Yearly Archives: 2001

Drew Forrest A newly released study on a powerful Lebowa chief’s land grab before the 1994 election sheds a harsh light on the abuses and conflicts that could follow the large-scale transfer of communal land to traditional “communities”. The study, by Aninka Claassens, analyses events in the Northern Province area of Rakgwadi, near Marble Hall, […]

The west stereotypes Asian men as weak, subservient, effeminate. No wonder they’re fighting back BODY LANGUAGE Tania Branigan ‘Hitler has only got one ball, Goering has two but very small. Himmler is very sim’lar, and Goebbels has no balls at all.” When World War II troops sang that ditty, the words were tongue- in-cheek. Sixty […]

BARRY STREEK, Cape Town | Friday TELKOM’S decision to implement an average 5,5% tariff hike for services without the approval of the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has raised questions about the ability of “regulators” to effectively police parastatals as they are privatised. Apart from ensuring that state monopolies do not abuse their position, […]

Pretoria | Thursday ANGLOGOLD on Wednesday announced the sale of all its assets in South Africa’s central Free State province, which includes four gold mines, for R2,2-billion ($222-million.) The buyers are African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Harmony Gold Mining (Harmony). The announcement by AngloGold chief executive Bobby Godsell comes a day after a rival bidder […]

Niki Moore The paper war continues between political parties in Mandeni on the Zululand south coast, piling another controversy on to the collapsing Inkatha Freedom Party-led local government. The latest crisis has been sparked by the council’s apparent determination to ram through the appointment of disgraced academic Musa Xulu as the town’s new municipal manager. […]

Thank you for your letter of 12 May 2001 enclosing ten rand. I would be very happy to see you on Thursday 24 May but I will only be free from 2pm, as we have a parents’ function at the school in the morning. I look forward to meeting you at 2pm on that day.

PRICES at this week’s tea auction in Mombasa were boosted by soaring demand as a result of good leaf qualities, Africa Tea Brokers (ATB) said in a market report released on Tuesday. “There was good general demand with prices closely following quality in each category,” the ATB report said. Pekoe Dusts fetched high prices of […]

Chairman: Theatre Managements of SA Dear Mr Lindberg, … Since you are now a man of the arts, I was hoping you would be interested in producing my latest one-act play. The curtain goes up to reveal a young man sitting on a chair. He is naked apart from a long, black coat and military […]

The general staff has reviewed your request. Whilst we are familiar with the ordeal you must be experiencing and sympathise with you we cannot for the following reasons resort to the form of training you suggest. The solution you recommend is generated purely from a male perspective and as such will most surely be rejected […]

Ngwako Modjadji Athletics, canoeing, cycling, rowing and swimming have been identified as the sports in which South Africa is most likely to perform well at the Athens Olympics in 2004. Speaking at the National Olympic Committee of South Africa’s annual banquet in Midrand this week, president Sam Ramsamy said Nocsa would harmonise sport and bring […]