Washington | Thursday BUNDLES of humanitarian relief supplies dropped over Afghanistan by a US military aircraft hit a house, killing a woman and child, the US military said on Wednesday. It was the first known mishap involving air drops of food and other supplies to refugees inside Afghanistan. “A woman and a child were killed […]

spirit level Cedric Mayson A coven of Western witches exists in South Africa, complete with white pancake make-up, straggly hair and bangles. We have entranced people who walk through fire; men who dress in the vestments of the European middle ages, others in skins and beads, women who wear hats or dance on beaches, and […]

The voice of Nelson Mandela, imprisoned in 1964 and sworn in as South Africa’s president 30 years later, was preserved forever on Thursday.

Paul Kirk President Thabo Mbeki’s ministerial committee that oversaw the Government’s R66-billion arms acquisition intervened to set conditions for the arms investigation after Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota initially gave investigators carte blanche. The Mail & Guardian reported earlier that the executive invoked sections of the apartheid-era Special Defence Account Act to give the government […]

The already long Sun City course is playing even longer for the elite field this week Michael Vlismas The English weather that has descended upon the Pilanesberg is obviously the reason Lee Westwood is able to overlook both his own dismal form and that of his racehorse this year in the hope at least one […]

To many, the whale is a mythical creature worthy of protection. But to the whalers of Norway’s Lofoten Islands they’re a resource by which their community can survive. So which is more important man or beast, asks Kevin Toolis It’s nine o’clock on a brilliant summer morning as Captain Leif Karlsen and his five-man crew […]

Thabo Mohlala Although there is no cure for Aids yet, many people who are HIV positive advise that speaking out and accepting one’s status is in itself a prophylaxis. It not only has a therapeutic effect so the theory goes but also prepares one to deal with emotional stress and stigma. More significantly, it enables […]

Frances Kinghorn The commemoration of International Day of Disabled Persons this year will be bitter-sweet when the Disabled People of South Africa (DPSA) present a memorandum on disability grants to Deputy President Jacob Zuma in Port Elizabeth on Monday. The memorandum is expected to express concern over government expenditure on social grants for people with […]

David Hopps in Jaipur England’s tour of India looked in real danger of cancellation after Jagmohan Dalmiya, president of the Indian cricket board, angrily refused to recognise the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) deadline of noon on Friday, Calcutta time, for confirmation that India’s suspended batsman Virender Sehwag will not play in next week’s first Test […]

Constitutional Court president Arthur Chaskalson, South Africa’s new Chief Justice, spoke to Mungo Soggot this week Mail & Guardian: What do you see as your main challenges now that you will be presiding over the entire judicial system as opposed to just the Constitutional Court? Arthur Chaskalson: I don’t think it’s a question of presiding […]