Nine journalists from Zimbabwe’s only independent daily, shut down two weeks ago for operating illegally, were charged on Thursday for practising without licences. The nine were the first out of a list of 45 Daily News journalists whom police want to question over their association with the embattled daily.

This year’s gay and lesbian pride parade, taking place on Saturday September 27, seems likely to be a rather low-key affair. Apart from a small film festival that began on September 18, there has been little publicity to promote the event. Information about the parade.

Corrupt African National Congress members who occupy senior positions in the government and the civil service have received a tongue-lashing from Cabinet ministers and senior leaders of the organisation.

National crime statistics, except for murder, have limited value in tracking trends. Station-level statistics are better indicators, Ted Leggett, senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), told the Mail & Guardian. But they are treated like ”the great national secret”.

Armed robbery, not political and racial motives, principally lie behind farm attacks, says the long-awaited report of an independent committee of inquiry into the crime. The report also urges immediate government assistance for farmers

Vista University is considering legal action against the minister of education — a move that could derail the massive national tertiary merger process due to take effect in three months. Vista accuses Asmal and the national Department of Education in writing of a ”clear and unacceptable abdication of responsibility”.