The launch of the Greater Nelspruit Rape Intervention Project - the inappropriately acronymed Grip - was heartily welcomed by the police, courts and doctors in South Africa's eastern province of Mpumalanga last year. But Grip fell foul of the authorities with another of its services. The organisation ensured that women were swiftly given access to anti-retroviral drugs, paid for by donations. The Mpumalanga provincial health minister, Sibongile Manana, was outraged. She said President Thabo Mbeki had banned the supply of anti-retrovirals and that their prescription was an attempt to poison black people and was "undermining the present government".

EISA has recently published this innovative CD Rom as a comprehensive resource on the local government election process in South Africa. In order to allow as many people as possible to access this important resource EISA has set up a website housing much of this information in an online format. Users wishing to buy the full version of the e-book, complete with video clips, full text reference of legislation and detailed analysis of election issues may do so by accessing the website and placing their order with EISA. The CD Rom is currently selling at the introductory price of only R85 per CD Rom.