‘Painful to witness’ — the slow demise of the Mail & Guardian

Let’s fall back in love with journalism – The Mail & Guardian

We do what we do because of you. I desperately needed to hear those words when they were written by Sipho Kings after being appointed Mail & Guardian editor in 2020. The world had turned upside down a few months earlier.  In March, we turned off the office lights as the Covid-19 lockdown set in, uncertain of what was to become of our society, let alone our publication. Not long after that we lost key staff, including our editors. The M&G under e…

‘Painful to witness’ — the slow demise of the Mail & Guardian

The Mail & Guardian is the latest victim of the declining South African and global media industry.