Ten things about New Year
- 04 Jan 2013 00:00 - Mail & Guardian Correspondent
- The earliest records of New Year festivities go back to the Babylonians about 4000 years ago.
Slideshow | The world welcomes 2013
- 02 Jan 2013 12:56
- The Mail & Guardian takes a look at how people all around the globe welcomed in the new year.
Fireworks and dancing as Asian nations celebrate New Year 2013
- 31 Dec 2012 17:30 - Sapa-AFP
- Sydney's skyline has erupted with fireworks as revellers cheered in the new year from the city's harbour in the world's first major 2013 celebration.
Hillbrow enjoys a 'tame' New Year's
- 01 Jan 2012 09:49 - Nickolaus Bauer
- Cocooned in an armoured Nyala, the Mail & Guardian brings in the New Year in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
Hillbrow police prepare for the worst on New Year's
- 30 Dec 2011 16:07 - Johannes Myburgh
- Fridges might fly and beds may fall from the sky as residents in Hillbrow see in the New Year by throwing broken furniture onto the streets below.
Millions gathering worldwide to ring in new year
- 31 Dec 2010 19:01 - Tanalee Smith
- Multicoloured starbusts and gigantic sparklers lit the midnight sky over Sydney Harbour in a dazzling fireworks to ring in the new year.
Fireworks but long shadows as New Year sweeps across Europe
- 01 Jan 2009 08:28 - Staff Reporter
- New Year festivities swept across Europe on Thursday -- but Gaza fears, Mumbai memories, economic collapse and tragedy in Thailand cast long shadows.
Rain the best policeman as violence drops in Hillbrow
- 01 Jan 2009 07:34 - Kenichi Serino
- Hillbrow, notorious for its New Year's mayhem, was more subdued this year after a downpour of rain. Police blockaded Hillbrow in attempt to make c
