It is about this time of year that South African rugby supporters usually start talking up their team and rubbishing the Europeans. Harsh words have been spoken about the difference in quality between the Super 12 final and the European Cup final. Prominent critics who should know better have rubbished Leicester (champions of the latter […]
They were cleaning the blood off Via Canalone on Monday in front of a silent crowd. Detectives collected shell casings and broken glass and a police photographer took close-ups of chips in the asphalt. It was a question of angles, said an investigator.
South Africa’s preoccupation with itself as a special case, unique and exceptional in the broader context of Africa, may prove to be self-destructive. It could be that apartheid was never a case of "colonialism of a special type".
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon stepped into the DA’s Western Cape "dirty money" scandal on Thursday in a frantic move to contain the escalating damage to the party’s credibility, after the resignation of the respected Western Cape deputy leader, Hennie Bester.
The Palestinian leadership is demanding a clear timetable and framework for a United States-backed Middle East peace conference proposed for later this year, to prevent it from descending into an empty "festival" of ideas.
Steve Hilton-Barber, who died of a heart attack at age 39 last week, was one of the most adventurous of South Africa’s younger generation of photographers. His work ranged from news photography to portraiture, wildlife, music photography and commercial work.
Parliament’s slackening oversight of the executive is said to be a key reason the well-regarded chairperson of Parliament’s finance committee, Barbara Hogan, has decided to quit. It was just a matter of time before Hogan left Parliament and "moved on to other things".
The Libyan government has promised to pay $10-million compensation to each of the 270 families bereaved in the Lockerbie bombing, a law firm representing many of the relatives revealed this week. The offer of $2,7-billion has to be approved by the families.
South Africa go into their first 2002 World Cup game against Paraguay on Sunday buoyed by recent results. After a couple of dismal losses and draws in warm-up matches in Africa and Europe, the Far East is proving to be to Bafana Bafana’s liking, with the side unbeaten in three games. Victories against Scotland (2-0) […]
The North West Department of Education this week came clean on the state of adult basic education and training (Abet) in the province — and promised to tackle the problems that beset it.