IF SOUTH African print and electronic media continue to transgress their own voluntary ethical codes, then punitive legislation should be introduced and enforced
THE African National Congress Youth League certainly has wide-ranging interests. When not getting involved in the serious matters of schooling, politics and economics – just a couple of weeks ago they were hosting Cubans to discuss closer ties with Fidel Castro’s government – the boys in the league like their light relief…
Steve Tshwete’s tough image and impeccable credentials as a struggle icon should not obscure his shortcomings as safety and security minister, writes Drew Forrest.
AS economists predict the onset of a national emergency, one industry is looking into the future and rubbing its hands with glee: the funeral industry. The world’s population is growing and, to the funeral industry, everyone is a customer.
Over Christmas 18 years ago, Pierluigi Collina lost all his hair in the space of 15 days to an attack of the little-understood disease alopecia. "I don’t know what happened," he says. "I have tried to remember with my parents. I was 24 years old, but I don’t remember anything particular."
Loss of respect is, perhaps, the greatest humiliation that comes with old age
Every day hundreds of children are at risk of being infected with HIV
If you have not put a bet on Ernie Els to win at least one major this year, you might want to get one on now
AN UNPRECEDENTED application for the recusal of two judges of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African States (Comesa) court on the grounds of their alleged bias based on a personal relationship with the accused was heard by the court in Lusaka on April 19
WHEN she was born human cloning seemed only a matter of time. But six years on Dolly is sick and copying humans remains a distant prospect. So is this the end of the road?