The net is closing in on officials and contractors implicated in the security scandal that has rocked Telkom Stefaans Brmmer and Mungo Soggot Telkom pressed criminal charges this week against a controversial security company accused of colluding with Bheki Langa, the former number three at the parastatal who resigned under a cloud last month. Langa, […]

Crumbled pieces of paper are all she has to show for the many trips she’s made to the local police Khadija Magardie and Xoli Nxumalo Since her divorce three years ago Mantoa Chabalala has been stalked, threatened, beaten, verbally abused, narrowly missed being shot in the head and had an undertaker turn up to collect […]

Bongani Majola The recent land occupation in Bredell, near Kempton Park, dramatically highlighted the extent of South Africa’s housing problem. More than 5,5-million South Africans live in self-constructed, informal dwellings. Many of these people have insecure tenure and live in appalling conditions in squatter settlements. As of May the number of houses completed or under […]

In today’s economy, where you are doesn’t matter, it’s what you do and how well you do it that counts Deleen Wilson Business education in the 21st century will have to reflect and engage the major changes taking place in management demands around the world. But what will be the role of the increasingly popular […]

The mystery shareholder in Beige who is now trying to get his money back after suspected fraud and theft was uncovered, is an entrepreneur who sold his property development business last year and bought a well-stocked game farm. The small-time private investor, Chris Schutte, had converted the bulk of his investment portfolio into cash just […]

Thuli Nhlapo visits Johannesburg hospital, where male and female patients are forced to share a ward The CEO of Johannesburg hospital has confirmed that “at times, especially in winter”, the hospital puts patients of the opposite sex in the same ward. “We have a huge number of patients in this hospital. Currently we have a […]

The Mail &Guardian is one of only three national weekly newspapers to have posted significant year-on-year circulation increases in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) certificate issued on August 2. The declining circulation figures for most urban daily and weekly newspapers reveal one thing: South Africans are reading less. Of course there are always […]

There have been unprecedented gains for workers following the recent volatile industrial action around South Africa Glenda Daniels Organised labour flexed its muscles a week ago and won some far-reaching gains, including medical treatment for HIV-positive miners, training for women, narrowing of the wage gap, meal intervals, leave benefits and a commitment to minimum wages. […]

Nawaal Deane Next week the Johannesburg Bar will decide who gets custody of its library the majority of its members who have fled the city centre to Sandton or the small group who are sticking it out downtown. It will be the final round of an epic struggle over the future of South Africa’s most […]

analysis Rembrandt Klopper Soon after Afrikaners handed power to the black majority in 1994 curious anecdotal reports emanating from black communities in the greater Durban region suggested that instead of being stigmatised by black youths as the language of the oppressor, Afrikaans had a surprisingly positive image. According to these anecdotal reports, increasing numbers of […]