Although there are signs that problems within the ruling tripartite alliance are abating, huge differences remain about the direction which the SA economy should take.

Gunfire erupted last Saturday outside the Johannesburg home of Amos Masondo, South Africa's most powerful metropolitan mayor, when a crowd of about 80 Soweto residents attacked the house. They were protesting water and electricity cutoffs.

IT was HIV-positive pregnant women, parents and babies who were the real winners when the Constitutional Court on Thursday refused the government leave to appeal against a Pretoria High Court execution order, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) representative Mark Heywood said.

Scientists are launching a major study of "living fossils" in deep waters off South Africa with the help of a small submersible craft that can probe to depths of 1,300 feet. It is hoped that the minisub, which can fit only two people, will shed light on the elusive coelacanth, a curious looking fish that has been swimming the seas for an astonishing 400 million years.

The use of nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV in South Africa has come under threat after reports last week of irregularities during trials of the drug in Uganda.

In the current deluge of corruption sweeping South African business and government, the need for good governance is stronger than ever. The most effective way to create and sustain integrity is by implementing internal checks and balances, as an ongoing principle.

Robben Island, once the place to which freedom fighters were banished, reached another landmark in its efforts to reinvent its image when an international human rights academy was launched there on Wednesday night.

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* case studies and discussion
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A National Assembly home affairs committee schedule to expedite the much-delayed Immigration Bill before a Constitutional Court deadline has been approved by the house's programme committee.

Judges, magistrates, prosecutors and other senior officials of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development are visiting Cape Peninsula schools in celebration of Human Rights Day on Thursday.

Hope is in for 27 000 blind people who suffer from cataract blindess when the Eastern Cape Blindness Prevention Program will be launching a pilot project this month at Frontier Hospital.

The Duncan Village Disaster Fund, started last year to cater for housing, clothing and food needs has received a donation of R5000 to build temporary shelter.

Border technikon, one of the three technikons in East London, announced it's intention to offer its students free HIV testing, counseling and triple anti-retroviral therapy (ART) where necessary.

Cosatu has cut off funding for a R 1,7-million community project in Dongwe near Queenstown after community complaints. The funds were donated by Cosatu's Job Creation Trust for building of community hall and agricultural projects.

Topsy Foundation, a private and corporate initiative providing a multi-faceted approach to HIV/Aids, has launched a fundraising initiative using a brilliant red newly-bred hybrid T bush rose. The Topsy Rose of the Nation was launched at the Topsy Sanctuary for HIV/Aids-infected children at Grootvlei in Mpumalanga.

The Association of Public Accounts Committees, a not-for-profit voluntary association, seeks a project co-ordinator.

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Southern Africa and the African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) invite you to attend a morning discussion on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) in South Africa.

Hopes of being provided with antiretroviral drugs at the new Qaukeni clinic near Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, have been dashed after the provincial health authorities said the drugs would not be made available beyond its two official test sites.