More than 15 000 pupils from South Africa are being taught through performance how to be their best without the use of alcohol or drugs and while abstaining from sex. This yearly event is called the Be Your Best Rock Challenge and is held in five different cities in South Africa in October.
It has been a busy week for former Inkatha Freedom Party chairperson Ziba Jiyane.
After 47 days on a hunger strike, Iranians Azita Aslami and Mohammad Mehdi Neshat may finally get what they want: a residence permit to stay in The Netherlands. The Dutch government says Iran is a safe country, but Aslami and Neshat don’t agree. On June 30, eight Iranian asylum seekers had embarked on a hunger strike to protest the Dutch asylum-seeking procedure.
Newspaper posters hang along the sides of Johannesburg’s roads, telling the latest horrifying news: babies raped and people slaughtered. Electric fences and armed-response signs surround many homes in the city. It’s no wonder that youngsters from other countries staying in the city’s backpackers’ hostels think they know all about South Africa’s crime rate.
The United Nations Security Council has established a monitoring and reporting mechanism that will ensure the protection of children exposed to armed conflict, a UN statement said on Wednesday. In the past decade, two million children have been killed in situations of armed conflict, while six million children have been disabled or injured.
On Tuesday, South Africans can celebrate National Women’s Day for the 11th time, in remembrance of the 20 000 women of all races who marched on August 9 1956 to the Union Buildings, to protest the extension of pass laws for African women. The Mail & Guardian Online asked some South Africans about the meaning of Women’s Day.
South Africa’s bid commission for the 2010 Gay Games is confident the country has a better chance than competitors Germany and France to stage the Games in Johannesburg. Bid marketing and communications officer Paul Tilly told the Mail & Guardian Online South Africa is the ideal place for a number of reasons.
The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) is again challenging the South African media on their coverage of National Women’s Day. For the past six years, the MMP has monitored media coverage during the period around National Women’s Day. Last year’s challenge was won by the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.
The Merafong municipality, which includes Carletonville and Khutsong, may soon be incorporated into the North West province.
Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi has refused to become India’s next prime minister, it was reported on Tuesday. She has apparently told senior Congress Party leaders that she does not want to head the new government, television network NDTV reported.
Hindu party to boycott Gandhi ceremony