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. […]
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 […]
A physical theatre group has based its latest venture on something everyone has in common: dreams Matthew Simpson Let’s put it in perspective: it all began with LSD. Like it or not, modern cultural expression of all kinds would not be the same without the hallucinogenic generation. Never before had an essentially alternative lifestyle had […]
In the aftermath of the controversial R32- billion weapons deal, the government has plans to spend even more money on upgrading the army Ivor Powell With the dust yet to settle on the government’s controversial R32-billion weapons deal, plans are afoot to spend several more billions of taxpayers’ money on another round of arms purchases […]
Sechaba ka’Nkosi Embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe snubbed this week’s gathering of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), sending only a junior Cabinet minister and a diplomat to represent his country. Mugabe, a founder and senior SADC member, failed to attend this year’s SADC World Economic Forum currently taking place in Durban despite expectations from […]
The Heath unit will launch an investigation into the affairs of Prince Gideon Zulu after receiving the approval of the premier of KwaZulu-Natal Paul Kirk KwaZulu-Natal Premier Lionel Mtshali has signed a proclamation allowing the Heath special investigating unit to probe the affairs of his Minister of Welfare and Population Development, Prince Gideon Zulu. The […]
Mercedes Sayagues Rufaro stadium erupted in a deafening cheer when opposition leaders Morgan Tsvangirai and Gibson Sibanda arrived at the Movement for Democratic Change’s (MDC) final campaign rally in Harare last Sunday. In an impressive show of strength, the MDC filled up 80% of the 40 000-seat stadium, where the trade union-based party was launched […]
A border war is now the most serious threat to peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo Gregory Mthembu-Salter The main flashpoints in the Democratic Republic of Congo are Kisangani in North Kivu – where Rwandan and Ugandan forces are disengaging after a battle two weeks ago that left hundreds dead – and Mbandaka in […]
AXED cricket captain Hansie Cronje had accumulated a considerable personal fortune from professional cricket, and hardly need to accept the lure of easy bribe money. Cronje on Wednesday told the King Commission he estimated he had earned some R9 million in sponsorships and endorsements since 1995, in addition to the salary he earned from the […]