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/ 16 December 2008
The Commission for Gender Equality takes issues of discrimination seriously; not only against women, but all issues of discrimination on grounds of ge
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/ 5 September 2008
United States Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday fell victim to cheeky editing of his profile on Wikipedia.
Riaan Wolmarans attended this year’s Oppikoppi music festival and Lisa Skinner took the pictures.
Riaan Wolmarans on LibraryThing, a great new books website that bridges the chasm between social networking junkies on the web and book lovers
Hundreds of frightened foreigners fled to the sanctity of the Jeppe police station in central Johannesburg on Sunday morning following a night of deadly xenophobic violence that claimed at least five lives and left about 50 people injured. The atmosphere at the police station was tense, with helicopters circling overhead.
A crisis in Zimbabwe? What crisis? This question was debated by three high-ranking Zimbabwean opposition politicians at the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s Critical Thinking Forum in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening. "We expect too much of South Africa," said one panellist. "There is a limit to what South Africa can do."
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/ 20 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>The African National Congress’s (ANC) new, 80-member national executive committee was announced at the end of the party’s 52nd national conference in Polokwane at midnight on Thursday evening. Topping the list with 2 845 votes (out of 3 605 votes cast) was Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
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/ 20 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>"We cannot have a Zuma camp or a Mbeki camp; there is only one ANC. None among us is above the organisation or bigger than the ANC," said new African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma on Thursday as the party’s 52nd national conference in Polokwane came to an end.
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/ 18 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>Money, members, veterans and Jacob Zuma: at a press briefing on Tuesday afternoon at the African National Congress’s (ANC) national conference in Polokwane, secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe discussed his organisational report, delivered two days before, as well as several other issues concerning the ruling party.
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/ 17 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>African National Congress (ANC) heavyweight Tokyo Sexwale on Monday night declined his nomination to the position of national chairperson as the names of those in the running for the ruling party’s top six positions were announced. As predicted, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma go head to head in the contest for party president.
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/ 14 November 2007
"We are much better off in the long run by trusting each other," says Jimmy Wales, founder of free-for-all internet encyclopedia Wikipedia. He was speaking on Tuesday in Johannesburg at the inaugural session of the Innovation Series — an endeavour presented by iCommons, ITWeb, Mindshift and the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i>.
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/ 23 October 2007
After the death of South African reggae legend Lucky Dube last week in an apparent hijacking attempt in Johannesburg, much was said about the singer’s worldwide appeal — and a flood of responses to a blog on the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i>’s <i>Thought Leader</i> website was further proof of his star quality.
Emails suggesting that a severe storm with a tornado was to hit Johannesburg and surrounds on Monday afternoon were "greatly exaggerated", the South African Weather Service said. One email on Monday read: "Please be careful as a tornado dropped in Randfontein on Saturday and is expected today."
While well-resourced newspapers in the developed world are embarking on projects to merge their print and online operations into a single, sleek news machine, their colleagues in African and other developing countries are nowhere near such convergence, battling a lack of resources and tough media laws.
Following two weeks of debate and legal wrangling about the identity and actions of an anonymous blogger publishing graphic descriptions of the sex he allegedly had with South African celebrities while working as a male prostitute, the blog has come to a sudden end.
Cellphone instant-messaging service MXit has expressed concern about Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille’s call this week for legislation to regulate blogging and MXit, describing it as "at its essence, a call for censorship". However, De Lille maintains she has been misunderstood.
Cellphone instant-messaging service MXit has expressed concern about Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille’s call this week for legislation to regulate blogging and MXit, describing it as "at its essence, a call for censorship". However, De Lille maintains she has been misunderstood.
Name and shame them, says <i>Sunday Times</i> writer David Bullard of the more nefarious and less intelligent citizens of the ever-expanding blogosphere — "the sort of wackos who gun down their fellow students at university". Now an incensed blogging community is baying for his blood in what has been dubbed "Bullardgate".
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/ 27 February 2007
Computer viruses spreading by email still ruled the roost last year, security solutions provider BitDefender said on Tuesday. The top 10 viruses propagated via email messages accounted for 55% of the total number of infections by BitDefender in 2006, with the infamous Netsky virus causing 13% of last year’s infections.
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/ 12 December 2006
Fransjohan Pretorius, professor of history at the University of Pretoria and researcher for the documentary <i>Scorched Earth</i>, spoke with Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 12 December 2006
In the United Kingdom more Brits voted during the final episode of <i>Big Brother</i> than in the general elections, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 28 November 2006
John Vlismas must be the busiest comedian in the country, with a regular comedy evening, a stage show, a CD, a website and much more, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 28 November 2006
Paul van Dyk’s <i>The Politics of Dancing</i> and <i>Phunky as Phuck</i> by Stuart Hillary<p>
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/ 27 November 2006
British dance-pop outfit Faithless are back in South Africa, performing in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 27 November 2006
The latest addition to the Star Trek universe is a series simply called <i>Enterprise</i>, set about 100 years before the original series, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 3 November 2006
The new drama series <i>Smallville</i>, starting on M-Net this week, takes the tale of <i>Superman</i>, adds a good dose of <i>Dawson’s Creek</i> and presents a wonderfully refreshing look at growing up with super speed and an invulnerable body, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 30 October 2006
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> has again been rewarded for its coverage of the Oilgate scandal. <i>M&G</i> journalists Stefaans Brümmer and Sam Sole, together with former staffer Wisani wa ka Ngobeni, share this year’s prestigious Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award with <i>Personal Finance</i>’s Bruce Cameron, it was announced on Sunday evening.
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/ 27 October 2006
"When we want to work for a better future for our children, we must work together." These were the words of former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano on Thursday evening at the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> and Southern Africa Trust’s 2006 Investing in the Future Awards.
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/ 24 October 2006
A new television series explores South African culture through the country’s weddings, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 20 October 2006
A new drag show from Cape Town makes mincemeat of reality, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
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/ 20 October 2006
Former TV presenter Siphiwe Mtshali talks to Riaan Wolmarans about Latin-American dancing and his role in the new drama series <em>Tsha Tsha</em>.