10th birthday: Ten Years of Front Pages.

Gavin du Venage DOCTORS at Baragwanath Hospital have begun to arm themselves with chemical sprays to defend themselves against patients, following a number of attacks that has left at least one person dead. Several weeks ago a doctor accidentally killed a haemophiliac patient when he tried to fend the man off. A senior doctor told […]

Robert Dowse, visiting professor of political studeies ar Rhodes University, rebuts the views of Prof MW Makgoba published in the M&G last week Professor Makgoba asks the question “what is a university in modern Africa?” and appears to believe that they should not be the same as elsewhere. Universities should, he suggests, be transformed “in […]

ANC deputy secretary general Cheryl Carolus applied for life insurance — and discovered how HIV sufferers are The experience of buying our first home has been turned, for my husband and I, into a face-to-face confrontation with the irresponsible and discriminatory way in which the insurance industry continues to deal with HIV and Aids. It […]

Speculation is rife that Sol Kerzner is involved in South Africa’s first satellite TV channel, reports Justin Pearce South Africa entered the satellite television era on Wednesday evening when Africa Satellite Entertainment Corporation (ASEC) launched its sports and entertainment channel amid speculation that casino king Sol Kerzner is involved in the deal. The move is […]

Ivor Powell IT was, of course, a set-up for censorship in the first place. Approached by the Vita Art Now selection panel to participate in their annual showpiece exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, artist Kendell Geers put forward three works. One was uncontentious, a red overall to be positioned where the hanging committee saw […]

It was a perfectly normal lecture until Daniel Zikalala fell through the ceiling. But then, people who know Vista know it as the university where almost anything can happen. And after Zikalala had picked himself up off the floor and walked quietly out of the lecture room, class went on. The incident has become legendary […]

Ian Moultrie, a private shareholder in Iscor, takes issue with ANC MP Jenny Schreiner’s comments on opposition to the proposed Saldanha Steel Project JENNY SCHREINER is reported in last week’s Mail & Guardian as saying: “It is incredibly arrogant to assume that only the bourgeoisie are concerned about the environment.” Nobody I know is making […]

SOCCER: Gerald Combrinck UMTATA Bucks boss Chain Vilikazi refers to them as the unholy three, and by Sunday there will be only two left, because one of either Sundowns or Kaizer Chiefs will be out of the Coca Cola Cup. The remaining part of the pact, Orlando Pirates, face a tough task when they visit […]