The current debate in South Africa is obscuring, not illuminating, the issues David Le Page Genetic modification of organisms (GMO) has become an extremely emotive subject in South Africa, which has led to a swift decline in the quality of debate. The gulf between proponents and opponents was demonstrated in South Africa this week at […]
Cameron Duodu Letter from the North OMan, I admire this Governor [Ahmed] Sani of Zamfara [State of Nigeria]. He just goes ahead and does his things without any noise-making preambles declares sharia, flies prostitutes to Mecca, cuts off someoneOs hand, summons 2 000 beggars, supplies 100 donkeys to supplement okadas [motor-bike taxis], promises to flog […]
With the Sydney Olympics starting in September, John Pilger ruefully reflects on his home country Physically, there is no place like Sydney: the deep-water harbour, the tiara of Pacific beaches, the estuaries and secret bays where white eucalyptus, the giant ghost gums, rise from the water+s edge. At the centre is a stage set like […]
It is a peaceful weekday morning. As I ring the bell at the art gallery, the suburb wraps me in friendly gurgles of chatter and radio and the hum of appliances. Someone had suggested a visit to the exhibition of artist Judith Mason Obecause she has some truth commission stuffO. I find myself in a […]
Innovations Novell has introduced its own instant messaging client, Instantme 2.0, which works within the AOL Instant Messanger communications framework. Instantme is highly secure, using encryption and digital certificates. It also has built-in audio and video messaging capabilities. Novell claims it+s ideal for businesses as it provides a medium for -peri-shable+ responses – for that, […]
Cedric Mayson spirit level Apart from sex, are women different from men? Is WomenOs Day on August 9 to celebrate a struggle for equal rights or the female contribution to humanity? Is there a OwomenOs point of viewO? Deputy President Jacob Zuma flew to a rally in Mpumalanga last Sunday in an aircraft piloted by […]
David Beresford Another Country Gazing at my face in the mirror I wonder whether I have not stumbled across one of the great discoveries of our times: the co- existence of Ron and Dave, which is to say me and me. The proposition is founded in a fit of indignation with she who probably qualifies […]
Glenda Daniels A new project to improve the treatment of rape victims reporting the crime in the Western Cape has been completed by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The BJA conducted a study of the experiences of women reporting rapes at three Cape Flats police stations. The report shows that women are often not […]
THE WORLD Bank has approved a $150m credit for Kenya to help spur growth and fight poverty. The funds will support efforts to shift public expenditure towards poverty reduction programs, streamline the civil service and help implement a more ambitious privatisation strategy. The credit will be disbursed in three $50m instalments, with the first to […]
FORMER Mozambiqan first lady Graa Machel will deliver the key address at the 10th Global Summit of Women, which starts in Johannesburg on October 5. South Africa was selected to be the first African hosts of the summit, which is informally known as the “Davos for Women,” because it has the most women in its […]