While parents are out shopping for school uniforms as part of the sales tax holiday this weekend, state officials still aren't saying which schools will have to offer students transfers because of low performance.

Most women match their footwear to their handbags, and have a few pairs that they rotate depending on the season or the occasion. Not Barbara McGorian ,51, who manages The Star's (sister paper to Pretoria News) education department.

An Ethiopian academic, working on a research project at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), may pack his bags and go home after being assaulted at a suburban shopping centre this week.

"Heads up! Enemy helicopter inbound!" It's not something you'd expect to hear at a store in an American shopping mall but, then again, not many stores have Black Hawk helicopter simulators.

By Sumita Thapar, Mexico City, Aug 7 : In Mexico City, home to the 17th International AIDS Conference, it is not uncommon to see men embracing and kissing each other in shopping malls or walking down the street holding hands.