Yearly Archives: 2001

Algiers | Friday THE death toll from storms that lashed northern Algeria at the weekend swelled to 701 on Thursday, as rescue workers pulled another 50 bodies from mountains of mud and debris in the capital. Officials said 651 people died in Algiers, where the working-class neighbourhood of Bab El Oued bore the brunt of […]

Barry Streek The postponement of floor-crossing legislation may be a blessing in disguise for the New National Party both the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance say the NNP has most to lose by the proposed law. The law, which provides for the lifting of anti-defection clauses for MPs and provincial legislature members when […]

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 […]

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 […]

Cape councillors told to quit NNP if they want to keep their jobs Marianne Merten In a further twist in the machiavellian manoeuvrings of Cape politics, the Democratic Alliance is forcing its New National Party councillors to resign from the NNP before the end of the year or lose their jobs. The DA is amending […]

The latest discovery adds weight to the call for an inquiry into Swiss relations with the apartheid regime Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Former apartheid president PW Botha secretly awarded the highest national honours to Swiss industrialists for supplying the apartheid regime against a United Nations arms embargo with war matriel. Some details of the secret […]

analysis Nigel Bruce Whatever “good news” might have been announced under the three-year budget plan, it is certainly not being reflected in that most sensitive of economic barometers, the value of the currency. Nor does it seem to have occurred to those who echo this sentiment that there are reasons for the rand continuing to […]

Morgan Tsvangirai has been tipped as the next president of Zimbabwe. Rehana Rossouw and Jaspreet Kindra spoke to him about the prospects for a free and fair election next year, famine in Zimbabwe and his exit strategy for President Robert Mugabe Rehana Rossouw: According to opinion polls, you are going to be president of Zimbabwe […]

Mungo Soggot and Barry Streek The Department of Defence’s chief of acquisitions, Chippy Shaik, has been blasted by the arms deal probe for his notorious conflict of interest and for possibly favouring his brother’s company over a more eligible bidder. Presenting the report to Parliament on Thursday, National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka signalled […]

spirit level Cedric Mayson What do religious people have to celebrate? Jews have just had their high season. Hindus are praying and feasting for Diwali. Bahais are commemorating the birthday of Bahula. Muslims are about to begin Ramadan. And Christmas is about to leap over the horizon with a shower of stars and angels, cribs […]