More than 700 firefighters continued to tackle the remaining fire on the French Riviera yesterday as the police scored an early success in their hunt for the arsonists suspected of having started the blazes.
The Palestinian government said yesterday that Ariel Sharon had jeopardised last month’s ceasefire by rejecting President Bush’s plea to stop building his security fence through the West Bank.
Good fences, good neighbours
As the merger between KZN universities proceeds the silverbacks of academia are out in force.
Just less than a year after the world debated how best to develop the planet in a sustainable way, Unisa announced that it will offer a master of laws (LLM) course in international law on sustainable development.
Hawkers and beggers, loitering at traffic lights… But what motorists often see merely as an irritant, or register as a threat to their safety, signals a growing social phenomenon — the plight of refugees and asylum seekers.
Statisticians are from Mars, and politicians are from Venus. This is a problem because statisticians feed politicians the data their policies rely on. In attempting to bridge this gap, Wits has introduced a new multi-disciplinary MA course.
The South African History Archive (Saha), based at the University of the Witwatersrand, is changing the culture of secrecy in South Africa by engaging in ground-breaking work to help ordinary people access information.
If South Africa does not find solutions to its current land impasse, it faces "grave circumstances … that are most likely to spill over into violence". A University of the Western Cape programme is unique in addressing land concerns.
Journalists often take on managerial responsibilities in newsrooms and studios but few have the appropriate skills or experience. In response, a new MA course has been introduced at Wits.
A new course gives South African students access to the relatively new arena of sexuality studies. South Africa is uniquely placed in the region because of its positive stance on sexual orientation.