The cricketing world is waiting for Hansie Cronje’s testimony Mail & Guardian reporters When Hansie Cronje takes the stand he will reveal the tragic story of his extraordinary double life as South Africa’s captain – a life that finally brought him crashing down in a flurry of death threats to him and his family. In […]
Stephanie Theobald BODY LANGUAGE In the steam room, a tanned 22-year-old is relating the story of a pick-up she had recently. “She suddenly pulled out these needles and handed them to me!” “What sort of needles?” echoes a voice from the other end of the room. “You know, for piercing. She wanted me to put […]
Ebrahim Harvey CROSSFIRE It sometimes unfortunately happens that a great event passes us by without much ado. This was the case when Judge Arthur Chaskalson, president of the Constitutional Court, delivered a milestone lecture on human rights at the third Bram Fischer lecture at the Civic Theatre a few weeks ago. It would be hard […]
AN angry mob burned six robbers to death in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos. Police said the mob put tyres doused in fuel around the robbers’ necks and set them ablaze after they had robbed a man of his valuables. The incidents took place in the Orile and Maza-Maza areas of the city, he said, adding […]
Siki. Dutch director Niek Koppen, who will be a guest of the festival presents his hour-long work of 1992 about Louis M’Barick Fall, who in 1922 became the first African to win a world boxing title. The documentary recounts the life of Battling Siki, the intelligent “savage”, activist, dandy, husband and womeniser. Using unique film […]
Peter Robinson One by one they have taken the stand, damned Hansie Cronje with their evidence and then sought to soften the blow by declaring their respect for the fallen former captain. “The finest captain South Africa has ever had,” is typical of the sentiment. It has occurred to none of Cronje’s erstwhile team-mates that […]
FORMER two-time junior lightweight world champion Brian Mitchell has moved up in weight and will be taking on former heavyweight world title contender Pierre Coetzer on Friday. Most pundits give Mitchell the edge of pulling off a win over the bigger and heavier Coetzer. The two popular ex-boxers will however not be donning gloves for […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The South African Association of Youth Clubs (SAAYC), the national youth organisation that boasts four-million- strong membership, has refocused its course again – this time it is working on changing the attitudes of millions of young people and motivating them to take charge of their fortune. “Gone are the times of […]
Belinda Beresford The government will fight them in the gardens, it will fight them in the garden centres and it will fight them in the streets and parks – unless of course they’ve got special permission to be there. The Department of Agriculture is about to outlaw trading in a number of invading alien plants, […]
The Kruger National Park is selling off ‘surplus’ and ‘problem’ animals that often face horrors when they reach their new homes Fiona Macleod South Africa’s premier game reserve, the Kruger National Park, is selling off its wildlife without restrictions to unscrupulous hunting outfits. At least six lions have been sold in the past year to […]