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Swaziland’s banned political groups on Friday condemned the kingdom’s political system as Africa’s last absolute monarchy went to the poll.
An interactive soccer field, Lego robots and Chinese innovation are to be found at Insite 2008, a showcase of science running in Johannesburg.
Was the Scorpions’ decision to prosecute ANC president Jacob Zuma legal? On Friday, the whole nation will be waiting for the answer.
Award-winning cartoonist Zapiro is in the firing line over a controversial cartoon that appeared in this week’s Sunday Times.
Imke van Hoorn spends a day at a photo shoot for contestants taking part in Miss Confidence South Africa, a pageant for physically disabled women.
”HIV/Aids is about sex; TB is about sputum,” said Dr Francois Venter, the head of the HIV Clinicians’ Society, at a debate on tuberculosis this week.
Jozi is a dangerous city indeed, where cunning criminals now plant tracking devices in their victims’ cars — or do they?
Digital television will add to the thrills of the World Cup in South Africa, but will poor households be able to afford the R700 required to switch?
An estimated 10 000 people travelled to Northam in the Limpopo province this past weekend for the 14th edition of the Oppikoppi music festival.
Masses of workers supported a national strike against rising living costs on Wednesday, paralysing transport services and immobilising businesses.
Restaurants are feeling the effect of tough economic times, writes Imke van Hoorn.
SA banks have not been discouraged by the ongoing spate of bombings of ATMs and will continue to provide financial services in remote areas.
Zimbabwean publisher and entrepreneur Trevor Ncube, also the owner of the Mail & Guardian, has won the prestigious German Africa Award 2008.
The United Nations is not about to take any drastic steps to move refugees from xenophobic attacks to other countries, reports Imke van Hoorn.
As the sixth price rise of the year sent fuel heading towards R10 a litre this week — amid predictions it could reach R11 by year-end — there are few signs that South African…
A woman sitting on a basket quietly stirs a pan of spinach on a paraffin stove. Children run around noisily between plastic bags, suitcases, blankets and mattresses.
The Johannesburg High Court has granted an urgent interdict preventing the relocation of foreigners displaced by xenophobic attacks who are being accommodated at the city’s…
In the past three weeks, a small society has emerged in the garden of Johannesburg’s Jeppe police station where about 1Â 400 refugees are living. And, as in a normal society,…
Extreme xenophobic violence has left thousands of people in Johannesburg homeless, their houses demolished and burned. The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> speaks to a Congolese father who…
The headlines of the papers at the newsstand at the Bree Street taxi rank on Monday reflect the deadly xenophobic violence that spread around Johannesburg on the weekend.…
