Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality has called for a commission of inquiry to probe allegations of illegal sex- change operations, medical torture and chemical castration performed by the South African Defence Force (SADF) on gay men and lesbians before 1994. The coalition, whose call for an inquiry is […]
Thebe Mabanga South African beatmasters are looking to make a mark on territory traditionally dominated by United Kingdom and Spanish DJs – a club hub that counts Frankie Knuckles and David Morales as virtual resident DJs. For that is what Ibiza is. The clubbers paradise off the Spanish coast is currently experiencing summer madness and […]
Home affairs botches permits for Mother Theresa’s missionaries Marianne Merten The government has given marching orders to three nuns of the late Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, who have been running an HIV/Aids care centre in Khayelitsha outside Cape Town. One Mission of Charity sister has been told to leave in January; another in July […]
Chris Buchanan LIFESTYLE Believe it or not: but there is an association for curtain makers and allied products. I would imagine by “allied products” they would mean the fellows who twist the little brass hooks that the curtains hang on. Why on earth am I telling you this? Well the Curtain Makers and Allied Workers’ […]
Neal Collins CRICKET Brian Lara might need an eye operation at the end of the West Indies current series against England. The world’s highest-scoring batsman, who bounced back to form with a match-saving century at Old Trafford, suffers from tyrigium – a condition which causes a “skin” to grow over the eyeball. The disease – […]
A new committee of inquiry has been tasked with meeting the needs of the poorest of the poor Glenda Daniels An integrated and comprehensive social security system, to include the government’s current R18-billion social assistance programme, is on the cards now that a committee of inquiry has begun its work. The draft plan has to […]
Paul Kirk A Gauteng attorney has mysteriously vanished with tens of millions of rands he was supposedly helping to spirit out of the country. Johannesburg-based attorney Spyrodon Akritides is being investigated by police and the South African Reserve Bank on suspicion of having illegally ferreted up to R300-million out of the country, using fraudulent documentation. […]
A million British clubbers will dance away the Ibiza summer – and ‘cross-media’ companies are using cellphone text messages to market the fun John Cassy It is 8pm on Saturday and the crowds of revellers are already out in force, ready for an evening of fun in the West End of San Antonio, Ibiza’s notorious […]
Chris Buchanan FOOD Did you know that there are more than 1E500 collectors of militaria in Johannesburg alone? Now these macabre collectors and civilians alike can converge on a funky new meeting spot in Parktown North. The War Store and Vargas Caf is aimed at collectors but is also drawing the attention of rave kids, […]
Paul Kirk More details emerged this week of the involvement of KwaZulu-Natal Gambling Board members in casino companies to which they have awarded licenses. The Mail & Guardian last week reported how gambling board member Londiwe Mthembu was a director of Akani Umsundizi, a company that has won a lucrative bid to build a casino […]