The man who evaded arrest for 27 years tells <b>Gavin Evans</b> about his life on the run, his remorse and his unshakable links to South Africa.
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/ 23 October 2009
Defunct political organisations don’t get to celebrate anniversaries. Usually, they just fade away.
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/ 10 February 2004
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In 1994 there were 200 polling stations in more than 60 countries, with an estimated half a million potential voters, each with the right to choose their South African region of origin. Whereas all parties contested the expat vote in the UK in 1994, this time it appears that mainly the Democratic Alliance is making a play.
Lennox Lewis feels he is on the victory lap of his long career. After a year in the pasture, he planned to test the waters once more against Canada’s Kirk Johnson before taking on mandatory challenger Vitali Klitschko, followed by a big-bang send off against Mike Tyson or Roy Jones and then retirement, marriage, children and a new entrepreneurial career.
Piet Rooi adjusts his Union Jack cap, pushes his glasses up his nose and smiles at the inanity of my question about why he used the hoodia plant. ”Hoekom [Why]?” he asks. ”Because it helps us survive.” He holds up a hand to forestall further interrogation.
The African National Congress has deftly turned certain defeat into a minor triumph with its right turn on a renewed sports boycott.
Nelson Mandela yesterday delivered his toughest speech since his release from prison 15 months ago.
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/ 20 December 1990
Mac Maharaj has retired from the central committee and internal leadership group of the South African Communist Party, it was revealed yesterday.
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/ 26 October 1990
Black and white political prisoners at Pretoria Central men’s prison have been integrated for the first time in South Africa’s history.
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/ 12 October 1990
Nelson Mandela is one of the dark horses in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize to be announced on Monday.