Khadija Magardie Mail & Guardian editor Phillip van Niekerk and The Star’s associate editor Lizeka Mda this week served court papers on Minister of Public Enterprises Jeff Radebe and the African National Congress, kicking off a lawsuit that could set a crucial precedent in South African defamation law. Van Niekerk and Mda are asking the […]
weapons Nawaal Deane and Roshila Pillay ‘Clear … aim… fire!” shouts the instructor, and with a series of explosive shots, the shooting session begins. A group of black 30-something women have discovered a new hobby: shooting. The shooting range is becoming a prime hang- out for women serious about protecting themselves. Standing in a row […]
Steven Friedman worm’s eye view Do we need judges to do what elected politicians cannot? If a Constitutional Court case decided this week is a guide, the short answer is “yes”. The court this week ruled on the fate of people living on a Western Cape sports field who were spared eviction when High Court […]
HOWARD BARRELL, Cape Town | Friday PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki believes the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is part of a conspiracy to promote the view that HIV causes Aids. Mbeki also thinks that the CIA is working covertly alongside the big US pharmaceutical manufacturers to undermine him because, by questioning the link between HIV […]
He is one of the greats of 20th century music, but his career has soared and dipped, as has his personal life, encompassing political protest, religious conversion and rumours of secret marriages. Adam Sweeting on a ‘Byronic hero’ who, in his 60th year, is surprised to find himself winning over a new generation It would […]
EIGHTEEN people died and 39 were injured when a bus hit a crowd as it swerved to avoid the presidential motorcade in Tanzania. The accident happened on the outskirts of Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria. Drivers in Tanzania are expected to pull over when the presidential motorcade passes. The brakes of the bus […]
STELLA MAPENZAUSWA and OWN CORRESPONDENT, Harare | Friday ZIMBABWE state telecommunications officials have outlawed an independent radio station and confiscated its broadcasting equipment after President Robert Mugabe’s government bulldozed hasty new regulations into law. Officials from the Post and Telecommunications Corporation dismantled antennae and other equipment from Capitol Radio’s studio at a central Harare hotel […]
Ebrahim Harvey Left field Coming on the heels of the Seattle, Davos and Washington battles against the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Prague last week has reinforced the rising power of the international mass movement against globalisation. Despite some major weaknesses it holds […]
Tangeni Amupadhi Namibia’s Minister of Home Affairs, Jerry Ekandjo, has perfected the art of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Having barely recovered from a humiliating forced apology, he has now courted fresh controversy with statements that dwarf Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s gay-bashing. Ekandjo, who is in charge of the police, caused a […]
Belinda Beresford answers some of the most frequently raised claims put forward by the so-called dissidents A virus cannot cause a syndrome The orthodox viewpoint is that the human immunodeficiency virus – HIV – causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome – Aids. HIV is just another virus. Different viruses tend to have preferences for attacking particular body […]