Swapna Prabhakaran Imagine a condom that can be washed after sex and hung out to dry with your stockings. Imagine being able to re-use that condom the next time you have sex, and the next. This is what the reproductive health research unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is investigating. They’re looking at the possibility […]

FRIDAY, 4.00PM: The soldier who removed the landmine intended to blow up Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s armoured Mercedes Benz (see below) said it was not powerful enough to penetrate the car’s armour. Lance Corporal John Manunure told the treason trial of opposition leader Ndabaningi Sithole that the claymore mine was an anti-personnel mine. While it […]

FRIDAY, 2.20PM: SOUTH AFRICA’S last wickets fell quickly on Friday afternoon, taking the team to 468 all out, with Pat Symcox reaching 54. Western Australia have started off strongly, with 117 for 1 wicket at close of play on the second day. FRIDAY, 9.35AM: South Africa cruised to 440/7 at lunch on the second day […]

FRIDAY, 10.30AM: AFTER three years in the drafting, government on Thursday released new competition policy guidelines that will see a new watchdog body set up to investigate abuses by powerful corporations. Presenting the new policy guidelines to the National Economic Develpment and Labour Council, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said it is hoped the […]

Grassroots culture in Sharpeville is under threat, but out at Dlomo Dam the show goes on, writes Janet Smith Someone wants to turn Dlomo Dam into a tourist destination: a place, perhaps, where intrepid foreign types who are not quite brave enough to spend the night in an actual township, can get close enough to […]

Mukoni T Ratshitanga The University of the North lost a four- year dispute this week when the Pretoria High Court ruled that an academic fired by the university should be reinstated. Sipho Ndlela, former head of the optometry faculty, was fired in March last year after more than two years of internal strife over his […]

SATURDAY Soccer: Kaizer Chiefs vs Mamelodi Sundowns in the Rothmans Cup final on SABC1 at 3pm Rugby: Springboks vs England on M-Net at 4pm

Charl Blignaut The year-long saga around the alleged financial mismanagement involving the board of the Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (Pact) has continued to spiral. The Mail & Guardian has learned that the board is currently under investigation by the Public Protector. Also under investigation is Pact’s subsidiary Johannesburg theatre, the Windybrow Centre for […]

FRIDAY, 5.00PM: The key M3 money supply for October has suddenly jumped by R5 667-million rand to R364 457-million — from R358 790-million in September, a far worse figure than expected. But economists warn against taking a single month’s figure as proof of a trend. According to figures released by the Reserve Bank on Friday, […]