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"I came here in search of a job. Everyone says that life in South Africa is good. It used to be good in Zimbabwe, but that’s all gone now." — A Zimbabwean farm worker Clever…
There are a mere 1 000 Cape Parrots left in the wild, and the forests where they live are fast disappearing. Flying the Cape Parrot flag high at SciFest 2005 will be Professor…
"The polarisation we see within the international community … replicates the polarisation within the country itself … the lack of consensus on the Zimbabwean question has been a…
The insurance industry refers to ”acts of God”. Does last month’s tsunami qualify? How does the worst natural disaster for half a century square with the ideas of a divine plan…
The South African government has strongly denied that it was slow in reacting to the tsunami disaster in South-East Asia. Opposition parties and the public have criticised the…
She may be all grown up, but Carol Smith still has a passion for dolls. But not just any dolls. The ones she’s hooked on are called Persona Dolls, designed to look like girls and…
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/142915/aids_icon.gif" align=left>A year ago the government approved a national plan for the management, care and treatment of…
Motlatsi Lebea met an inspired teacher who is introducing his learners to new opportunities – through tourism
This week the financially troubled South African Football Association (Safa) got a vote of confidence when LG Electronics decided to become the official supplier to Bafana Bafana…
The national public service strike did not succeed in shutting down South Africa on Thursday. But the government was wrong-footed by the strike turnout and the extent of public…
Lawyers for the defence intend to produce evidence that some of the mercenaries accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea have bought weapons from…
Former Mail & Guardian journalist Farouk Chothia and his Cameroonian colleague Ange Ngu Thomas were still under house arrest in Limbe, Cameroon, on Thursday. Chothia, a producer…
Gauteng housing minister Nomvula Mokonyane on Monday urged residents of the troubled Diepsloot township north of Johannesburg not to hamper the development of houses at the…
