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/ 17 February 2008
It was described as the show that couldn’t close, but on Sunday the curtain will finally come down on the <i>Lion King</i>, by far and away South Africa’s most popular stage production. This internationally acclaimed musical entered the South African theatre scene in June last year, and its stay has been extended three times.
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/ 8 February 2008
As President Thabo Mbeki delivered his State of the Nation address in Parliament on Friday, ordinary South Africans told the Mail & Guardian Online they were concerned about crime and unemployment, but didn’t expect the government to get to grips with these problems.
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/ 8 February 2008
Struggling to carry two large, heavy-duty plastic bags on his shoulders, Edgar Dlamini drags his feet into the Zondi Buy-Back Centre where he is going sell the plastic waste he has collected. He and hundreds of other Sowetans make a living out of picking up people’s waste and selling it for a profit at the Zondi Buy-Back Centre, in the west of Soweto.
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/ 30 January 2008
An organisation formed by women’s rights activists in response to Jacob Zuma’s rape trial has been denied an opportunity to hold a "peaceful protest" outside the Emperors Palace casino complex in Gauteng where visiting boxing champion Mike Tyson is to attend a charity fund-raising event.
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/ 21 December 2007
Comments by acting prosecutions head Mokotedi Mpshe on Thursday suggest that Jacob Zuma’s ascension to the ANC’s highest post has not diminished the appetite of the National Prosecuting Agency to charge him. Referring to corruption and related offences investigated against Zuma, Mpshe told Talk Radio 702: “The investigation is complete. All that we are doing is tying the loose ends.”
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/ 20 December 2007
The African National Congress is our ruling party. So who does it actually consist of? Phakamisa Ndzamela, Sello Selebi and Thembelihle Tshabalala talk to some delegates at Polokwane.
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/ 18 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>Membership of the African National Congress has grown to 620 000 members from 416 000 members in 2002. A national conference, the most powerful gathering of the party, is a perfect opportunity to assess who makes up the ANC. Who is the typical ANC member and what do they believe in?
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/ 17 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>Thousands of delegates to the ANC’s 52nd national conference converged on Polokwane International Airport on Saturday to register in a cavernous hangar for the event. The regiÂÂstration hangar was a free-for-all for groups supporting either Thabo Mbeki or Jacob Zuma.
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/ 17 December 2007
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Thousands of delegates to the ANC’s 52nd national conference converged on Polokwane International Airport on Saturday to register in a cavernous hangar for the event. The regiÂstration hangar was a free-for-all for groups supporting either Thabo Mbeki or Jacob Zuma.
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/ 13 December 2007
Dark nights and candle-lit suppers may seem romantic, but South African retailers are losing money in what is usually the year’s most lucrative business month as they struggle to operate through repeated power failures caused by Eskom’s load-shedding programme.