http://mg.co.za//rss Main RSS Feed for the Mail & Guardian Online en-gb Sun, 20 May 2012 07:50:38 +0200 Sun, 20 May 2012 07:50:38 +0200 http://mg.co.za editor@mg.co.za (Chris Roper) 15 http://cdn.mg.co.za/global/mgonlinelogo.jpg http://mg.co.za//rss http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-20-status-update-facebooks-zuckerberg-gets-married/ Sun, 20 May 2012 07:29:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-20-status-update-facebooks-zuckerberg-gets-married/ Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-20-world-leaders-back-greece-vow-to-combat-financial-turmoil/ Sun, 20 May 2012 06:37:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-20-world-leaders-back-greece-vow-to-combat-financial-turmoil/ World leaders backed keeping Greece in the eurozone on Saturday and vowed to take all steps necessary to combat financial turmoil. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-ancwl-painting-violates-presidents-right-to-humane-treatment/ Sat, 19 May 2012 11:42:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-ancwl-painting-violates-presidents-right-to-humane-treatment/ The painting of Jacob Zuma displayed at Goodman Gallery should be removed as it is an expression of "pure prejudice", the ANCWL said on Saturday. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-slikour-refuses-to-remove-blacks-are-fools-song/ Sat, 19 May 2012 10:05:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-slikour-refuses-to-remove-blacks-are-fools-song/ Hip hop artist Slikour says he will not remove his song "Blacks are Fools" from the internet despite coming under fire from many South Africans. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-chinese-activist-chen-waiting-at-beijing-airport/ Sat, 19 May 2012 09:24:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-chinese-activist-chen-waiting-at-beijing-airport/ Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday he has left a hospital in Beijing and believes he will be headed on a flight to the US. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-millions-expected-to-tune-in-to-chelsea-and-bayern-face-off/ Sat, 19 May 2012 08:16:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-millions-expected-to-tune-in-to-chelsea-and-bayern-face-off/ A television audience estimated in the hundreds of millions is expected to tune in for the clash between the German and English Premier League giants. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-michalak-magic-scores-sharks-a-win-over-the-cheetahs/ Sat, 19 May 2012 07:33:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-michalak-magic-scores-sharks-a-win-over-the-cheetahs/ Sharks increased their chances of qualifying for the knock-out stages of this year's Super Rugby tournament with a 34-20 victory over the Cheetahs. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-g8-discussions-focus-on-eurozone-crisis-and-syria/ Sat, 19 May 2012 06:35:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-g8-discussions-focus-on-eurozone-crisis-and-syria/ Meeting at President Obama's Camp David retreat, the G8 club of developed nations have focussed their discussions on growth and fiscal reforms. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-will-smith-backhands-journo-for-kissing-him/ Sat, 19 May 2012 05:36:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-will-smith-backhands-journo-for-kissing-him/ Hollywood star Will Smith has slapped a male television reporter who tried to kiss him before the Moscow premiere of Men in Black III. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-mccarthy-seals-second-consecutive-psl-title-for-pirates/ Sat, 19 May 2012 05:13:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-mccarthy-seals-second-consecutive-psl-title-for-pirates/ Orlando Pirates have retained their Premiership title with a 4-2 victory over Golden Arrows in Durban, with Moroka Swallows finishing runners-up. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-granny-proves-shes-not-over-the-hill-by-summiting-everest/ Sat, 19 May 2012 04:58:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-granny-proves-shes-not-over-the-hill-by-summiting-everest/ Joining a list of record breakers, including a blind person and a 13-year-old boy, a 73-year-old woman has become the oldest woman to climb Everest. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-mafia-suspected-in-italian-school-bombing/ Sat, 19 May 2012 03:45:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-mafia-suspected-in-italian-school-bombing/ Local mafia cartel the United Sacred Crown are alleged to be behind the bombing of a girls' school in Italy which killed one and injured seven others. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-diamond-jubilee-sends-queens-popularity-soaring/ Sat, 19 May 2012 02:54:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-diamond-jubilee-sends-queens-popularity-soaring/ A recent poll shows 80% of Britons want to remain subjects of the queen attributed to increased coverage of the royal family. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-sexwale-lashes-back-at-report-by-asking-for-mdluli-to-be-probed/ Sat, 19 May 2012 02:09:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-19-sexwale-lashes-back-at-report-by-asking-for-mdluli-to-be-probed/ In response to a report fingering ANC leaders in a plot to unseat President Zuma, Sexwale has asked for Richard Mdluli to be investigated. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-maize-production-blossoms-in-sa/ Fri, 18 May 2012 12:49:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-maize-production-blossoms-in-sa/ After a big spike in maize prices last year -- Grain SA hopes that a new information mechanism will make the market more transparent. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-oceana-tries-to-wiggle-off-the-hook/ Fri, 18 May 2012 12:11:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-oceana-tries-to-wiggle-off-the-hook/ Oceana's claim that consumers were not harmed in anticompetitive practices rings hollow, writes Lloyd Gedye. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-vaccine-is-the-best-hope-against-aids/ Fri, 18 May 2012 11:47:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-vaccine-is-the-best-hope-against-aids/ Despite the advances in the management of HIV, an effective prophylactic would save billions writes Michel Sidibe, Chidi Nweneka and Margaret McGlynn http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-sa-requires-nuance-and-local-focus/ Fri, 18 May 2012 11:40:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-sa-requires-nuance-and-local-focus/ Saleem Mowzer takes issue with the Mail&G who he believe published articles that reveal preconceived and rigid ideas on economic matters. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-treasury-takes-aim-at-savings-costs/ Fri, 18 May 2012 11:32:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-treasury-takes-aim-at-savings-costs/ Compulsory fund preservation and simplifying products are among the options highlighted in the treasury's discussion document. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-rand-bears-the-brunt-of-euro-fears/ Fri, 18 May 2012 11:25:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-rand-bears-the-brunt-of-euro-fears/ The volatile rand again bore the brunt of global risk-off trading and weakened to R8.37 against the dollar this week, its lowest level this year. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-testing-auto-for-verashni-2/ Fri, 18 May 2012 10:59:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-testing-auto-for-verashni-2/ testing auto for Verashni http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-a-dignified-grexit-is-unlikely/ Fri, 18 May 2012 10:56:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-a-dignified-grexit-is-unlikely/ Whether the Greeks are left with a much-diluted drachma or not, there is still more pain ahead, writes Kevin Davie http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-all-hail-sue-sin-citys-salon-queen/ Fri, 18 May 2012 09:47:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-all-hail-sue-sin-citys-salon-queen/ Sue Mabale, host of one of Jo'burg's most eatery joints, died recently. Friend and former pub crawler Bongani Madondo doffs a hat to her spirit. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-bureaucracy-slows-delivery-ndash-zuma/ Fri, 18 May 2012 08:49:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-bureaucracy-slows-delivery-ndash-zuma/ Zuma acknowledged his administration's poor service delivery at a business function days before his administration releases its midterm review report. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-uproar-over-unionists-huge-salary-hike-just-a-campaign/ Fri, 18 May 2012 08:36:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-uproar-over-unionists-huge-salary-hike-just-a-campaign/ National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general secretary Frans Baleni has come under fire for a whopping R40000 increase in his salary. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-police-boss-moves-against-richard-mdluli/ Fri, 18 May 2012 07:55:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-police-boss-moves-against-richard-mdluli/ Acting commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi appears to be defying political attempts to bury the investigation into the former head of crime intelligence. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-report-would-not-change-sa-media-say-representatives/ Fri, 18 May 2012 07:46:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-report-would-not-change-sa-media-say-representatives/ Media representatives debating a Press Freedom Commission's report say changes to the way the media is regulated will have little practical effect. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-malemas-millions-juju-ally-resists-tax-probe/ Fri, 18 May 2012 07:31:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-malemas-millions-juju-ally-resists-tax-probe/ A former business associate of Julius Malema, Lesiba Gwangwa is asking the courts to stop a probe into the expelled ANCYL leader's financial affairs. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-facebook-shares-slump-in-nasdaq-debut/ Fri, 18 May 2012 06:54:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-facebook-shares-slump-in-nasdaq-debut/ Facebook shares have fizzled on their first day of trade on the Nasdaq, erasing early gains of as much as 18% at close to their IPO price. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-tatane-trial-witness-has-hidden-agenda-says-lawyer/ Fri, 18 May 2012 06:01:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-tatane-trial-witness-has-hidden-agenda-says-lawyer/ An officer testifying in the trial of seven others for the death of Andries Tatane has changed his testimony because he was fired, a court has heard. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-hospitals-can-wash-hands-of-superbug/ Fri, 18 May 2012 02:28:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-hospitals-can-wash-hands-of-superbug/ MRSA is the superbug causing alarm in hospitals around the world. South African hospitals have not been spared. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-malawis-banda-to-investigate-mutharika-transition-plot/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:52:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-malawis-banda-to-investigate-mutharika-transition-plot/ President Joyce Banda has announced an inquiry into an alleged plot by the inner circle of Malawi's late former leader to block her rise to power. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-turf-battles-dont-create-jobs/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:37:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-turf-battles-dont-create-jobs/ SA does not have a mild-to-moderate unemployment problem. That would allow the luxury of traditional thinking and politically safe solutions. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-one-approach-does-not-fit-all-1/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:27:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-one-approach-does-not-fit-all-1/ The new World Bank chief may come from the pro-poor camp, but he has arrived in a time of policy agnosticism. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-one-approach-does-not-fit-all/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:18:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-one-approach-does-not-fit-all/ The new World Bank chief may come from the pro-poor camp, but he has arrived in a time of policy agnosticism. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-the-tobacco-industry-by-the-numbers/ Fri, 18 May 2012 01:02:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-18-the-tobacco-industry-by-the-numbers/ British American Tobacco warns it could choke from the onslaught of rules and grey imports, writes Lisa Steyn http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-mladic-personally-ordered-srebrenica-massacre/ Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-mladic-personally-ordered-srebrenica-massacre/ Prosecutors say the 'Butcher of Bosnia" sought to "cleanse" Bosnia of Croats and Muslims, and ordered the worst atrocity in Europe since World War II. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-bafana-recall-for-veteran-nomvethe/ Thu, 17 May 2012 12:35:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-bafana-recall-for-veteran-nomvethe/ Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane has recalled Moroka Swallows veteran striker Siyabonga Nomvethe to his 27-man squad for three matches next month. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-zimbabwe-politicians-chase-the-religious-vote/ Thu, 17 May 2012 11:59:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-zimbabwe-politicians-chase-the-religious-vote/ Mugabe and his opponents seem to be looking elsewhere for the religious vote. They are taking the battle to the open-air spaces, writes Jason Moyo. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-transnamib-gravy-train-derails/ Thu, 17 May 2012 11:58:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-transnamib-gravy-train-derails/ A new scandal has revealed the staggering corruption that is bleeding Namibia's state coffers. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-nigerian-prophet-rattles-zanu-pf/ Thu, 17 May 2012 11:57:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-nigerian-prophet-rattles-zanu-pf/ Zanu-PF is rallying against Nigerian prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua's visit in fear of his tendency to anoint new leaders, writes Ray Ndlovu. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-government-to-appeal-e-tolling-interdict/ Thu, 17 May 2012 10:51:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-government-to-appeal-e-tolling-interdict/ The government says it remains committed to e-tolling and will appeal the high court's interim order halting its implementation in Gauteng. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-frances-hollande-brings-diversity-equality-to-cabinet/ Thu, 17 May 2012 10:37:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-frances-hollande-brings-diversity-equality-to-cabinet/ France's new president has unveiled a government featuring an equal number of women and men, with figures who reflect the country's ethnic diversity. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-angie-motshekga-stop-being-sexist-and-racist-cosatu/ Thu, 17 May 2012 09:54:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-angie-motshekga-stop-being-sexist-and-racist-cosatu/ While insisting the DA's march was misguided, ANCWL president Angie Motshekga has berated Cosatu for insulting the opposition party's women leaders. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-gathering-urges-rethink-on-carbon-emitters/ Thu, 17 May 2012 09:38:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-gathering-urges-rethink-on-carbon-emitters/ Divisions over who should lead the fight against climate change should be laid aside say ministers from some of the world's poorest countries. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-brown-envelope-journalism-rears-its-head-again/ Thu, 17 May 2012 09:03:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-brown-envelope-journalism-rears-its-head-again/ Editor Ray Hartley has denied allegations that Sunday Times journalists were paid to divert attention from officers suspected of corruption. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-dont-let-mdluli-spook-you-says-zuma/ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:44:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-dont-let-mdluli-spook-you-says-zuma/ There's "no need for alarm" over ex-police spy boss Richard Mdluli, says President Jacob Zuma. Because Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is on the case. http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-to-nuke-or-frack/ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:58:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-17-to-nuke-or-frack/ The minister of energy has backed fracking for gas in the Karoo, but what could this mean for South Africa's nuclear ambitions?