MPUMALANGA’S capital of Nelspruit formally signed a memorandum on Wednesday pledging its support for a proposed R300 million international airport 25km from the city centre. The proposed Primkop Airport will be Mpumalanga’s first international airport and is sited near the Kruger National Park and other game reserves in an attempt to lure European and American […]
Jaspreet Kindra and Marianne Merten The alliance between former enemies the New National Party and the Democratic Party has left die-hard democrats to the north of Johannesburg ”devastated” and rightwingers in Ventersdorp ”speechless”, according to a Mail & Guardian snap poll. In the Cape, opponents of the merger were more pithy in their responses, accusing […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi Minister of Education Kader Asmal has criticised the Law Society of the Transvaal for publicly announcing its intention to oust Tiego Moseneke, a Johannesburg lawyer and businessman, from the roll of attorneys without giving reasons to either Moseneke or the public. Asmal has also questioned the role of the National Association of Democratic […]
Zimbabwe taught Africa an impressive lesson on civic and political maturity last weekend. In spite of brutal pre- election intimidation, a flawed electoral process and attempts to obstruct independent monitoring, people were neither cowed nor discouraged. More than half of the voters told President Robert Mugabe it is time for change. Let us not forget […]
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 […]
MOZAMBICAN international striker Manuel ‘Tico Tico’ Bucuane has moved from South African club Jomo Cosmos to American Major League Soccer side Tampa Bay Rowdies. National team captain Bucuane said Monday he would replace Raul Arce, who had been transferred to DC United. He goes to Rowdies after being rejected by the Florida club earlier this […]