The tragic situation in Africa has led Aids researchers to ignore the realities of other regions of the world, including Latin America.
Once again, much of the media have been milking the Leigh Matthews story. Nothing wrong in that. It’s been a gripping saga, made important to many of us. The recent narrative resurrects and then builds on the emotionalism of last year’s coverage. Back then, we had frenzied reports on the search for the abducted university student.
About 80 000 mineworkers will down tools on Sunday night for the first strike in the gold sector since 1987, the National Union of Mineworkers said on Tuesday. This came after at least two unions in the gold industry on Tuesday afternoon received strike notices from the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.
Holding rainbow-coloured golf umbrellas above their heads to shade themselves from the sun, members of the Saudi royal family buried King Fahd on Tuesday in an unmarked grave at a public cemetery in Riyadh.
Thousands of right-wing Israelis rallied near the Gaza Strip border on Tuesday night ahead of a threatened showdown with the army and police over the government’s plan to remove all Jewish settlers from Gaza and bulldoze their homes later this month.
De Beers announced on Tuesday that it will team up with Canada’s Cameco Corporation to look for uranium for the first time in the far North. De Beers will allow Cameco to search its Aberdeen Lake property in the eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut for the mineral that is becoming increasingly valuable.
On Google’s news page recently, Matthew Buckland saw the name of East London’s <i>Dispatch Online</i> above some world famous brands. But could they cash in on it?
In January a ruling was made requiring FHM, GQ and Cosmopolitan not to be sold to persons under 18. Mark Rosin explains why an appeal overturned the decision.
A Latin American regional television news network is due to be launched in Venezuela this month. Sean Jacobs says SABC Africa could learn from the station’s strategy for challenging Western media’s hegemony.
You may have heard of consumerism, but I thought it’d be fun (and happily depressing) to take the time to describe what it means in your life. You should understand that all advertising is based on a big lie — that you need the product. Here’s a simple truth: consumer goods of real value do not need to be advertised. Ever.