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Title: The state of the fashion
Runtime: 4:06
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: The State of the Nation address is where fashion and politics meet for a brief moment. We chat to a few politicians about their outfits and why they chose it.

Title: State of the Nation: your thoughts
Runtime: 4:23
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: What are you thinking ahead of President Jacob Zuma's second State of the Nation Address on Thursday? We spoke to some of our readers about what they are expecting from their president this year.

Title: Internet policing: Q&A with Chris Roper
Runtime: 3:17
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: M&G Online Editor Chris Roper fields questions from the audience about who should police the internet, at a recent Critical Thinking Forum on the topic.

Title: Who should police the internet?
Runtime: 6:15
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: With the recent WikiLeaks debacle and the ANC Youth League's threat to shut down Twitter, the question of policing the internet has been a prominent one of late. Some of the most outspoken minds on this topic sat down to hash it out.

Title: Madiba scare over
Runtime: 3:43
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: The government has finally broken its silence surrounding former president, Nelson Mandela's health in a press conference on January 28. Madiba is "in good spirits" and has been discharged to his home in Houghton.

Title: Both sides of the story
Runtime: 6:12
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Since the national elections in Côte d'Ivoire last year, the country has been gripped in battle between the two leaders who contested the elections -- Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo. The M&G spoke to the South African representatives of the two men to get both sides of the story.

Title: Malema no-show at Equality Court
Runtime: 2:32
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Julius Malema did not appear at the Equality Court on January 19 in a hate-speech case lodged by AfriForum, where a judge ordered the ANCYL president to file necessary papers within three days. AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel spoke to the M&G following the court's ruling.

Title: SABC CEO Mokoetle resigns
Runtime: 2:18
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle announced his resignation in a press conference on Wednesday January 19, saying there are 'irreconcilable differences' between him and the board.

Title: M&G analysis on Stiglitz lecture
Runtime: 6:47
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: World renowned economist and winner of the Nobel prize for economics Professor Joseph Stiglitz shared his thoughts on climate change, its effects on the global economy and South Africa in a lecture on Monday January 17 2011. Editor-in-chief of the Mail and Guardian Nic Dawes takes us through some of Stilglitz's key points.

Title: Inside the ANC gala dinner
Runtime: 5:14
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: So what does an ANC gala dinner look like? Who wears what, what food is served, who sits with who and what is said? We take you inside the 99th birthday celebration dinner in Polokwane.

Title: ANC's roadmap to 2011
Runtime: 7:02
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: M&G political reporter Mandy Rossouw highlights some of the key points in President Zuma's 2011 speech at Polokwane on January 8. Thousands gathered at Peter Mokaba Stadium, braving the pouring rain, to celebrate the movement's 99th birthday.

Title: Matric results released
Runtime: 3:48
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: After much anticipation the 2010 matric results have finally been released. The M&G spoke to some of the candidates about their results, the World Cup and strike distractions, as well as their plans for the year ahead.

Title: Shangaan goes global: a musical journey
Runtime: 7:18
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: We journey to Giyani in Limpopo to uncover the amazing story of how Shangaan music went electro, and then global. Our travels took us to the rural homes of some of the oldest artists, and back to Jo'burg where we spoke to Nozinga, the producer behind the new wave of Shangaan music, which is taking the world by storm.

Title: When the music makes you move
Runtime: 3:03
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: We headed to the Chiawelo dance competition in Soweto, where an energetic crowd dance to the newest Shangaan Electro beats. Chiawelo is home to a majority of Shangaan and Tsonga people and is at the epicenter of new electronic Shangaan music. Most Sundays Shangaan residents take to the streets to attend these open dance competitions.

Title: The Shirinda story
Runtime: 4:38
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: We journey into rural Limpopo to meet with one of the fathers of Shangaan music, General MD Shirinda. A legend in the industry, Shirinda continues to be a successful gigging and recording artist. But the music is changing as the youth seek faster electro sounds -- something Shirinda's son, Ndongwe is producing. We explore the old and new, within the space of the Shirinda homestead.

Title: From SA to India: One man's journey
Runtime: 6:27
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: It's been a year of celebrating the strong links between South Africa and India, as one event after the other marked the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Indian indentured labour in South Africa. But how do the descendants of those migrants make sense of their identity now? We tracked one South African man's journey to India and the home of his ancestors.

Title: We are here
Runtime: 2:55
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Where are the men in all the discussions surrounding the annual 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children? American poet, author and actor Antonio Lyons answers this in his one-man play: We Are Here, a series of 16 sketches. Watch our video.

Title: Agliotti: a free man
Runtime: 2:22
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Five years after mining magnate Brett Kebble was murdered, Glenn Agliotti left the South Gauteng High Court on Thursday a free man -- and a household name. Meanwhile the NPA has come under fire for the weak prosecution. Watch the video.

Title: "A ticking bomb"
Runtime: 4:31
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Mine waste affects communities across South Africa. From rich farmers to poor immigrants, acid mine drainage threatens the health and environment of millions of our fellow countrymen. Edwin Tolana, a resident of Soweto, tells us his story - illustrating the lives of those living, breathing and fighting polluted water and air across the country.

Title: Serial rape case postponed
Runtime: 1:45
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: The alleged serial rapist who targeted a dozen young women between the ages of 19 and 21 in the Johannesburg CBD faced court for a second time on Monday. The Mail & Guardian was there. Watch the video.

Title: Vosloorus police deny homophobia
Runtime: 4:11
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Twelve lesbian women were arrested by Vosloorus police last month, in what local activists say is the latest of a series of homophobic attacks by police in the area. The M&G pinned down the Vosloorus police station commander for his response. Watch the video.

Title: Fikile Mbalula on corruption
Runtime: 5:13
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Watch Sports Minister and senior ANC member Fikile Mbalula field some tough questions about government tenders, the ANC's position on lifestyle audits and more, in the third and final part of our "Corruption is counter-revolutionary" series.

PART 2: Is corruption counter-revolutionary

Title: PART 2: Is corruption counter-revolutionary
Runtime: 5:08
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: In this second part of our three part series dealing with the issue of corruption, panel chair, Xolani Gwala, asks how government is dealing with the issue, especially in light of the recent closing of the arms deal investigation.

PART 1: Is corruption counter-revolutionary?

Title: PART 1: Is corruption counter-revolutionary?
Runtime: 5:05
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: The recent M&G transformation in focus breakfast debate brought Deputy Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula and Chief Sango Holomisa together to engage on the topic of corruption. In Part 1 they offer their opening statements in response to the central question, "is corruption counter-revolutionary?"

Title: From prisoner to poet
Runtime: 5:45
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: We head into Johannesburg prison to watch critically acclaimed American poet, spoken-word artist and actor Lemon Andersen perform for the male inmates. Andersen, who is here for the annual Urban Voices Theatre and Poetry Festival, was able to share powerful personal experiences, which includes being an ex-prisoner himself.

Title: Voices from the inside
Runtime: 3:48
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: The Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women and Urban Voices return to Sun City (Johannesburg Prison) for Serious Fun. This year, Chinese-American poet and actor Beau Sia makes a second visit to SA and spends some time helping the female inmates find their voices.

Title: Sophie in the Jo'burg skyline
Runtime: 3:58
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Mary Sibande's exhibition Long Live the Dead Queen has been appearing on giant billboards all over Jo'burg's CBD for the past few months. We spoke to Sibande, as well as people on the street, to find out what happens when art is taken out of the gallery.

Title: Finish & Klaar: the book
Runtime: 5:56
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Four years after the M&G first broke the Jackie Selebi corruption story, matters are finally drawing to a close. Selebi has been found guilty and awaits his fate and Adriaan Basson, associate partner at the M&G's Centre for Investigative Journalism, has written a book, Finish & Klaar, illustrating Selebi's fall from grace. The M&G speaks to Basson about his new book.

Title: Homophobia in Vosloorus
Runtime: 3:53
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Following the Johannesburg Gay Pride march, twelve members of the Vosloorus community were allegedly brutally arrested while at a private party. This is not the first time that the Vosloorus Police Department has been accused of homophobia. The M&G investigates.

Title: It's all the rAge
Runtime: 3:41
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: rAge is South Africa's leading computer, gaming and technology expo. This annual event brings together the most popular and cutting-edge games, technology, gadgets and gaming-related products all under one roof. M&G was there to see what all the fuss is about.

Title: A modern Solomon Mahlangu
Runtime: 6:05
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: The unofficial anthem for the ANC's NGC was a revolutionary song dedicated to slain struggle hero Solomon Mahlangu. We went on a hunt to find a modern version of Mahlangu, which we found in Roche Mogorosi, ANC secretary to the Tshwane branch. We question him on his politics, lifestyle and views on the role of money in the ANC.

Title: ANC NGC: It's a wrap
Runtime: 8:52
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: We take a look at the ANC's national general council and sum up the main issues discussed and resolutions reached at this year's conference. Get the event's highlights here, with commentary from M&G political reporter Mandy Rossouw.

Title: The ANC and big business
Runtime: 1:44
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Undoubtedly the most upmarket area at the ANC's national general council was the business lounge. We accompany President Jacob Zuma on a tour of the exhibition, a place where business and politics meet.

Title: M&G analysis of Zuma's NGC speech
Runtime: 7:46
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: President Jacob Zuma's main address at the ANC national general council was a crucial moment for him, as he set out to reassert his authority, show his detractors who's boss and give hope to those who want to see him succeed. M&G political reporter Mandy Rossouw has a look at how it went.

Title: NGC Zeitgeist
Runtime: 6:40
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: We took to the streets at the ANC National General Council to ask ministers and delegates from various walks of life about their expectations of the NGC, the succession debate and the rising tension between Julius Malema and President Jacob Zuma.

Literary Festival: Writers respond to Murambi: The Book of Bones

Title: Literary Festival: Writers respond to Murambi: The Book of Bones
Runtime: 9:05
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Authors, Veronique Tadjo and Boris Boubacar Diop, explore 'difficult writing' using imaginative depictions of the 1994 Rwandan genocide as an example after visiting Rwanda in 1998.

Title: NGC preview with Fikile Mbalula
Runtime: 5:02
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: ANC head of organising Fikile Mbalula sits down for a chat with the M&G at the ANC's national general council to give insight into the major issues, the leadership debate and more.

Literary Festival: Reality hunger or escapist pudding?

Title: Literary Festival: Reality hunger or escapist pudding?
Runtime: 9:16
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Leon de Kock leads South African authors, Deon Maas, Chris van Wyk, Thando Mgqolozana and Zukiswa Wanner, in a discussion about writing after the struggle, defining masculinity and literary groupies.

Title: Literary festival: M&G at 25
Runtime: 9:31
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: In celebrating the 25th anniversary of the M&G this year, founding co-editor Anton Harber and current Editor-in-Chief Nic Dawes discuss the current implications for media freedom in relation to the restrictions during the apartheid era. They also share their thoughts on the most significant stories they have presided over.

Title: A cultural bridge
Runtime: 4:40
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: As part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the arrival of Indian indentured labourers into South Africa, a dazzling array of official cultural events are taking place between the two countries. We attended the opening of an art exhibition at the Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, which showcased both South African and local Indian artists as part of the "Cultural Bridge from Pretoria to Hyderabad" project.

Dawid Minnaar reads poem by Wilma Stockenstrom

Title: Dawid Minnaar reads poem by Wilma Stockenstrom
Runtime: 5:16
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: The 2010 M&G Literary Festival saw a gathering of some of the country's most respected authors, journalists and academics. Enjoy actor Dawid Minnaar's reading of Wilma Stockenström's poem Skoenlapper Heuwel, Skoenlapper Vrou. This was to mark the launch of Judith Mason's new book illustrating the poem.

Title: Soweto wine festival 2010
Runtime: 3:49
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: The Soweto wine festival gets bigger every year, reaching new lovers of the drink in South Africa's biggest township -- and beyond. We captured the buzz and the festivities surrounding many Sowetans new drinks of choice.

Title: SA's mining legacy
Runtime: 5:00
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Acid mine drainage (AMD) water cannot be used for agriculture, you can't drink it and you can't bath in it. It contaminates clean underground water and will eventually escalate the cost of water. Watch our video to see AMD'S impact on the environment.

Title: Wine takes off in Soweto
Runtime: 2:38
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Ahead of the 2010 Soweto Wine Festival we revisit an interview with co-founder Mnikelo Mangciphu at the first and only wine shop in Soweto, Morara Wines, as wine becomes more popular among Sowetans.

Title: Joy of Jazz 2010: Kyle Shepherd
Runtime: 2:28
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Cape Town's Kyle Shepherd is widely regarded as one of South Africa's most accomplished jazz pianists, composers and band leaders. He showed off his talents at this year's Joy of Jazz Festival.

Title: Joy of Jazz 2010: Ravi Coltrane
Runtime: 2:24
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: Ravi Coltrane is an American post-bop jazz saxophonist and the son of legendary tenor saxophonist John Coltrane and jazz pianist Alice Coltrane. He entertained jazz fans at this year's Joy of Jazz Festival.

Title: Joy of Jazz 2010: Chris Botti
Runtime: 3:10
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: This year's Joy of Jazz Festival featured the likes of Chris Botti, the largest selling American jazz instrumental artist. Here he is joined by violinist, Caroline Campbell for a haunting performance.

Title: 'No comment' says Malema's rival
Runtime: 3:28
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: ANCYL deputy president Andile Lungisa faced a motion of no confidence at the League's National General Council (NGC). Analysts see the move against Lungisa as an attempt by ANCYL President Julius Malema to muzzle internal dissent ahead of the ANC's NGC in September. The M&G spoke with Lungisa.

Title: Malema tackles the media
Runtime: 2:36
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: On the last day of the ANCYL National General Council president Julius Malema targeted the media during his final address. The M&G reports.

Title: Is media freedom under threat? (PART 3)
Runtime: 6:31
Date posted: 16 years ago
Description: In this third and final part of our media freedom discussion, representatives from the media, the ANC and the DA argue the merits and concerns over the proposed right to information act and media tribunal. Heated debate ensues, guided by Judge Dennis Davis.

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