KwaZulu-Natal has a long, proud history. It is renowned as the home of the Zulu kingdom and has a diverse racial, cultural and natural heritage, making it attractive to both domestic and foreign visitors. The English so loved it they made it a home from home and the province retains an element of its colonial charm, especially in the coastal city of Durban.

Birth, death, love and taxes are said to be the only constants in life, but one more thing could be added: a Robert Mugabe Cabinet. One would like to think that Stan Made -- a man who has presided over the near-death of Zimbabwe's agriculture sector since the start of the land invasions -- would be relieved of his duties and packed off to a place where he has nothing at all to do with anything.

On Friday night four women will be acknowledged in the country's first Distinguished Woman Scientist Award. The winner will walk away with R50 000. Finalists are Professor Esté Vorster, Professor Zephne van der Spuy, Biotechnologist Professor Jennifer Thomson and Professor Vanessa Watson.

The Mail & Guardian has kept its 246 000 weekly readers despite the difficult media market conditions of the past six months -- and they are the best educated readership of all weekly and daily newspapers in South Africa, according to the All Media Product Survey (AMPS).

With only four candidates applying for a vacancy at the Constitutional Court, there are rumours that Ray Zondo will merely rubberstamp appointments.

Botswana's Court of Appeal has struck down an earlier ruling that denied Kalahari Bushmen access to water on their ancestral land.

As Julius Malema drags out his appeal process, he might take comfort from precedent in the case of former ANC chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe.

KwaZulu-Natal has a long, proud history. It is renowned as the home of the Zulu kingdom and has a diverse racial, cultural and natural heritage, making it attractive to both domestic and foreign visitors. The English so loved it they made it a home from home and the province retains an element of its colonial charm, especially in the coastal city of Durban.