Football supporters often fantasise about seizing control of their clubs, sending owners and officials down the tunnel. But evidence suggests that democratic, fan-owned teams are not for glory hunters The post Can member-owned football clubs succeed...

Ndileka Mandela, the first grandchild of Nelson Mandela, talks about her passion for rural development and that Covid-19 corruption and state capture evidence means she won’t make her X next to the ANC. The post Q&A Sessions: ‘I’ll never ...

Researchers are concerned that the plastic particles in the placenta, which provides the foetus with oxygen and nutrients, could potentially harm its development The post Scientists find microplastics in women’s placentas appeared first on The M...

The government plans to vaccinate a minimum of 67% of the population (about 40-million people) to achieve herd immunity — when most of the population is resistant to an infectious disease — by the end of 2021. The post These are the vaccines So...

This is an extract from the book 50 People Who F***ed Up South Africa: The Lost Decade by Alexander Parker and Tim Richman, with cartoons by Zapiro The post Who f***ed up SA? appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Take the M&G's 2020 quiz to test your knowledge of global current affairs The post So you think you know the news? appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Why is the private sector in Africa more likely to hinder instead of help peaceful development? The post Businesses not always free to keep the peace appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

Viewers will find in the series an exemplar of the exploration of forms of otherness most people have never dreamed of, as well as of divergent ways to act in unison The post Revisiting an old favourite in the new Star Trek: Discovery appeared firs...

Just because they are performed differently from civil unions does not mean they don’t come with the same responsibilities — people just don’t know it The post The paradox of customary marriages appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.

To combat anxiety in a disrupted, pandemic-riddled world, it’s better to channel creativity into storytelling, art and design than into conspiracy theories The post The story as a creative psychological quest appeared first on The Mail & Guard...