http://mg.co.za/feeds/rss.aspx Main RSS Feed for the Mail & Guardian Online en-gb Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:12 +0200 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:12 +0200 http://mg.co.za editor@mg.co.za (Chris Roper) 15 http://cdn.mg.co.za/global/mgonlinelogo.jpg http://mg.co.za/feeds/rss.aspx http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-zuma-unable-to-make-tough-choices-da/Wed, 16 May 2012 13:10:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-zuma-unable-to-make-tough-choices-da/The Democratic Alliance has accused President Jacob Zuma of being afraid to make tough choices that would benefit many unemployed young people.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-david-hussey-backs-kings-xi-punjab-on-fixing-claims/Wed, 16 May 2012 12:52:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-david-hussey-backs-kings-xi-punjab-on-fixing-claims/Kings XI Punjab's acting captain David Hussey has defended his team's integrity amid allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-spanish-flu-threatens-banks/Wed, 16 May 2012 12:49:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-spanish-flu-threatens-banks/As unemployment soars, financial institutions face rising bad debt and the need for a European Union rescue.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-da-vs-cosatu-from-sticks-and-stones-to-slings-and-arrows/Wed, 16 May 2012 12:35:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-da-vs-cosatu-from-sticks-and-stones-to-slings-and-arrows/As Cosatu and the DA drop their improvised missiles in favour of legal threats and claims of media bias, the ANC finds itself in a rather sticky spot.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-election-epic-offers-test-for-european-incumbents/Wed, 16 May 2012 12:21:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-election-epic-offers-test-for-european-incumbents/Europe is braced for an election bonanza this that will determine the politics of the increasingly contested campaign to save the single currency.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-nations-that-adapt-or-die/Wed, 16 May 2012 11:51:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-nations-that-adapt-or-die/A new index measures countries' ability to manage change to achieve sustained long-term growth, Lisa Steyn reports.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-knott-craig-drops-price-bomb-on-mobile-industry/Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-knott-craig-drops-price-bomb-on-mobile-industry/Within minutes of Cell C announcing a price slash of its prepaid call tariffs, Vodacom has announced it would also cut its prepaid voice rates.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-chinese-bubble-economy-the-bulls-versus-the-bears/Wed, 16 May 2012 11:24:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-chinese-bubble-economy-the-bulls-versus-the-bears/The first myth is that China is an export economy. It is not, writes Patrick Collinson.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-basque-separatists-field-team-for-france-spain-talks/Wed, 16 May 2012 11:21:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-basque-separatists-field-team-for-france-spain-talks/In a bid to pressure France and Spain into agreeing to direct negotiations, the Basque separatist group ETA says it has set up a delegation for talks.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-police-seize-10-rhino-horns-in-anti-poaching-blitz/Wed, 16 May 2012 10:40:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-police-seize-10-rhino-horns-in-anti-poaching-blitz/A Vietnamese man has been arrested after a police raid on his premises found 10 rhino horns, one elephant tusk and nearly R25-million in cash.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-tide-turns-on-stranded-cape-town-trawler/Wed, 16 May 2012 10:23:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-tide-turns-on-stranded-cape-town-trawler/Attempts to salvage a 50m-long fishing trawler that was stranded off Clifton beach in Cape Town have been hampered, largely by low tides.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-anc-lose-as-da-vs-cosatu-clash-ends-in-a-tie/Wed, 16 May 2012 08:30:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-16-anc-lose-as-da-vs-cosatu-clash-ends-in-a-tie/There were no winners in the clashes in Jo'burg on Tuesday. But the main protagonists at least balanced out their losses, unlike the ANC and police.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-rebekah-brooks-charged-over-phone-hacking-scandal/Tue, 15 May 2012 12:38:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-rebekah-brooks-charged-over-phone-hacking-scandal/Rebekah Brooks has been charged with perverting the course of justice over a phone hacking scandal at one of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-arsenal-brace-for-van-persie-wage-talks/Tue, 15 May 2012 11:38:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-arsenal-brace-for-van-persie-wage-talks/Arsenal are preparing to smash their current wage structure as they prepare to hold contract talks with captain Robin van Persie.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-strong-growth-hasnt-ended-africas-food-crisis-says-un/Tue, 15 May 2012 11:31:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-strong-growth-hasnt-ended-africas-food-crisis-says-un/Sub-Saharan Africa posts economic growth rates higher than the worldwide average but has the planet's greatest food security problems, the UN says.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-english-soccer-inches-closer-to-goal-line-technology/Tue, 15 May 2012 11:16:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-english-soccer-inches-closer-to-goal-line-technology/Soccer referees may soon be equipped with technology that will enable them to tell if a soccer ball has crossed the goal-line.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-were-fighting-them-on-the-beaches-eu-navies-attack-somali-assets/Tue, 15 May 2012 11:01:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-were-fighting-them-on-the-beaches-eu-navies-attack-somali-assets/European naval aircraft have fired at pirate-owned supplies on the Somali coastline for the first time since the EU authorised such strikes.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-un-asks-sas-navi-pillay-to-stay-on-as-human-rights-chief/Tue, 15 May 2012 07:51:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-15-un-asks-sas-navi-pillay-to-stay-on-as-human-rights-chief/Ban Ki-moon has asked former SA judge Navi Pillay to stay on as UN high commissioner for human rights for another two years.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-masters-success-for-federer-williams-ahead-of-french-open/Mon, 14 May 2012 10:42:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-masters-success-for-federer-williams-ahead-of-french-open/Roger Federer and Serena Williams have taken home Madrid Masters trophies, with the champions hoping to duplicate their success at Roland Garros.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-nz-nab-10th-sevens-world-series-fiji-take-london-sevens/Mon, 14 May 2012 08:47:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-nz-nab-10th-sevens-world-series-fiji-take-london-sevens/New Zealand have been crowned Sevens World Series champions for the 10th time in 13 years, while rivals Fiji imperiously won the London Sevens.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-doubt-lingers-over-greeces-coalition-as-talks-falter/Mon, 14 May 2012 08:25:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-doubt-lingers-over-greeces-coalition-as-talks-falter/Coalition talks in Greece have floundered once more, leading it one step closer to new elections and bringing its euro presence into serious doubt.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-crackdown-in-botswana-reserve-not-about-bushmen/Mon, 14 May 2012 07:51:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-crackdown-in-botswana-reserve-not-about-bushmen/Botswana police say they are targeting poachers, not Bushmen, amid claims of intimidation from a Basarwa settlement in the Kgalagadi Game Reserve.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-norway-youths-describe-being-hunted/Mon, 14 May 2012 04:42:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-14-norway-youths-describe-being-hunted/Norwegians wounded in Anders Behring Breivik's shooting rampage have testified about how he hunted them down and used the trial to taunt the killer.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-13-new-zealand-lensman-freed-from-zim-jail/Sun, 13 May 2012 07:42:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-13-new-zealand-lensman-freed-from-zim-jail/A photojournalist from New Zealand who was arrested in Zimbabwe has been released and spoken of the "hell" of spending 25 days in the country's jails.http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-13-uganda-ambush-nets-key-kony-ally/Sun, 13 May 2012 05:39:00 +0200http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-13-uganda-ambush-nets-key-kony-ally/One of the Lord's Resistance Army's top five rebels has been captured by Uganda, bringing the country a step closer to catching Joseph Kony.