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iPad edition launches M&G into the future

The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has launched its iPad edition, downloadable from the Apple store.

Poor healthcare for migrants ‘threatens public safety’

Poor healthcare for migrants ‘threatens public safety’

SA desperately needs to address the health risks posed by overcrowded detention centres and migrant deportation processes, a rights group says.

Glitz and good food in the name of peace

Four chefs promoted peace in the Middle East at an event "Taste of Peace", recently held in Johannesburg.

Pansy Tlakula confirmed as IEC chair

Pansy Tlakula confirmed as IEC chair

The Presidency announced on Tuesday that Pansy Tlakula is the new chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission.

Pansy Tlakula confirmed as IEC chair

Pansy Tlakula tipped as new IEC chairperson

Sources have revealed that the former chief electoral officer Pansy Tlakula has been appointed as the new chairperson of the IEC.

SA women having fewer babies

SA women having fewer babies

SA’s population hit 50-million this year, but the country’s population growth is considerably slower than that of Africa’s 39 high-fertility countries

Teenage moms learn the hard way

Teenage moms learn the hard way

Teenage pregnancy is common in rural Ingwavuma. Doctors at the nearby hospital say half the estimated 180 women who give birth are 18 and younger.

Turns out the New Delhi superbug isn’t all that super

The New Delhi superbug causing alarm in a Benoni hospital is probably more prevalant in SA than originally thought — but not especially dangerous.

Cape Town rape crisis trust faces risk of closure

The Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust, which has helped more than 5000 women in the past two years, may be forced to reduce its services — or close.

Mr Razzmataz and the Sunday papers

Twitter had mixed reactions about reports of Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula’s affair with a model. Here’s how it played out.

Judges benched in arms deal and Cele inquiry

Yvonne Mokgoro will no longer be heading the Cele inquiry commission, while Willem van der Merwe has stepped down from the arms deal probe.

Mixed reactions on arms deal terms of reference

The terms of reference for the arms deal inquiry commission have been praised as broad, while at the same time criticised as not broad enough.

Criminalising teen sex is getting us nowhere

Criminalising teen sex is getting us nowhere

The Sexual Offences Act of 2007, which criminalises consensual sex and kissing from 12 to 16-year-olds, is not helping HIV rates, a forum has heard.

SA refuses to indulge UN’s mercenary probe

Muammar and me

Gaddafi met an ignominious, ghastly death at the hands of his own people, but SA farmer Charl Senekal has only fond memories of the slain ex-dictator.

NPA to hand over ‘reduced’ Zuma files to DA

ANC succession: It doesn’t matter what the youth say

The ANC has said any pronouncements by its youth league about who it is backing in the party’s leadership succession race are "void of impact".

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Mahlangu-Nkabinde and Shiceka sacked

President Zuma has fired Sicelo Shiceka and Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde as Cabinet ministers in his latest reshuffle, and has also suspended Bheki Cele.

Police caught in the Act in ET trial

The officers investigating the murder of Eugene Terre’Blanche made several crucial blunders.

Translation drawn into question in Terre’Blanche trial

Terre’Blanche trial postponed until January

The Eugene Terre’Blanche murder trial has been postponed until January 2012, after another day of court testimony revealed details of his grisly end.

Underwear mystery plagues Terre’Blanche trial

More police bungling became clear in the Ventersdorp High Court on Wednesday in the trial of the pair accused in Eugene Terre’Blanche’s murder.

Terre’Blanche murder trial enters second week

ET trial: Still no results from blood alcohol tests

It is not known whether Terre’Blanche had been drinking at the time of his death, as blood tests have still not been finalised.