Ivor Powell and Belinda Beresford The government has failed to implement the advice of scientists on a panel convened by President Thabo Mbeki himself to advise on HIV/Aids policy and treatment – the latest manifestation of its stubborn reluctance to accept evidence that anti-retrovirals are safe and effective. The Mail & Guardian has learned that […]
Thebe Mabanga in your ear The complaint that local music does not receive sufficient airplay is so old it has moral fatigue. The call has been made at various platforms by everyone in the music industry and an attempt to improve the situation has led to initiatives like South African Music Week (August 28 to […]
Charlotte Denny Aid agency Oxfam has described the debt- relief package which the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are offering Zambia as a “fraud”. Confidential papers from the IMF obtained by Oxfam show that Zambia’s interest payments are set to rise from $136-million (about R952-million) in 1999 to $235-million (about R1E645-million) in 2002, […]
Gilingwe Mayende crossfire The article by Prof Ben Cousins last week (“Didiza’s recipe for disaster”), attacking Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Thoko Didiza on a range of issues, cannot go unchallenged. Cousins essentially argues that Didiza is undoing a lot of good achieved in the Department of Land Affairs during the tenure of her […]
Iden Wetherell South Africa is being asked to firm up its support for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s beleaguered regime by putting in place credit lines and trade incentives to help revive its northern neighbour’s ailing economy. But realities on the ground across the Limpopo could put paid to the best of intentions by Pretoria’s planners. […]
Neal Collins cricket First England beat the West Indies in three days at Lord’s after taking a three-day beating at Edgbaston. Then they needed just two days to go 2-1 up in the series at Headingley. That’s nothing. Based on this trend towards shorter, more exciting Tests, my team of researchers have revealed that, by […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni While the police have chalked up several important victories against the drug industry in recent months, they admit they are yet to make significant progress in stemming the proliferation of drugs in schools. Since February this year law enforcement agencies have been targeting various drug transit points and have seized more […]
The Springboks finally got their game plan right against the All Blacks – now they face the world champion Wallabies Andy Capostagno ‘Is the sword still hanging over your head?” came the question in the media conference. “What sword would that be?” came the answer from Springbok coach Nick Mallett. If Damocles had indeed escaped […]
Karlin Lillington ‘Ahanging garden of Babylon overlooking Silicon Valley,” is Rich Gold’s description of the most famous research laboratory in the history of computing, Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, or Parc. Oddly, the place where virtually all of modern computing was invented is not a computer company but a self-proclaimed ”document company”. Windows, screen icons, […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi and Thuli Nhlapo Evening Post editor Lakela Kaunda is set to join the government to help drive a major shake-up of the presidency’s communications department. Sources said Kaunda has been approached by Deputy President Jacob Zuma’s office to fill the vacant post of a communications director in that department. However, it is believed […]