BOXING Deon Potgieter “Prince” Naseem Hamed has pulled out of a proposed featherweight bouton November 10 in London withSouth Africa’s Mbulelo Botile. Hamed said he felt that under the present political climate it would be better for him to delay his return to the ring until next year.Hamed, a devout Muslim,has made it clear he […]

Mail & Guardian reporter Aids and tuberculosis (TB) are the two ugly sisters, together ravaging ever increasing numbers of South Africans. Although TB is curable if the drug-resistant form of the disease is not present the medication must be used timeously and correctly. One project at the Research Institute for Industrial Pharmacy (RIIP) at Potchefstroom […]

Ngwako Modjadji Ever wondered how the thousands of parts needed to assemble a car become available at the right time and at the right place? It’s a matter of logistics. If this kind of puzzle appeals to you and you haven’t yet decided what you want to do after school the University of Stellenbosch could […]

Marianne Merten The Lesotho high commission is intervening to protect one of its citizens on Robben Island after two staffers found guilty of sexually harassing her were not dismissed. An internal disciplinary hearing verdict yet to be ratified by Robben Island management was “suspended dismissal” for the driver and guide on condition they are not […]

Bongani Majola Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry Ronnie Kasrils South Africa’s former deputy defence minister this week instituted defamation action against four newspapers for their coverage of the arms deal. The papers are Business Day, Pretoria News Weekend, Saturday Argus and Sunday Tribune. Kasrils claims the newspapers defamed him by publishing articles stating that […]

The slowdown in the global economy could have positive effects for South Africa in the long term Mungo Soggot and Stefaans Brmmer The global recession that is likely to follow last week’s terror attacks on the United States will hit the South African economy in the short term. But economists say changed global conditions could […]

Mail & Guardian reporter “Every day, in every community throughout South Africa, an elderly person is being emotionally belittled, isolated, punished, threatened with harm, and physically and sexually abused. In the vast majority of cases, the abuser is the victim’s spouse, partner, child, grandchild, primary care giver, or a person in the position of trust, […]

It had been months in the planning, and within moments of the attack on September 11 old certainties had crumbled as surely as those mighty towers. We trace the arc of terror, from its secret beginnings and deadly actions, to the fallout that will affect us all Ed Vulliamy and Anthony Browne in New York, […]

China Major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism China has said it will join the fight against terrorism. But it is unlikely to let United States forces use the narrow strip of its territory that borders Afghanistan. Tajikistan Major religion: Islam Tajikistan is the only country in the region which accepts a Russian military presence. It […]

David Macfarlane Wilma Wessels took the education high road and successfully completed five Damelin Management School courses in four years. The top student in her class last year, Wessels says: “After studying the first, second and third modules in credit, I completed both business management and advanced business management as well.” Wessels’s choice of courses […]