South African firms must adapt to a new role for their corporate social responsibility programmes Hamann and Paul Kapelus A Mail & Guardian article by Colleen du Toit (“New directions for donors”, October 12) and the news- paper’s supplement on the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development were a treasure trove for those interested in […]

About 90 children who have been affected by HIV/Aids recently had a chance to tell their stories Barry Streek “Please can I have a doll and a dummy for my doll, because then I can play with my doll in my mother’s room and near her grave. The doll will be my friend because I […]

HIV/Aids and the war against terrorism vie for space in the South Africa media these days and it was good see that the tragic case of Sibongele and Baby Tinashe was your cover story last week. President Thabo Mbeki and his compliant associates (not least the minister of health, who should have been booted out […]

Ntuthuko Maphumulo No South African team has yet managed to win the African Cup Winners’ Cup, which is also known as the Mandela Cup. This weekend Kaizer Chiefs trek to Tunisia to meet Club Africain in the semifinal second leg of this continental competition. Chiefs won the first leg 2-0 a few weeks ago through […]

Mail & Guardian reporter The importance of conserving water and treating it with respect is vital to Rand Water’s corporate social responsibility programme, involving educational, hands-on projects that are fun and informative while turning children into “water-wise warriors” who share the message with communities. Other important initiatives in the organisation’s corporate social responsibility programme include […]

Marianne Merten Tens of thousands of documents accumulated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) since 1995 are making their way from Cape Town to the national archives in Pretoria. If all document files were lined up, the paper trail would stretch 3km. Among the files are accounts of apartheid-era atrocities, records of investigations conducted […]

David Macfarlane Tension escalated on Unisa’s strife-torn campus this week as staff widened their campaign against the university’s controversy-ridden council. Eleven academics eight of them black are circulating an open letter expressing no confidence in Unisa’s council and calling for the council to be dissolved. The letter, addressed to the council and Minister of Education […]

INVESTIGATIONS into thousands of criminal cases at Windhoek’s main police stations have ground to a standstill, while others are moving at snail’s pace, because only three vehicles are operational in an area with more than 200 000 inhabitants. One of the excuses given by the National Police Headquarters for the long-running transport problem is that […]

Rob Davies For the majority of South Africa’s rural communities change is a slow process sometimes so slow that catching up becomes almost impossible. Old Mutual’s rural economic development initiative (REDI) aims to address this problem through the development of rural communities in partnership with the communities themselves and the Small Business Project a Section […]