuse on a shocking scale inside Ukraine's own state and state-linked systems. This crisis grew out of the political break opened…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (384+ words) This is no longer simply a problem of leadership. It has become social common sense. Just as revealing is how many South Africans, not only elites, proudly invoke external allies and foreign reference points'Washington, Moscow, Beijing, Havana, or an abstract…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (251+ words) Iranian media reported on 8 April that US-Israeli strikes hit the Iran Aluminium Company in Arak, the country's largest aluminium producer, along with the Amirkabir petrochemical complex in Mahshahr. A strike on a plant of that scale is the ultimate act…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1009+ words) South Africa's future prosperity will not be determined by chance. It will be shaped by the quality of our leadership, the strength of our institutions and the belief we place in our ability to compete with the best in the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (687+ words) The Drama: A dark comedy about thought, guilt, and perception'The Mail & Guardian Spoilers ahead for the film The Drama Its almost impossible to talk about The Drama, the new film from Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli, without talking about a revelation…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1148+ words) Brics, the GNU and the erasure of African consciousness'The Mail & Guardian Brics and the wider multipolar shift have opened a new political field in world affairs. They have weakened the old monopoly through which Washington, London, Brussels and their allies…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (179+ words) I am pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Binu Luke as the chief director of the NWU Desmond Tutu School of Medicine, effective 1 April 2026. Prof Luke is a South African physician and health systems leader with extensive experience spanning…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (583+ words) A ceasefire between the US and Iran has been declared effective immediately, marking the first formal pause in weeks of escalating conflict, as both sides prepare for high-stakes negotiations in Islamabad aimed at securing a broader political settlement. Pakistan's Prime…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1743+ words) South Africa's first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir " 37 920 doses " arrived last week at OR Tambo Airport via two shipments from Dublin, Ireland on March 30 and April 2 The batches reached the country six weeks later than expected and are…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (583+ words) Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) chief Yolanda Faro told the Madlanga commission that she stopped an irregular private security tender costing R800 million, approved by Deputy Chief of Police, Umashi Dhlamini." Dhlamini was recently suspended after Sergeant Fannie Nkosi implicated him…...