Mbekezeli Mbokazi featured for 90 minutes as Chicago Fire bowed out in the Last 16 of the US Open Cup at the hands of St Louis City.

Faiez Jacobs writes as though JP Smith is concerned about testifying at the Madlanga Commission. The opposite is true

With Moody’s Ratings South Africa bowing out, local banks have a 24-month grace period to transition their credit risk assessments.

South Africans are resilient people, but that resilience depends on a belief that institutions still work, and that belief is beginning to weaken.

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The Mail & Guardian Digital Edition – 30 April 2026

An entrepreneur has accused the Industrial Development Corporation of rigid recovery practices that ignore the impact of Covid-19, as calls grow for an inquiry into its treatment of struggling black-owned businesses

The Beninese legend discusses the inspiration behind her latest album HOPE!!, honouring her mother while continuing a decades-long journey of musical exploration and connection

With millions of South Africans unemployed — particularly young people — employers wield enormous power. The message is clear: “If you don’t accept these conditions, there are hundreds waiting to take your place”

We are proud of how far Cosatu has come since it was launched 40 years ago in Durban and the role it has played in ending apartheid, securing our constitutional democracy, uplifting workers and enshrining their rights into law

The ANC has been served with court papers by branches seeking to halt the conference, which was officially set for Wednesday

Internationally celebrated dancer Mamela Nyamza returns home with two powerful productions interrogating identity, colonial legacies and belonging through bold, deconstructed movement

On Workers’ Day 2026, the typical white worker still stands far above the typical black African worker in a labour market built through conquest, land theft and racial rule

Named Decorex Designer of the Year, LRNCE embodies a broader movement redefining African design through slowness, imperfection, and deeply collaborative craft practices

The country presents a clear illustration of how a weak social foundation constrains industrial development and reinforces structural inefficiencies but we can change that

Author Moshitadi Lehlomela confronts childhood trauma in Healing the Mother Wound

TMPD deputy chief Dhlamini denied favouring a security company owned by Sergeant Fannie Nkosi’s brother Bheki Nkosi

Berita’s Workers’ Day performance becomes a powerful meditation on migration, memory and xenophobia in a nation built through labour, movement and forgotten solidarities

A civil society organisation has opened a new criminal complaint against senior prosecutor Andrea Johnson, alleging a conflict of interest in a recruitment process in which her husband was a candidate.