Apple is now worth as much as the 32 biggest eurozone banks, including France’s BNP Paribas and Germany’s Deutsche Bank.
South Africans have donated another 600 tonnes of supplies to famine victims in Somalia, aid group Gift of the Givers said on Friday.
Two Swedish journalists arrested in Ethiopia are to remain in detention until September 14 while a police probe continues, a judge has ordered.
Southern African leaders working to resolve the crisis in Madagascar should station a team of diplomats there, says Mauritius’s foreign minister.
Author, journalist and 2011 <i>M&G</i> Litfest panelist Ufrieda Ho shows us her Johannesburg: the city’s original Chinatown. Before Cyrildene took over the honour, the Cantonese community made the city centre their home.
SA’s labour legislation is correct, but the political leadership to implement it is lacking, says Anglo Gold Ashanti chairperson Tito Mboweni.
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Introduced by Antjie Krog, Ingrid de Kok and Denis Hirson will discuss their poems at the festival.
The UK’s PM says a "cowardly" attack on a British cultural centre in Kabul on Friday will not stop the country’s "vital work" in Afghanistan.
Is it a question of being presumed guilty until proved innocent? Is it a representation of certain interests or political game-playing?
In those famous good old days, it was accepted that serious red wines shouldn’t, be drunk for five or 10 or 20 years from vintage.
This is an edited extract from the opinion piece titled <i>Of Jacob, Julius, Jimmy and the dancing monkey</i> by Max du Preez.
The ANC has confirmed it has charged ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema with misconduct for "sowing divisions within the ranks" of the party.
Johannesburg mayor, <b>Parks Tau</b> is asking citizens to give input on the city’s long-term growth and development plans.
Scholarships worth R40 000 each are available for black law students.
A draft ministerial report on the embattled humanities is published.
The former president of the Soviet Union looks back at his role in the Communist Party.
Andrew Hilditch was not considered to be chairperson of Cricket Australia’s expanded national selection panel after their humiliating Ashes defeat.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> continues to post growth in an environment of general decline, the latest ABC results show.
SA’s National Union of Mineworkers members at Impala Platinum have rejected a revised pay rise offer, and are insisting on a double-digit increase.
The leaders of Britain, France and Germany issued a statement saying al-Assad should "leave power in the greater interests of Syria".
It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from an alien attack.
When Raz, who is of Israeli origin, said he was going to quit teaching art to open an Indian restaurant, I told him that he was mad.
The point of the NHI is that everyone, irrespective of income, should receive good medical service.
In 2008 the South African Medical Association unanimously adopted a resolution in favour of supporting the principle of universal access to healthcare
President Jacob Zuma ended the Cabinet lekgotla by calling on government leadership to play an active role in public-participation programmes.
Cape Town City Ballet presents <i>Swan Lake, </i>Tchaikovsky’s tale of love triumphing over evil.
In our interview with Aaron Motsoaledi, the health minister explains why the NHI is the only logical solution to healthcare in SA, and why our current model is unsustainable.
A hive of bees smuggled on to a Russian plane panicked passengers — including state dignitaries — when the insects escaped mid-flight.
What do the new chief justice, Julius Malema, our upcoming literature festival and the municipal strikes have in common? They’re all in the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> this week! Watch the video.
Lesotho Revenue Authority invites tenders from suitably qualified consultants to assist it with the Organisational Structure Alignment to Strategy
Organisers of an aid convoy say they are passing through several African cities on their way to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.