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If Napo Masheane tired of the performing arts, she could make a suitable candidate for Africa’s second female president, writes Vuyo Sokupa.
Seeing the God of my very own understanding
Raised in an incredibly religious home, where God was given reverence every waking moment and Sunday activities were mapped around the length of the church service, it was not…
Women’s league faces its demons
The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) has been hard hit by neglected branches, failed recruitment strategies, unstable provincial leadership and inadequate…
‘A helping hand of equals’
“When Mother Theresa said ‘in this life we cannot do great things, we can only do small things with great love’, I knew she was speaking directly to us and the work that we do,”…
Young, black and unhappy
One young black professional’s resignation letter has opened up the floodgates for others to express their feelings about the unfair treatment they receive from their employers.…
Rape case bungled
Insult has been added to injury for the 24-year-old woman who survived a horrific gang rape in a cell at the Volksrust police station last month. First the prosecution of the…
Banyana Cinderellas
Banyana Banyana, the South African women’s national football team, will have two goals when they trot on to the pitch for their match against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday. They…
‘See nothing’ cops suspended over rape in cell
The two police constables who were on duty at Volksrust police station in Mpumalanga when a 24-year-old woman was gang raped after being locked up in a cell with six men, have…
Problem-stricken feeding scheme
One million underprivileged school children in the Eastern Cape, who should be benefiting from the School Nutrition Programme, are now at the mercy of the provincial department…
Government crosses harpoons with divers
The imminent enforcement of a permit system for scuba divers who frequent the world-renowned waters of four of South Africa’s 19 marine protected areas has caused a furore in the…
Politicians take time out
ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma will be opening his Christmas presents and kissing his numerous wives under the mistletoe at his homestead in Nkandla, northern KwaZulu-Natal, the…
The A to F of SA’s Cabinet (part two)
Who scores a D for leadership? Whose strength is her frankness? Whose department did move to clean up some of the mess of past years in 2006? Who is a pragmatist either in hiding…
The A to F of SA’s Cabinet
Who scores a D for leadership? Whose strength is her frankness? Whose department did move to clean up some of the mess of past years in 2006? Who is a pragmatist either in hiding…
Sex pest Goniwe booted out of ANC
The ANC has expelled its parliamentary chief whip, Mbulelo Goniwe, from the party and banned him from its activities for three years. Goniwe was accused of sexually harassing a…
Aids orphans pick up the pieces
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>"Give us our daily bread …" is more than just prayer to 18-year-old Tisetso. It is her credo. While…