OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Friday ZIMBABWEAN police have released four officials of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change who were arrested during a raid on party offices on Thursday morning. MDC youth wing chair Nelson Chamisa and Gandi Mudzingwa, personal assistant to MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai, and Join Nkatazo and Socks Ncube were released. MDC […]

Too many coaches in South Africa have an inflated opinion of their own worth Andrew Muchineripi Coaches of Castle Premiership clubs have got to rank among the most arrogant and overrated members of the highly paid, highly pressured group anywhere in the world. They all speak with such authority on the beautiful game, although precious […]

Denise Ford President Thabo Mbeki appears to confuse the causes of immune deficiency and the specific syndrome associated with HIV/Aids in his interview with Time magazine. If he is quoted correctly in the article, he betrays a startling level of scientific ignorance. He says: “But the notion that immune deficiency is only acquired from a […]

to feedom A relocated bull elephant named after the former president keeps returning to the Kruger park Fiona Macleod When “Madiba”, the biggest bull elephant yet relocated from the Kruger National Park, was moved to a small game reserve in Northern Province two weeks ago, he decided captivity was not for him and set off […]

The former Bafana coach dealt South Africa’s Under-23s a blow at the Olympics Grant Shimmin in Sydney There could have been few happier men than Japanese coach Philippe Troussier at Canberra’s Bruce Stadium when the final whistle blew at the end of South Africa’s opening match in the Olympic football tournament last night. The delight […]

Economist Hernando de Soto is hailed as a saviour of poor countries. But he is nothing of the kind, writes Madeleine Bunting Hernando de Soto has pulled off a remarkable feat. You may not have heard of him, but governments around the world are apparently queuing up to hear what the Peruvian thinker has to […]

AFP, Harare | Friday FOUR opposition officials have been arrested after police in Zimbabwe raided three offices of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in search of weapons. One of several lawyers representing the MDC, Brian Kagoro said “they (the police) have arrested and detained” four officials after the early morning raid found […]

The Victorian English public school – rather than the ancient Greeks – inspired Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics Mark Whitaker Taking a short cut recently in the centre of Tunis, a city I’ve known well for years, I found myself in an unfamiliar run-down street. It took some time to find a […]

Duvall Pettway and Kojo Baffoe fashion Local fashion has climbed to an all-time high with designers pulling out all the stops at the 4th annual South African Fashion Week (SAFW). September can be re- dubbed fashion month with the showing of spring/summer collections at various events hosted around Johannesburg. The season kicked off in full […]

The Mail & Guardian’s Cape and Durban correspondents, Marianne Merten and Paul Kirk, were runners-up in the 2000 Ruth First Courageous Journalism Awards, announced this week by Rhodes University. The winner was The Star’s Lynne Altenroxel. Charlene Smith won the prize last year for her articles on rape in the M&G, news editor Mungo Soggot […]