ThandwayiZizwe Mthembu CROSSFIRE Much as Parks Mankahlana bemoans Sipho Seepe’s disregard for logic and facts (”Seepe disregards logic and facts”, Mail & Guardian, June 23 to 29), he exhibits a frightening lack of understanding of the inter- connectedness of proposition, logic, facts and their synchronicity. This understanding is required for designing acceptable proofs of his […]
Roger Southall A SECOND LOOK Dr Mamphele Ramphele, former vice- chancellor of the University of Cape Town, recently faulted what she saw as the reluctance of intellectuals who identified with the liberation struggle to openly criticise what they considered mistakes or abuses by the African National Congress now that it is in power. Writing in […]
France has struggled to find a homegrown hero in cycling’s biggest race William Fotheringham Cycling as a sport was born on French soil, the French organise the biggest and brightest bike race in the world, yet the home cyclists have little chance of winning their own event, the Tour de France, which starts this weekend. […]
NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo wants the international community to ward off a major environmental threat caused by the oil industry in his country. The Norwegian news agency NTB reported that Obasanjo appealed for help to prevent an “enormous” environmental catastrophe, when he addressed 1500 delegates from 40 countries at an oil production safety conference in […]
MPUMALANGA police have identified five suspects in connection with the hijacking of seven foreign tourists near the Kruger National Park in the past week. Acting provincial police commissioner Naphtali Bohlolo said a team of detectives was investigating further to ensure speedy arrests. Provincial police spokesman Inspector Olga Marais said the suspects lived in the Masoyi […]
A FATHER and two children died, and five other children were seriously ill overnight after being contaminated near Cairo by an object described as radioactive. Officials from the electricity ministry and the Atomic Energy Authority of Egypt have since retrieved the undisclosed object from the family home after encasing it in a lead containe. Neighboring […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Karachi | Wednesday 11.00am. FORMER Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan and ex-captain Rashid Latif on Tuesday derided the International Cricket Council (ICC) for bailing out South Africa and Australia and singling out Pakistan in a match-fixing probe. “Why has the ICC not touched the confession and match-fixing reports against Australian players Shane Warne […]
SWAZILAND have fired coach Francis Banda just one week before facing Kenya in an African Nations Cup preliminary-round match here. Zambian Banda was axed after a 2-0 loss to South Africa in a Castle Cup Southern Africa championship match last weekend, the latest in a string of poor results for the kingdom this year. He […]
FORMER Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda launched an appeal on Tuesday against his conviction in a United Nations court for involvement in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Kambanda was sentenced to life imprisonment in September 1998 after confessing to involvement in the genocide, in which extremist Hutus massacred 800000 mainly Tutsi civilians in just three months. His […]
, Johannesburg | day 10.00am. MUSLIM rebels holding Malaysian and Western hostages on the island of Jolo could release the Malaysians within the next week, although they seem to want to hang on to the other captives. Prison authorities have confirmed that they are holding an elderly Filipino — possibly the same man whom Filipino […]