warnings Marianne Merten This week’s killings in the Cape Town townships of Nyanga and KTC seemed to have caught provincial police off guard, despite warnings months ago that simmering conflict in the area could break out into open violence. Now plans by an umbrella body of Western Cape mediation and conflict resolution organisations for a […]
Even the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s fiercest critics cannot wish to claim that we have learned nothing from its exercises and their aftermaths – even if the lessons have not been particularly edifying ones. The truth commission’s report and the ongoing hearings of its amnesty committee have not, of course, reconciled us with one another […]
The wars are hotting up all over the African continent. Brotherly love is going out of style. Cain is killing Abel, Jacob is ripping off Esau and Sarah is usurping Rachel without batting an eyelid. It looks like hell up north. On the other hand, South Africans should not be too confident that they are […]
‘I love sending postcards to my wife and kids when I travel. Blue Mountain creates a unique form of communication that comes alive. Their electronic postcards come with real audio, with romantic poetry. It conjures up in my mind that once I used to write romantic poetry.” The minister of telecommunications and broadcasting’s hectic schedule […]
THE African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal says it will call for charges to be laid against senior Inkatha Freedom Party official Philip Powell for gunrunning. The announcement follows the surprise confirmation on Tuesday by IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi that Powell had collected six truck loads of weapons from the Vlakplaas police hit squad in 1993. […]
ORLANDO Pirates and Hellenic shared the spoils after their 1-1 draw in a Castle Premier League match at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday night. Sibusiso Zuma put Pirates ahead in the 16th minute when he headed home a Thabo Mngomeni cross to beat keeper Marumo Dithebe. But Pirates’ joy was short lived when in the […]
AFTER their heavy 39-10 defeat at the hands of the New South Wales Waratahs last week, the Cats will go into Saturday’s Super 12 match against the Sharks in Johannesburg as underdogs. The importance of the match for both sides is paramount. The Cats can ill afford another defeat so early in their campaign. The […]
SOUTH Africa’s third opponent in the pool stages of the Rugby World Cup in Wales this year is undecided despite reports that it will be Tonga or Georgia, Sarfu spokesperson Alex Broun said on Wednesday. South Africa play Scotland on October 3 followed by Spain on October 10, both in Edinburgh. Their third opponent, whom […]
MINERAL and Energy Affairs Minister Penuell Maduna said on Wednesday that he expects state oil firm Mossgas to generate a cash surplus of R730-million in the current financial year. Maduna said that Mossgas saves the country “in excess of a billion rand per year in foreign exchange” despite flagging oil prices. He added that the […]
UNITED STATES Defence Secretary William Cohen announced in Cairo on Thursday US approval for $3,2-billion in sophisticated fighter jets, tanks and Patriot anti-missile systems for Egypt. It was the latest in a series of announcements over the past week of US approval of weapons or military aid to Arab governments, coinciding with a regional tour […]