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/ 15 February 2008
Shack dwellers in KwaZulu-Natal have set out to show that the provincial government acted unconstitutionally in promulgating its controversial anti-slums legislation in August last year. This was disclosed in papers filed in the Durban High Court by the Wits Law Clinic, acting on behalf of the shack dwellers’ movement.
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/ 8 February 2008
Woza Moya’s beaded dolls and their creators are on exhibition, writes Niren Tolsi.
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/ 2 February 2008
Millions of rands of international donor funds intended to be used by the Red Cross Society in KwaZulu-Natal have disappeared.
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/ 2 February 2008
Like the elephant on its crest, there was a degree of dimorphism about the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) at its draft policy launch recently. Its past, especially the party’s role in the internecine violence of the 1980s and 1990s, was reshaped towards absolution during a narrative history kicked off by Generations actress Winnie Ntshaba.
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/ 18 January 2008
Despite their cheesy name, the South Jersey Pom-Poms are quirky, eclectic and cool, writes Niren Tolsi.
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/ 11 January 2008
Gaining notoriety as the “kissing law”, the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007 has, in recent weeks, sparked teen outrage and threats of pubescent petting protests. In an attempt to safeguard children against sexual abuse, legislators have provoked widespread fury from teens who believe that their rights are being infringed by a misguided attempt to stymie their natural sexual development and exploration.
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/ 14 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>A casino might seem a perverse setting for a presidential hopeful to address anybody, let alone what purported to be a gathering of the KwaZulu-Natal legal fraternity in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday evening. The Golden Horse Casino is a succinct answer to those who wonder what has gone wrong in our society.
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/ 7 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/321750/Icon_ANCconference.gif" align=left border=0></a>The period since the completion of the ANC provincial nomination process has been marked by an intense campaign to entice Polokwane delegates across the country to change their voting patterns. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> spoke to delegates from several provinces. "I have been personally approached to vote for Jacob Zuma" said Zoyisile Dyasi from OR Tambo region in the Eastern Cape.
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/ 7 December 2007
ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary and pro-Jacob Zuma strongman Senzo Mchunu this week sought to quell rumours that Zuma supporters within party structures would seek to dislodge President Thabo Mbeki from the Union Buildings if their man ascended to the organisation’s presidency.
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/ 30 November 2007
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The gloves are really off. A campaign to ”set the record straight about Jacob Zuma” is central to a fight-back plan by President Thabo Mbeki’s strategists, aimed at giving him a third term as party leader at the Polokwane conference. The campaign is set to resurrect Zuma’s links with fraud convict Schabir Shaik, and his controversial rape trial.