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Ukubekezela: Mapping a fractured terrain

3 days ago | mg.co.za | Des Erasmus

Earlier this month, the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) Gallery at the University of Johannesburg inaugurated a dual exhibition that featured Senzeni Marasela’s Waiting and Remembering, from 7 to 22 June. The exhibition expanded Marasela’s commitment to art as public memory work. As a VIAD Research Associate and Thami Mnyele Foundation fellow, Marasela’s practice resonates far beyond local geographies — a transnational dialogue that bridges past, present and speculative futures.
Why 100% fruit juice should come with a sugar warning label

3 days ago | mg.co.za | Des Erasmus

Apples, oranges and grapes are healthy fruits. But when they are turned into juice they pack as much, or more, sugar than some sodas or energy drinks. Under South Africa’s proposed food labelling regulations 100% fruit juiceswon’t be required to show a high sugar warning on their packaging because their sugars are “naturally occurring”.
India’s ancient art of yoga captures Durban

3 days ago | mg.co.za | Des Erasmus

The International Day of Yoga was born from an address by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UN General Assembly in 2014. Within three months, on 11 December that year, 193 member states and 173 co-sponsor countries voted unanimously to enshrine 21 June as a global day to honour the ancient Indian discipline of yoga.
Holding the powerful to account: War crimes and the new global reckoning

3 days ago | mg.co.za | Des Erasmus

The world is on the brink of war again. War crimes and massacres, genocides are coming to characterise our modern world. Humanity is in the deepest crisis it has ever seen. German critic Walter Benjamin, who died in 1940, once said: “There is no document of civilisation which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.” These words predicted the scale of atrocity during the Nazi invasion of Europe. Benjamin believed that barbarism was being transmitted from one hand to another.
Environment minister reflects on his - and the GNU’s - first year in office

5 days ago | mg.co.za | Sheree Bega

When Dion George took office nearly a year ago as the minister of forestry, fisheries and the environment, he did so as part of a new chapter in South Africa’s democratic journey — the formation of the government of national unity (GNU).
Labour department denies racial quotas in Employment Equity Amendment Act

1 week ago | mg.co.za | Umamah Bakharia

The department of employment and labour has rejected claims by the Democratic Alliance (DA) that the Employment Equity Amendment Act, which came into effect in January 2025, has sectoral racial quotas. In April, the DA said it had filed an application in the Pretoria high court challenging the employment equity quotas in the Act which it says are merely “racial exclusion under a new name”.
Documenting sacred ecology: Mamelodi to Rustenburg Kloof conservation walk begins

1 week ago | mg.co.za | Sheree Bega

A unique project to document the conditions at sacred natural sites and traditional ecological knowledge from Mamelodi to Rustenburg Kloof began on Monday. It comes after Cathy Dzerefos, an environmental scientist and lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology, was awarded the 2025 Richard Watmough Magaliesberg Conservation Fund by the Mountain Club of South Africa Magaliesberg section for the project, which promotes environmental and water stewardship in the Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve.
Toxic pesticide ban a victory for people and environmental justice, say activists

1 week ago | mg.co.za | Sheree Bega

Civil society groups have welcomed the cabinet’s of the highly hazardous pesticide, Terbufos, as a “significant victory”. In October last year, six children died after eating snacks bought at a spaza shop in Naledi, Soweto. Commonly known as Halephirimi, Terbufos is a chemical compound classified as an organophosphate and is used as an insecticide and pesticide.
Gen Z South Africans make ends meet through hustle and pragmatism

1 week ago | mg.co.za | Umamah Bakharia

Despite earning less than R5 000 a month, more than half of South Africa’s Generation Z are somehow saving up to R1 800 a month. This is according to the Gen Z Economy Report by Student Village, which specialises in the youth market, and the trend analysis company, Flux Trends.
Johannesburg water crisis: ‘Not everybody is built for living as if you’re on a survivor show’

1 week ago | mg.co.za | Sheree Bega

Residents are fed up with the city’s water shortages, which contributed to a mother and child dying in a fire this week 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.