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/ 21 December 2007
You sense an overwhelming feeling of anticipation as you pass the rooms in the maternity ward. Tumi Gaoaketse’s excitement is contagious as she leads us to her baby’s bed. Onthatile was born on December 6 at the hospital in Dobsonville, Soweto. His mother describes him as a gift from God; the baby boy she gave birth to a year ago died shortly after he was born.
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/ 14 December 2007
Amatola Green Power, the only company selling green power in South Africa, announced a deal this week to sell electricity to its first corporate customer, Mercedes-Benz. Amatola, which buys excess energy that sugar giants produce from bagasse, a waste product produced from sugar cane, will sell the electricity to Mercedes-Benz in terms of an agreement with the City of Tshwane.
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/ 7 December 2007
All copies of a new book that notorious apartheid murderer Eugene de Kock believes defames him and harms both his dignity and his reputation are being withdrawn from bookshops. This follows a Pretoria High Court interim order two weeks ago after De Kock applied to the court to halt further sales of the book, White Power and the Rise and Fall of the National Party.
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/ 5 December 2007
Captain Zakhele Zwane likes to think of himself as an officer who does more than just his job. "It’s the only thing I’ve known for the past 20 years. I didn’t know anything about police work before I joined the force. As far as fighting crime was concerned, I knew I could make a difference," he says.
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/ 5 December 2007
Therapy is a necessary part of recovery for survivors of abuse, but many are too traumatised to talk about their experiences.
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/ 28 November 2007
Bombarded by HIV/Aids campaigns, South Africans have grown almost immune to the messages so crucial in the fight against the pandemic. For many it is a case of ”we’ve heard it all before”. This is why many organisations have put on their creative shoes to find unique ways to reach affected people and help the cope.
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/ 16 November 2007
The internal battle in the ANC in the North West has taken a turn for the worse. The leader of Umkhonto weSizwe veterans in the province claims he is being intimidated to support President Thabo Mbeki, while members of the provincial executive committee have tightened the screws on Premier and provincial chairperson Edna Molewa.
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/ 31 October 2007
In South Africa, the rising phenomenon of sex tourism is often overlooked.
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/ 31 October 2007
Road safety is a critical component in providing transport infrastructure and South Africa’s record is disastrous. The numbers are only worsened when heavy vehicles such as trucks are involved. Safer trucks mean safer roads for all users. “We are seriously concerned that truck drivers tend to exceed the speed limit at several locations on the N3 route,” said Miles le Roux, traffic engineer at the N3 Toll Concession.
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/ 25 October 2007
Three groundbreaking studies by organisations such as the United Nations Global Compact and Goldman Sachs presented this year at the Global Compact Leaders Summit show that an increasing number of business leaders see corporate responsibility as a way to compete successfully and to build trust with stakeholders — and that sustainability front-runners in a range of industries can generate higher stock prices.