Anthony Sampson Nelson Mandela has reacted angrily to a claim that he was recruited as an “agent of influence” by British intelligence and that he visited MI6 in Britain to thank it for its help in foiling assassination attempts. “I never visited the headquarters of any intelligence service,” he said on Wednesday. The allegations were […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The Northern Province Department of Health has challenged a group of white doctors to prove that their application to start a new private hospital is not racially motivated. The challenge comes amid simmering racial tension in the province’s state hospitals, with some white patients refusing to be treated by black hospital […]
Barry Streek The rich just clicks a computer mouse he calls that an honest day’s labour The following are some extracts from a most extraordinary book, Of Money, Mandarins and Peasants: A collection of South African poems about poverty, launched in Johannesburg this week. Last year, the South African NGO Coalition (Sangoco) and Homeless Talk […]
FOREIGN minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is due to meet Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Friday to discuss his upcoming visit to South Africa. Dlamini-Zuma is currently in Beijing for bilateral talks. The four day visit begins on April 24th and is the first to South Africa by a Chinese head of state. It is part of […]
Donna Block SHAREWORLD I’ve just returned from holiday in Plettenberg Bay, during which time my family and I decided to take a tour boat. We spotted lots of sea creatures but the waves were throwing us around quite a bit, causing my six-year-old to say, “Mommy looks just like a robot – red, yellow and […]
Sarah Boseley BODY LANGUAGE Some things in life are immutable. There is a rhythm to the seasons, night follows day, tides ebb and flood, and a woman’s body goes through a menstrual cycle every 28 days or so until the menopause sets in. That is the way it has always been and we assume it […]
Jubie Matlou There could not have been a better place than The Netherlands, with its intricate system of dykes and canals to protect the country from floods, to host the Second World Water Security Forum this week. The conference was not meant to be an ambitious exercise to get 4E000 delegates to find consensus, according […]
Bertrand Rosenthal The Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God cult, of which about 470 members apparently committed mass suicide in rural Uganda, is the latest manifestation of indigenous Christian sects with apocalyptic, sometimes revolutionary overtones. In Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, the synthesis of Christianity and traditional African religions, partly as a rejection […]
IMPERIAL Motor Holdings announced on Friday that it is to start importing Hyundai motor vehicles and that a number of Hyundai dealerships will begin operating from the first of April. The new vehicles will be imported and distributed by Associated Motor Holdings, a subsidiary of Imperial Holdings. Imperial spokesman Alan Ross said that all remaining […]
Rodney Victor Jewish leaders are scrambling to avoid involvement in a row over the food given to Jews in prisons after an awaiting-trial inmate at Pretoria Central Prison complained that Jewish prisoners are offered halaal food prepared for Muslims instead of kosher fare. Rabbi Michael Katz of Chabad House in Johannesburg said he is aware […]