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An invidious form of Aids censorship

”The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) is taking legal action against what it sees as a charlatan flogging vitamins to people with Aids so that they can avoid taking…

Accounting for the ‘kill rate’

Some years ago, several babies in the neo-natal intensive care unit of the Park Lane Clinic died from a bacterial infection. Bacteria had been found in the drip bags attached to…

A better life for lawyers

Radical change is difficult to manage at the best of times — as anybody working in the civil service over the past 10 years will know. When it means separating people from their…

Mkhatshwa in row over political priests

The South African Catholic Bishops Conference believes priests don’t belong in politics but Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa is ready to defy this order.

When will the right learn?

This week a large group of Afrikaans rightwingers forced ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela to abandon his address to a student meeting at Tukkies.

Bam’s battle for SA’s neglected species

Brigalia Bam is part of a small-but growing elite. She is black, single, well-educated and travelled, a professional who holds down a major post.

Freed Passtoors rips up her pledge

?Helene Passtoors flew into Brussels yesterday hours after her release from Pretoria Central.

Govt tells officials: Don’t talk to unaccredited journalists

Government departments have been instructed not to talk to foreign journalists who are not accredited with the Bureau for Information.

Open universities gear for nationwide protests

It was hoped all the ”open” universities would take the same action, at the same time on the same day.

Journalist sues over sjambok attack

Weekly Mail’s news editor Anton Harber is suing the minister of Law and Order for damages in the first series of actions arising from assaults on journalists during the first…

Liberal delegation can’t see Mandela

A fact-finding delegation of Liberal International Parliamentarians has asked permission for a second time to visit imprisoned ANC leader Mandela.

Local tampons free of toxic fibre

South African tampon manufacturers say they do not use the fibre believed to cause toxic shock syndrome.

Power plays behind the mealie wars

So why did the Government dump the farmers?