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Netflix’s ‘Man on Fire’ has no heat

08 May at 00:05 AM, via Mail & Guardian

A bloated, cliché-ridden adaptation buries Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s charisma under a meandering plot that never ignites

Cryptic Crossword JDE 529

07 May at 22:50 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Welcome to the only South Africanised weekly cryptic crossword.Clue of the week:12 Play stick [crap cryptic clue!] (4,3)

08 May 2026

07 May at 22:24 PM, via Mail & Guardian

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Too many questions, just enough truth: Justice as a lifelong pursuit

07 May at 15:15 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The thread that held the conversation together was clear from the beginning: justice. Not the abstract kind confined to courtrooms and legal textbooks but justice as a lived pursuit. Justice as a lifelong calling. Justice as something that must be wrestled with, not merely referenced

Walking the nation together: The men turning endurance into hope

07 May at 12:52 PM, via Mail & Guardian

In a country often divided by inequality, unemployment and uncertainty, four men are attempting to reconnect South Africans through something profoundly simple: walking. Mshengu Tshabalala, Moses Aphane, Jeremiah Mkhwanazi and Frankie Motsepe are currently undertaking a remarkable long-distance journey from Pretoria to Cape Town under the banner of the Abahambi Be Tshwane Foundation. Today, the...

Inside the SABS gathering shaping Africa’s next generation of thinkers

07 May at 12:42 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Yesterday, 05 May 2026, the South African Bureau of Standards in Pretoria became more than a venue for an awards announcement. It became a space where ideas, ambition and the future of Africa converged through the voices of young South Africans determined to shape the continent differently.  The occasion marked the announcement of the national […]

The Populist vs. the Pope

07 May at 12:29 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The war of words between Pope Leo XIV and US President Donald Trump has revived the age-old clash between the sacred and the secular. But Trump has severely misjudged the “soft power” of the world’s preeminent religious leader, and attacking a popular pontiff will likely come at a high political cost.

Malawi plane crash probe targets aviation oversight

07 May at 12:19 PM, via Mail & Guardian

For the families of the nine victims who died on a remote hillside in northern Malawi, the question that first emerged after the crash remains unresolved. The country’s third investigation has begun. Whether it will be the last remains uncertain

Nine lessons to make SA’s anti-HIV jab rollout work  

07 May at 12:16 PM, via Mail & Guardian

In less than a month, South Africa will start rolling out the most potent HIV prevention medication the world has seen. But that alone doesn’t guarantee that HIV-negative people who need this twice-a-year injection — called lenacapavir — will use it

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