13+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1210+ words) SA’s sardine fishery could face precautionary restrictions as pilchard herpesvirus remains the leading explanation for a mortality event spanning about 2 600km of coastline South Africa’s sardine fishery could face precautionary restrictions as the government grapples with the uncertain scale of a…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1199+ words) The South African jazz pianist's new album traces the musical lineages that have shaped him, from indigenous song and classical piano to jazz and his father Steve Dyer's influence This past weekend I drove from Johannesburg to Rustenburg and back....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1244+ words) Nearly two decades after ‘Invitation’, the South African music legend returns with a sequel, bringing generations, genres and musical histories together in one expansive new body of work Almost two decades after Don Laka first extended an Invitation, the South…...

5+ day, 49+ min ago   (630+ words) Conflicting accounts about what happened in the moments before Anele Tembe’s fatal fall emerged today as three more witnesses testified in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, with the inquest now postponed until 19 October. The latest testimony brings the number of…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1162+ words) Standard Bank expects South Africa’s property market to enter a “purple patch” over the next two to four years, even as weak economic growth, high borrowing costs and failing municipal infrastructure continue to cloud the outlook. The bank is positioning…...

1+ week, 51+ min ago   (909+ words) More than five years after Anele Tembe’s death, the first day of the inquest into the circumstances surrounding her fatal fall from the 10th floor of the Pepperclub Hotel has brought new details about the moments leading up to the tragedy,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (536+ words) Mail & Guardian South Africa has lost a quiet giant. Enos Mafokate, the pioneering horseman known as the “King of Horses,” has died at the age of 80. His passing leaves a profound void in the country’s sporting history, its ongoing struggle…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (646+ words) Babalwa Lobishe faces a defamation lawsuit over claims that anti-apartheid veteran Mkhuseli Jack may have been involved in the “disappearance” of activists in the 1970s For Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Babalwa Lobishe, the political pressure surrounding the troubled metro has…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1371+ words) Former president Kgalema Motlanthe says a lack of trust and a credibility gap between government, business and political leaders risk leaving South Africa without a common language on the national interest, while Mcebisi Jonas warns that domestic failures are weakening…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (937+ words) Ahead of his debut South African tour, Māori soul singer TEEKS reflects on honouring African musical roots, reclaiming vulnerable masculinity and viewing live performance as a sacred space for healing New Zealand soul singer and songwriter Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi, aka…...