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/ 14 September 2007
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has called a surprise special congress for December, setting the stage for a showdown between President Robert Mugabe and rivals within his party, who are plotting to oust him. A conference had been scheduled, but a meeting of Mugabe’s politburo last week decided that an extraordinary congress should be called instead.
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/ 4 September 2007
Sol Plaatje 2007: Relocated Mandelaville residents still live in shacks clinging to a hillside facing the Durban Roodepoort Deep mine dump — an aged, yellowing scar on the landscape. There is no electricity here, no direct access to clean water and no municipal services such as rubbish collection. But the view from Sol Plaatje is finally looking up.
A new economic scourge is stalking markets internationally. It has helped force up interest rates in South Africa already and is likely to bring more rate increases. The scourge is runÂaway mealie prices. Store-bought mealie-meal in metropolitan areas is up 22% since last year, according to the National Agriculture Marketing Council.
What do you do when you have a municipality that owes R56-million on its water bill and a company threatening to cut off water to 500 000 people? If you are Matjhabeng executive mayor Mathabo Leeto, you crack your whip, get it paid and avoid political embarrassment and disaster for your constituents.
It’s quiet at the Mini Care Centre for Abused Children, save for a few older kids knocking around in the backyard. Besides those taking time out from studying for exams, all the residents are at school. The children here and others like them at the Hillbrow-Berea Home of Hope will probably be indifferent to a football tournament happening in Mmabatho on Saturday.
Warning: This story contains spoilers.
Lynley Donnelly wonders about horcruxes, Harry Potter and Voldemort.
The imminent conclusion of the Harry Potter series has sparked an outcry from JK Rowling’s fan base and our own Lynley Donnelly.
An exchange programme between Southern African and Native American artists has etched out parallels between cultures, writes Lynley Donnelly.
A few years ago if you had seen Leon Schuster’s Mr Bones you would have watched one of the highest grossing and, dare it be said, best films South Africa had to offer. Thankfully the same can’t be said of our industry’s current output with the advent of films such as Bunny Chow and Tsotsi.