Luvuyo Kakaza THEATRE The toll of apartheid on South Africa’s domestic workers has been well documented in literature, in television documentaries and in fiction film. These days, though, it’s rare to find a stage interpretation of the lives of household “servants”. But one is currently playing that could very well bring some guilty “madams” close […]
Mercedes Sayagues In a last, desperate move to win the election, Zanu-PF militia are confiscating identity documents from villagers and farm workers across the country. ID documents are needed to vote. A replacement costs Z$250, or three days of work. At Shaka farm in Wedza, militia collected all ID documents, as well as Z$16 a […]
Neal Collins South African cricketers everywhere have been hit hard by the wild swinging of Cronjegate. You might have found an angry little knot of them at Lord’s last week, looking embarrassed while, in Cape Town, their game and their nation were being dragged through the mud at the King commission. While Cronje confessed to […]
ETHIOPIA has called on the international community to intervene on behalf of its nationals living in Eritrea, whom it claimed have been subjected to an “intensive campaign of hatred.” A foreign ministry communique said Eritrea’s sizeable Ethiopian community had suffered “persistent acts of reprisals and racist incitement (carried out) by the Eritrean government.” The statement […]
Mercedes Sayagues Why was Grace Mugabe sulking during her husband’s final campaign rally in Harare last Saturday? It could have been the low turnout – a mere 5E000 compared with the 100E000 who greeted Robert Mugabe on his return from exile 20 years ago. Or perhaps it was the three-hour delay in starting, while frantic […]
Meet the judges who will be presiding at the prestigious Investing in the Future Awards Mail & Guardian reporter An impressive panel of opinion-makers have agreed to judge the Investing in the Future Awards. The awards laud corporate social investment in South Africa and were established over a decade ago by the Mail & Guardian. […]
In the diamond area of Sierra Leone, rebels and members of the pro-government militia mine side by side Chris McGreal in Kenema The rebels were easy to spot. The three young men in stylish clothes, wearing sunglasses in the light drizzle, quickly caught the eye of the Lebanese businessman. He beckoned the youths toward an […]
Anton Harber OBITUARY There will be many stories told of the work Ismail Mahomed, the chief justice who succumbed to cancer last week, did for his clients in his many years at the Johannesburg Bar. I want to tell of one where we insisted he not do any work. Mahomed often represented the Mail & […]
New proposals could see water being delivered by private companies on the basis of financial sustainability, not need Glenda Daniels South African public sector unions have been caught off guard by the government’s announcement to fast-track regulations to privatise water delivery. Unions said this week they were still trying to work out the implications in […]
Kathryn Smith REVIEW OFTHEWEEK The commission for a monument to the women of South Africa was recently awarded to the combined team of sculptor Wilma Cruise and architect Marcus Holmes. As part of the Cabinet’s Legacy Project, administered by the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, construction has already begun in a vestibule and […]