Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s "tacit" licence to provincial health MECs to roll out Aids drug programmes in their provinces might be seen as a cautious step forward by government. It is nothing of the kind
Last week’s <i>Mail & Guardian</i> report on the meeting between the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the African National Congress, at which unionists were accused of scheming to undermine President Thabo Mbeki, went down like a concrete balloon
President Thabo Mbeki’s state of the nation address next Friday, outlining the government’s agenda for the year, should be used as a kind of ceremony of national renewal
It has often been said that South Africa has an unusually high scandal threshold. It takes a mass murder, a rape of extreme brutality, or a body count of hundreds on the roads for anyone to pay attention
Once again South Africa?s economy is being undermined by events over which our government has little control
THE head of the Catholic Church in South Africa, Cardinal Wilfred Napier, says some local priests found guilty of sexual abuse are allowed, and continue to serve, albeit "under very strict supervision"
The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund has commissioned a research study to determine funding needs of disabled children
The Electronic Communications and Transactions Bill attracted much comment and input from the information technology sector and the Bill will be further scrutinised in Parliamentary public hearings
An agreement between Mozambique and South Africa is set to boost the countries? economies. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Mozambique is expected to steadily increase by more than 20%
GENETICALLY modified (GM) foods contribute to the inflationary trend in the cost of food to South Africans, according to Glenn Ashton, a prominent anti-GM product campaigner.