Gail Jennings Florence Libago, manager of Ramaano Teacher Training Centre outside Giyani, was waiting for us at the top of the red-dust road, cellphone in hand in case we were lost. In a daze from the Venda heat, we had nevertheless proceeded, but still weren’t sure we were on the right road. As new visitors […]

There is no way of knowing who is responsible for threats against Congress of South African Trade Unions president Willie Madisha. But given the mounting conflict between the union movement and the government, and perceptions in some African National Congress circles that Madisha is a dangerous radical, it is possible that state agents or members […]

Shock estimates of HIV infection on campuses have spurred the authorities into action David Macfarlane One in five university undergraduates is estimated to be HIV-positive; by 2005 the rate of infection could be as high as one in three. Now university vice-chancellors are mounting an urgent intervention on the pandemic and its threat to the […]

David Macfarlane As many teachers dying every year of HIV/Aids as qualify to teach; school districts exhausting their annual budgets within two months on transporting deceased teachers to their homes; widespread closure of schools because HIV/Aids has stripped them of their teachers … These nightmare scenarios afflict Zambia, Malawi and the Central African Republic respectively […]

a second look Henry Spencer Legality and morality are two concepts that many South Africans seem to have difficulty distinguishing between. At a recent conference on corruption, hosted jointly by the South African NGO Coalition and Transparency SA, the question of the world’s socio-economic imbalances whereby 80% of the world’s wealth is owned by 20% […]

Two lucky Friday readers can each win two tickets to the Monsters of Rock concert at the Standard Bank Arena on November 2 and 3, featuring Motorhead,Dio and Jerusalem. They will also each receive a Best of Motorhead CD and a Monsters of Rock poster. Simply call Tel:(011)646 6441 onFridayOctober 26 between 3pm and 3.30pm. […]

HOWARD BARRELL, MARIANNE MERTEN, Johannesburg, Cape Town | Friday DEMOCRATIC Alliance leader Tony Leon is demanding the complete dissolution of the New National Party, and his senior colleagues are insisting that NNP leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk faces disciplinary action. Senior party sources also told the Mail & Guardian this week that if the Cape High […]

Bamako | Thursday A NEW African airline with the backing of African banks is readying for takeoff in a few weeks, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade announced on Wednesday. The airline is being launched in the light of the troubles which have hit pan-African airline Air Afrique, Wade said on the sidelines of a development forum […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday FOLLOWING reports that government distanced itself from the controversy-dogged plan to form the South African Federated Chamber of Commerce (Safcoc), Sacob chief executive Kevin Wakeford insisted on Tuesday that merger talks between his organisation and Nafcoc would continue “with renewed vigour”. According to a South African-Israel Chamber of Commerce news release, Wakeford […]

THE Swedish government signed a cooperation accord with Mozambique on Monday worth 132 million euros ($118-million) in aid, the government said on Monday. The deal, which covers the years 2002 to 2004, aims to support “positive growth in Mozambique (in order to contribute) to stability in southern Africa,” the Swedish Immigration and Humanitarian Aid Minister […]