Belinda Beresford Political agendas appear to outweigh scientific evidence in South African government decision-making on the use of HIV drugs in pregnancy, according to a report by a leading international think tank. The report, produced in September under the aegis of the worldwide Cochrane Collaboration, which is locally associated with the Medical Research Council, lays […]

The government has unveiled plans to bring information and communication technologies into rural areas Ngwako Modjadji After a rocky piloting programme, multi-purpose community centres have received a boost recently after the goverment unveiled its business plan for the centres. Fourteen information technology centres were introduced a few years ago; however, many experienced problems related to […]

Recent events provide a chance for the Democratic Alliance to make meaningful changes, argues Tony Leon In a political spectacle that was part drama, part farce, most of the New National Party national and provincial leadership recently withdrew from the Democratic Alliance to pursue cooperative government with the African National Congress. Our detractors believe this […]

South Africa’s bowling line-up holds the key to victory in Australia Peter Robinson According to reports out of Australia, Allan Donald can’t wait to get up and at ’em. Well, we hope so. Even if Donald is fit for half the three-Test series only (which presumes he would break down halfway through the second Test) […]

Kabul | Monday HEAVY fighting flared on Monday for a second day close to the Taliban’s southern bastion of Kandahar as tribal forces backed by intense US air raids tried to storm the airport, anti-Taliban officials said. Afghanistan’s diehard Taliban fighters were on notice to surrender or die as the Americans and their Afghan allies […]

Cape Town | Friday A SECURITY guard who worked at the home of Marike de Klerk, the 64-year-old ex-wife of former South African president FW de Klerk, has confessed to her murder, police said on Friday. Investigating officer Mike Barkhuizen said: “The man we were holding has confessed to Mrs de Klerk’s murder.” A post […]

THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) is to hold an emergency meeting on the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in mid-January, Malawi President Bakili Muluzi said on Wednesday, saying his country would host the meeting. “There is need for continued efforts if genuine peace is to be ensured in the DRC,” Muluzi […]

NIGERIANS on Wednesday gave a rousing welcome to the 2001 Miss World, their compatriot Agbani Darego, shortly after she arrived at the Abuja international airport. Her reception in the presidential wing of the airport was transmitted live on national television. Women ministers in President Olusegun Obasanjo’s cabinet, including the minister of women’s affairs, Aishat Ismail, […]

PAUL KIRK, Durban | Friday A FAVOURED daughter of the African National Congress looks set to face criminal prosecution for the alleged theft of trust funds while she practised as an attorney. Police this week told the Mail & Guardian that Durban socialite and former attorney Linda Zama could also face charges involving alleged irregularities […]

AN Egyptian antiquities team has discovered a Roman-era “wine factory” in the Nile Delta region of Abu Qir 200 kilometres north of Cairo, a senior Egyptian antiquities official said on Wednesday. The find, dating from the era of Roman rule in Egypt that ran from 30 BC to 395 AD, was made during excavations in […]