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/ 16 November 2001
As talk show hosts go there aren’t many who come anywhere near Michael Parkinson. With his easy geniality and almost complete lack of intrusive ego he has been a British hit for heaven only knows how many years. They’re running some recent Parkinson shows on BBC Prime and last week’s guests included two English funnymen […]
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/ 16 November 2001
Opposition parties cry “cover-up” and storm out of the National Assembly as the long-awaited report exonerates the government Mungo Soggot and Barry Streek The one-year forensic probe by law enforcement agencies into the arms package has cleared the government of any wrongdoing but uncovered a string of procedural irregularities in several parts of the deal. […]
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/ 16 November 2001
report Paul Kirk Apartheid-era legislation, designed to allow a pariah state to conduct secret arms deals, gave the presidency the power to scrutinise and even censor the report of the joint investigation team into the multibillion-rand arms deal before it reached Parliament. The apparent use of this legislation is the latest in a series of […]
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/ 16 November 2001
Bongani Majola The desire to heal historic breaches in the Gauteng African National Congress is seen as a key motive for the elevation of Angie Motshekga wife of former Gauteng premier Mathole Motshekga to deputy leader of the provincial party. At the Gauteng ANC conference last weekend she was elected provincial deputy chairperson in a […]
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/ 16 November 2001
The government’s idea of transforming education amounts to little more than privatisation SECONDLOOK Russell Bell Outcomes Based Education (OBE) was introduced as part of a major curriculum change in schools three years ago and has been met with widespread criticism from parents, teachers and academics. OBE should not be seen in isolation but in conjunction […]
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/ 16 November 2001
Bongani Majola Tears of joy overwhelmed Monica Shandu when she accepted the overall award of Grower of the Year in the 2001 Umthombo Agricultural Finance Awards in Mount Edgecombe, Durban, last week. Shandu manages 1,5ha of umoba (Zulu for sugar cane). “Empilweni yami yonke angikaze ngilale ehotela kodwa ngilalile ngenxa yoMthombo [In my whole life […]
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/ 16 November 2001
REVIEW Gavin Foster BMW M3 SMG, R405000 BMW 3 Series compact, from R165000 Switch off the Dynamic Stability Control. Move the shift lever to the right sequential mode. Select performance mode programme 6 on the centre console-mounted switch. Move the gearstick forward and hold it there. Now comes the ugly part plant your foot on […]
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/ 16 November 2001
Neil Sonnekus Portuguese involvement in Southern Africa dates back to the mid-1500s. Bartholemeu Dias is credited as the first white man to kill an indigene in these parts and he did so with a crossbow at present-day Mossel Bay. The seafarers, however, preferred the calmer landing waters of Angola and Mozambique to our Cape of […]
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/ 16 November 2001
I congratulate you on the advertisement on November 9, “When a nine-month-old baby was recently gang-raped, who were the guilty parties?”. The increase in child abuse from 37 500 (in 1998) to 67 017 (last year) as quoted by Minister Steve Tshwete in Parliament earlier this year is a tragic indictment on our government and […]
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/ 16 November 2001
Jaspreet Kindra In a possible step towards a political realignment, the African National Congress’s leader in KwaZulu-Natal, S’bu Ndebele, has attacked the Inkatha Freedom Party for reneging on a post-election promise to give the ANC more provincial cabinet posts. ANC sources view Ndebele’s criticism as a strategic move to put some distance between the two […]