Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
Louise Flanagan

Creator

Louise Flanagan

Guest Author

Feng memorial draws community together

Hundreds of Taiwanese, Chinese and South Africans gathered to pay their last respects to murdered journalist Gino Feng in Edenvale on Saturday. ”He was my good teacher,” said…

SA scientists help astronomy team win top EU prize

South African scientists’ research on gamma rays has helped an international astronomy team win a top European Union award — and their technology could also be in your washing…

Experts say MDR-TB needs more proactive response

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) needs a proactive networked response particularly when it appears together with HIV infection, an international discussion on MDR-TB…

Searching for Looksmart

A small blackboard and a pointed archaeologist’s trowel lay on top of pauper’s grave number 5 910 in Mamelodi West cemetery where Looksmart Ngudle’s family hoped to find his…

Exhumation of activist’s grave under way

The National Prosecuting Authority on Thursday started digging up an unmarked grave at Mamelodi West cemetery, near Pretoria, in search of the remains of an African National…

Shilowa says ‘better Gauteng is in the making’

Gauteng has more jobs and is becoming a better place to live, Premier Mbhazima Shilowa said on Monday. ”A better Gauteng is in the making,” he told the opening of the provincial…

A thousand milestones to the Gautrain

How do you check that the Gautrain is being built properly? One step at a time, and there are more than 1Â 000 steps. A team from Arup SA, which was appointed as the independent…

Safa, Parreira face work-permit charges

Criminal charges will be laid because national soccer coach Carlos Parreira started coaching the team without a work permit, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Monday. ”Certainly,…

South Africa has most Aids orphans

South Africa has the most Aids orphans in the world, according to a United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) report released this week. The report focused on data from 2005. It…

Saddam medals on display in Jo’burg

A South African soldier’s passion for military memorabilia led him to buy a set of medals belonging to executed Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein — and they are now on display in…

What you didn’t see on television …

Tuberculosis, malnutrition and African wars were among the top ten most underreported humanitarian stories of 2006, the international aid organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières…

Netshisaulu murder was planned, says cop

The murder of Avhatakali Netshisaulu, son of City Press editor Mathatha Tsedu, was planned, the investigating officer told the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court on Friday in…

Wife is sixth suspect in Netshisaulu killing

City Press editor Mathatha Tsedu’s daughter-in-law is the sixth person to appear in court in connection with his son’s murder. Mulalo Unity Sivhidzo (28) appeared in the…

Police hunt for guard after shooting spree in Durban

The police are searching for a security guard who shot dead a Pick ‘n Pay manager and a taxi driver at the Workshop shopping centre in Durban on Thursday night. Captain Gugu…

Yeoville plane crash: ‘You don’t fly through storms’

The Botswana pilot who was killed when his light aircraft crashed into a block of flats in Yeoville was training to be a commercial pilot, said a flight instructor on Tuesday.…

Pharmacists go to court over medicine pricing

Pharmacists filed an urgent application in the Pretoria High Court on Monday challenging the new medicine-price regulations, said three pharmacist organisations. The pharmacists…

Investigator points to ‘third force’ in 1990s hotel attack

The attack on the Highgate Hotel in East London 13 years ago was not carried out by the Azanian People’s Liberation Army, but by a ”third force”, a former police investigator…

Hello, OR Tambo International airport

Renaming South Africa’s main airport after a liberator like late African National Congress president OR Tambo keeps the country’s memories alive, said President Thabo Mbeki on…

Jo’burg airport just one of hundreds of name changes

OR Tambo International airport is one of hundreds of South African place names that have been officially changed since 2000. The airport’s new name and a bust of Tambo are due to…

Two Nigerian stowaways survive risky journey to SA

Two Nigerian stowaways who survived an eight-day voyage from the Côte d’Ivoire on the outside of a car-carrier ship arrived in Port Elizabeth with about a cupful of water left.…