34 Exclusive RD Poll
Is Your Child Safe At School? A Reader's Digest survey asks parents what they think of their child's schooling and reveals worrying dangers

PEOPLE
56 Farewell, Boy from Bethulie The last interview with legendary performer Patrick Mynhardt

112 Charlie Wilson's War
An exclusive face-to-face with Tom Hanks and the controversial senator he plays in his latest movie

HUMOUR
79 Haven't We Met? Norah Ephron on the curse of forgetting faces

WORLD AROUND US
106 La Vie en Rose A community comes to the rescue of its flamingo population
Are you Afraid of this Woman?
Muslim women who choose to wear religious dress still experience hostility and prejudice in the new South Africa
46 The Vitamin Myth
Be cautious with those supplements, plus 10 to avoid

REAL LIFE DRAMA
64 I Hunted Down the Woman Who Stole My Life
In hot pursuit through city streets, a woman aimed to capture the thief who had stolen her identity
82 The Boy Who Survived Decapitation
Doctors worked frantically to re-attach this boy's severed head
98 I Saved My Own Life
My weight was killing me. I couldn't let deadly diabetes beat me
72 Seeing the Kalahari
A South African couple brings clear vision to poor, remote communities with their mobile eye clinic 90
120 My Life with the Crocodile Hunter
Steve Irwin's wife on the man she married, their life together, and the tragic death of this Aussie icon