Walter Sisulu will be remembered as kind, humble, unselfish and deeply caring for his people. In the words of fellow Robben Island comrade Ahmed Kathrada: ”Nelson Mandela was liked and respected. Walter Sisulu was loved.”

Lawyers acting for the Guardian’s Zimbabwe correspondent, Andrew Meldrum, insisted yesterday he was willing to be interviewed by bona fide officials following proper procedures.

The Israeli military yesterday began obliging foreigners entering the Gaza Strip to sign waivers absolving the army from responsibility if it shoots them. Visitors must also declare that they are not peace activists.

Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, sat on the board of a company which three years ago sold two light water nuclear reactors to North Korea — a country he now regards as part of the ”axis of evil” and which has been targeted for regime change by Washington because of its efforts to build nuclear weapons.

Ntombizandile Mqulo wakes up each morning with a difficult decision: should she take her son to work and make more money to feed him, or should she leave him in a pre-school but have less money to survive?

The crime-busting Scorpions unit is actively probing allegations of child abuse against North West Premier Popo Molefe, the Mail & Guardian has learned.

The national government is yet to act on a two-month-old request from the drought-stricken Limpopo province to declare several municipalities in the region disaster areas.

Walter Sisulu would no doubt have been embarrassed by the effusive tributes that have been paid to him since he passed away on Monday night.