
LUNGI SANGQU | Gen Z and leaders urged to bridge workplace divide
Bridging generational gaps is key to sustaining South African organisations, writes Lungi Sangqu.
MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026, 11:54

Bridging generational gaps is key to sustaining South African organisations, writes Lungi Sangqu.

The National Prosecuting Authority on Friday said it was concerned about how the chief magistrate handled the Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni extortion case after it was struck from the roll this week.

After naming the 32-man preliminary squad on Thursday, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos says he will face a difficult decision when he names the final squad for the Fifa World Cup on Wednesday at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
Sparkly cake decorations such as edible glitter and metallic dusts are booming in popularity, but experts warn they can pose serious health risks if inhaled – especially by children. The warning comes after a young boy in Australia was admitted to hospital when cake decorating powder entered his lungs, prompting a nationwide product recall.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will speak to Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented move for an American leader that could roil US relations with China and maybe prompt more Chinese war games around the island.

As the national ANC officially inaugurated the party’s Eastern Cape provincial task team at the City Hall in KuGompo City late on Thursday, fresh warnings of legal action against the troubled party again emerged.
When households stop farming, it breaks the generational transfer of knowledge and skills essential for sustaining rural farms, write Sibongiseni Peacock, Scott Drimie and Kenneth Carden

The rural economy can be resuscitated and sustained with a simple strategy: counter the dominance of foreign-owned spaza shops by strengthening locally owned ones, writes Sizwe Kupelo, government spokesperson

The British police investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will be long and complex, senior officers said, after his arrest earlier this year on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that can include sexual impropriety.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the tragedy that shattered the soul of South Africa on 16 June 1976, the Baxter and Market theatres have co-produced a docu-fictional drama, Rise ’76: The Story of June 16th.

Welcome to the only South Africanised weekly cryptic crossword.Clue of the week:8 Lack of resistance in the end (6)

The Mail & Guardian Digital Edition – 22 May 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Cuba that the United States was laser-focused on changing the communist system, after the island was stunned by a US indictment of its former president Raúl Castro.

Pieter Rietveld almost didn’t go to Bloubergstrand on Mother’s Day morning two weeks ago. But another man, Colin, can be very grateful that he did, as Pieter was called on to save him from a riptide for the second time in two weeks.

Satawu, Untu say rail operator has avoided efforts to save jobs

Minibus taxi fares are set to increase exponentially hitting hard-pressed commuters in the pocket, due to increasing fuel prices.

He jets off to that country tomorrow with trainers, Phumzile Matyhila and Bernie Pailman.Rated No 5 by the IBF, Nqothole will take on sixth-rated Charlie Edwards in their official IBF junior bantamweight title eliminator next Friday night.

ANC nomination portal presents exhaustive array of requirements as contest begins to reach fever pitch
Former Liverpool striker can entrench himself in African folklore if he helps Senegal roar again in North America

The murder of Thato Molosankwe has once again exposed the deep crisis of violence engulfing SA and the growing danger faced by those who stand up for their communities.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says eThekwini is turning a corner – but R6.4 billion in irregular expenditure and 21 billion litres of water lost every month tell a very different story.