HIV/Aids has forced all sectors of society to respond to the ravages of the epidemic — from businesses and health insurers to educational institutions. It has forced those who care for the terminally ill, our caregivers and health workers, to re-invent how they treat those living with the virus.

Sunday Times editor Mondli Makhanya and his deputy managing editor, Jocelyn Maker, can sleep soundly until next week, at least, without the threat of arrest. The public prosecutor has not yet made up his mind whether the case of theft against them should go to court. Until he does, they will not be arrested.

International research has shown that households can save as much as 10% of their annual electricity bill by reducing their ”phantom” power or standby power consumption. But South Africa has no research examining this energy- sucking phenomenon and shows little interest in the international community’s moves to curb standby power waste.

International countries are angling for South Africa’s skilled workers — with the country’s financial services sector one of the first waters where global recruitment companies are casting their nets. Jocelyn Rowe, a British-based recruitment company for the financial services sector, said 19 800 new financial services jobs opened up in the City of London in August.

The Constitutional Court will this week hear argument that could dramatically change the system for foreigners to adopt South African children. The case for the adoption of baby R by an American couple will be argued on Tuesday in Braamfontein after the Johannesburg High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed attempts by the couple to obtain a custody and guardianship order.