Yearly Archives: 2001

Nawaal Deane Soaring across the sky over the Magaliesberg mountains, the Bateleurs were on a mission to get a bird’s eye-view of the impact of granite mining on these hills. Named after the majestic eagle, “The Bateleurs Flying for the Environment” is a non-earthbound NGO, providing pilots and aircraft to monitor the impact of a […]

Thebe Mabanga One of this year’s most hilarious revelations will be testing his peculiar brand of comedy against established acts at the Sprite Comedy Jam this weekend. Shonisani Aubrey Molea is a Yfm DJ and as a stand-up comic he’s called Shabba. He will share the stage with United States comedian Zooman and local funnyman […]

The Treatment Action Campaign is seeking an order that nevirapine must be made available to all state hospitals and clinics Nawaal Deane “We see our wards full … of wasted little infants, struggling to breathe despite oxygen, refusing to feed as swallowing is too painful because of extensive candidiasis, with itchy, uncomfortable skin rashes. These […]

Barry Streek and Drew Forrest Twelve public service trade unions representing half-a-million workers declared a dispute with the government on Thursday, claiming departments were pushing ahead with restructuring despite ongoing talks on a framework for such measures. Much depends on these delicate negotiations in the public service bargaining council. The government wants union acceptance of […]

FIGHTING Deon Potgieter Fight fans who were fortunate enough to witness the classic confrontation between Phillip Ndou and Cassius Baloyi at Carnival City earlier this month may have thought they were watching Xtreme fighting. While those two warriors gave their all in combat, they were however limited by the Marquis of Queensbury’s rules and regulations. […]

Walid Hijazi and Jubie Matlou Two research study results were presented at this year’s NGO Week detailing the profile and socio-economic role of non-profit organisations in South Africa. The one study by the Graduate School of Public and Development Management (University of Witwatersrand), which forms part of the Comparative Non-profit Sector Project coordinated by the […]

I am pleased that you are finally rid of the pests that bothered you and your family. We have a very difficult time trying to keep these elements from our country but it is an impossible task since we have a border which is more than 7000 kilometres. These people are destroying our young people […]

The Ben Trovato Files is a book that refuses to be restrained within the boundaries of fiction and non-fiction. Instead, it ranges across a murky middle ground that, like the author, is not easily identified. These are Unabomber tactics, but here satire has replaced Semtex. Trovato is a conventional maverick who writes in a genre […]

Grande Jete will attempt to become the second Cape-trained horse in three weeks to win a major feature in Gauteng when he lines up for the R2-million grade 1 Summer Cup over 2 000m at Turffontein on Saturday. Last season’s Cape Derby winner has assumed the mantle of race favourite after the scratching of Badger’s […]

The Springboks take the world’s biggest pack into their crucial game at Twickenham Andy Capostagno in London It is a melancholy fact that, while South Africa have lost only seven times to England in 95 years, five of those defeats have come since the end of isolation 10 years ago. If, as the bookmakers are […]