The Mail&Guardian is a quality investigative and comment news publication, based on a culture of editorial independence and excellence.  
 
But the M&G also has an activist soul.
 
Through our journalism, we strive to promote freedom, justice and equality. Our aim is to create space for debate and diversity, to defend freedom of expression and to combat racial, political and religious prejudice. We stand in solidarity with the powerless and vulnerable and we strive for a more just and compassionate South Africa.