A gunman opened fire near the White House, with US Secret Service agents killing the assailant in a shootout during which a bystander was also struck, authorities said.

Renowned French film school, La Fémis, announced on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, the introduction of their first English-language course in 2027. The course is open to early stage fimmakers worldwide, including South Africans. The Fémis International Programme will help global emerging filmmakers develop their first feature film. As a writing residency and […]

Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Sunday, 24 May 2026.

Some entry-level models lose thousands early, while others remain close to their new car price

Limpopo police have mobilised rexources for a manhunt after a double murder in Crooks Corner in northern Kruger National Park.

See how an elephant in musth damages a safari vehicle in Kruger National Park when a calm sighting turns dangerous within seconds.

Kruger National Park tragedy leaves South Africans shaken after two tourists were found dead in the remote Pafuri region.

Scientists warn that increasing global shipping traffic rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope is intensifying overlap with whale habitats off South Africa’s west coast, raising the risk of vessel strikes

Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Saturday, 23 May 2026.

As Johannesburg settles into winter, New Balance’s Grey Days campaign taps into the season’s biggest mood: comfort, layering and effortlessly cool grey sneakers

Former Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Sibusiso Kumalo is still involved in football, and he has now obtained a unique FIFA qualification.

Sundowns have a chance to win two trophies this weekend but they may end up with none or at least one at the end of it all.

Bafana Bafana will go to the FIFA World Cup without some of the players who were instrumental during the qualifiers.

In the midst of Cannes, MAD Solutions has acquired all Middle East and North African (MENA) rights to the South African film Laundry (Uhlanjululo), written and directed by Zamo Mkhwanazi. Set in 1968 Johannesburg, Laundry stars Ntobeko Sishi as teenager Khuthala, who is reluctant to inherit his father’s laundry business. As Apartheid restrictions intensify and Black-owned […]

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The Mail & Guardian Digital Edition – 22 May 2026

Those who loved her remember a woman who gave everything — to her art, to her city, and to every person lucky enough to have her in their corner

Friends, creatives and a city in mourning gathered to celebrate the woman who helped shape how Johannesburg saw itself after 1994.

As the 14th annual Kingsmead Book Fair returns to Johannesburg, the beloved literary gathering once again creates space for difficult conversations, thoughtful reflection and the simple pleasure of sitting with stories in an age defined by distraction

With a new album on the horizon and sold-out shows across the globe, Bongeziwe Mabandla is stepping into the artist he was always becoming

A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief