Half Man review – more brave, brutal, blazing TV from the maker of Baby Reindeer Richard Gadd’s at it again. His unforgiving new drama tackles the damage men do to each other head on, by pulling out his insides and smearing them everywhere. Every man should watch this queasy maste...

Half Man review – more brave, brutal, blazing TV from the maker of Baby Reindeer. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values ECJ says law passed in 2021 discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for incoming PM

EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values. ECJ says law passed in 2021 discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for incoming PM. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary Democracy wins big

Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary, how Orban rigged the system, the sex tape that never materialised and how zebra's became the symbol of Orban's corruption. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

The most moral army…. Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Suspended City of Tshwane CFO was ‘just huffing and puffing and playing along’ Suspended City of Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi faced a bruising barrage of questions at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, but his answers boxed him into a corner and exposed cracks in his testimony. …

Suspended City of Tshwane CFO was ‘just huffing and puffing and playing along’, inquiry hears www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

No water at Ramaphosa’s Soweto family home and surrounds for nearly a week For nearly seven days, taps in Chiawelo, Protea, and parts of Dlamini ran dry – an inconvenience reaching even President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Soweto family home. Joburg Water said it was cleaning the Chi...

No water at Ramaphosa’s Soweto family home and surrounds for nearly a week www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

ANC on the hunt for talented city mayors — outside the party The ANC says it will widen its mayoral selection pool beyond its own ranks and intensify public participation in Johannesburg. The party says it is campaigning on governance delivery rather than ‘thea...

🤭ANC on the hunt for talented city mayors — inside and outside the party www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

Secret 2004 Amnesty Task Team report reveals proposed constitutional amendment for ‘backdoor’ amnesty A secret 2004 report detailing the findings of the Amnesty Task Team appointed by former president Thabo Mbeki to address the unfinished business of Truth and Reconciliation Commission prosecutions co...

Secret 2004 Amnesty Task Team report reveals proposed constitutional amendment for ‘backdoor’ amnesty www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’?

With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’? After the State Department overhauled the process for choosing an artist for the Venice Biennale, it gave control to a woman who previously owned a pet food store. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/a...

Qaanitah Hunter | Municipal horror movie: Maluti-a-Phofung’s 4 mayors in 4 years | News24 Maluti-a-Phofung elected its fourth mayor in four years last week. Qaanitah Hunter reflects on why this time it feels like a step forward.

🔒Qaanitah Hunter | Municipal horror movie: Maluti-a-Phofung’s 4 mayors in 4 years. Maluti-a-Phofung was broken by the ANC, and left to die by the party. www.news24.com/opinions/col...

Jonny Steinberg | The DA cannot fix South Africa’s deepest problems | News24 Despite the excitement around the DA’s potential to expand its voter base, the party will always be restricted by South Africa’s electoral system and by its dependence on middle-class voters, writes J...

🔒Jonny Steinberg | The DA cannot fix South Africa’s deepest problems www.news24.com/opinions/col... via @news24

Malema’s appeal could take years — critics say he’s not fit to serve on JSC Julius Malema left the KuGompo Magistrates’ Court on 16 April without spending a night in prison, but his case is far from resolved.…

Malema’s appeal could take years — critics say he’s not fit to serve on JSC www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

Matshela Koko challenges R2.5bn ‘immunity’ deal with Kusile contractor ABB as corruption charges loom Former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko wants an agreement between the National Prosecuting Authority and Swedish-Swiss technology company ABB declared unlawful in a continuing court battle to clear his...

Matshela Koko challenges R2.5bn ‘immunity’ deal with Kusile contractor ABB as corruption charges loom www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

Matshela Koko challenges R2.5bn ‘immunity’ deal with Kusile contractor ABB as corruption charges loom Former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko wants an agreement between the National Prosecuting Authority and Swedish-Swiss technology company ABB declared unlawful in a continuing court battle to clear his...

Matshela Koko challenges R2.5bn ‘immunity’ deal with Kusile contractor ABB as corruption charges loom www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

LUKE FELTHAM | JD Vance’s Faustian bargain sours Vice-president faces mounting fallout as US-Iran conflict disrupts global energy

🔒LUKE FELTHAM | JD Vance’s Faustian bargain sours. US vice-president risks becoming the patsy in the greatest disaster of recent memory. www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2026...

And Jesus spake unto them, saying "Eat of this royale with cheese, this is my body." And the disciples were exceeding vexed, and Peter said "Dost thou not mean a quarter pounder with cheese?" And Jesus replied "We got the metric system here, we know not what the fuck a quarter pounder is."

Why I will not stand for Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day siren A state that commits genocide cannot claim to honor the Holocaust. Each ceremony it holds in its name defiles the memory of the victims.

ORLY NOY: Why I will not stand for Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day siren. A state that commits genocide cannot claim to honor the Holocaust. Each ceremony it holds in its name defiles the memory of the victims. www.972mag.com/stand-israel...

🤣Unconfirmed reports that Tr@mp was told to say the image he posted as himself as Jesus was "doctored", which he mangled by saying it depicted him as a doctor...

SA’s only state transgender surgery clinic can help just four patients a year But Groote Schuur’s Transgender Healthcare Clinic is seeing five to ten new patients a month and new patients may wait 20 to 30 years for surgery

For many patients, the care is not elective but essential. Gender dysphoria – the distress caused by a mismatch between one’s gender identity and assigned sex – can make everyday life deeply distressing. groundup.org.za/article/sas-...

Eyal Weizman · All they will find is sand: Gaza’s Yellow Line Most of the Gaza Strip – cities, refugee camps, schools, universities, mosques, the health infrastructure, agriculture...

From the London Review of Books: All they will find is sand - Eyal Weizman on the demolition of Gaza. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...

South Africa’s car spinning culture – in pictures. www.theguardian.com/uk/culture

Donald Trump launches extraordinary attack on Pope Leo calling him ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’ In unprecedented attack on the leader of the Catholic church, president says the US-born pope is ‘not doing a very good job’ and is ‘a very liberal person’

A wonderful compliment for the Pope: Donald Trump launches extraordinary attack on Pope Leo calling him ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Hungarian opposition ousts Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power Péter Magyar’s Tisza party wins election as prime minister concedes defeat, in result likely to reshape ties with EU

So much "winning" for the Oros man and his bag-carrier JD Vance: Hungarian opposition ousts Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Pierre de Vos | Why is Ramaphosa repeatedly refusing to clean house? | News24 President Ramaphosa’s refusal to dismiss scandal-plagued ministers like Sisisi Tolashe, Gwede Mantashe, and Gayton McKenzie – despite having unrestricted constitutional power to do so – reveals a patt...

🔒Pierre de Vos | Why is Ramaphosa repeatedly refusing to clean house? Dismissal of ANC Cabinet ministers made subject to non-existent procedural rules of fairness. www.news24.com/opinions/ana...

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again The Israeli military has demolished entire villages as part of its invasion of south Lebanon, rigging homes with explosives and razing them to the ground in massive remote detonations. The Guardian reviewed three videos posted by the Israeli military and on social media, which showed Israel carrying out mass detonations in the villages of Taybeh, Naqoura and Deir Seryan along the Israel-Lebanon border. Lebanese media has reported more mass detonations in other border villages, but satellite imagery was not readily available to verify these claims. Continue reading...

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon

Phala Phala: Explosive IPID report pulls Ramaphosa closer to farm theft ‘cover-up’ | News24 A report by IPID, long kept secret, has found that the theft of at least $580 000 in cash from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm was deliberately kept secret by his head of security, Major ...

🔒Phala Phala: Explosive IPID report pulls Ramaphosa closer to farm theft ‘cover-up’. The report found that Rhoode's efforts to trace the burglars in the weeks after the theft in February 2020 were intended to "conceal" the crimes. www.news24.com/investigatio...

Mfundi Vundla spent 21 years in exile and created the popular television show “Generations.” His latest project is a play that explores the imperfections of the fight against apartheid. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/w...

"It has been six months since the cease-fire was announced in Gaza, when the war was officially stopped. But it hasn’t stopped, not really. The Israeli airstrikes are less constant, but they still kill us." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/o...

Haram: A powerful coming-of-age tale of faith, identity and forbidden desire www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...