Throughout the world Dirk Coetzee is credited with blowing the whistle on Vlakplaas, but the secret police unit’s activities were first revealed by Almond Nofemela to a fellow inmate on death row. Gomolemo Mokae spoke to Sibusiso Masuku about his role in the affair It is not difficult to get to the home of former […]

Andrew MuchineripiSoccer The African Cup of Nations quarter-finals showdown between South Africa and Ghana in Kumasi on Sunday brings together teams that can only improve after disastrous endings to their mini-league programmes. I have never been more ashamed of wearing Bafana Bafana colours than in midweek, when even a first-minute goal from Shaun Bartlett could […]

FORMER Correctional Services commissioner Khulekani Sitole has withdrawn his Labour Court application to be reinstated. Correctional Services spokesman Russel Mamabolo said on Thursday afternoon that Sitole “has done so unconditionally”. “There will be no Labour Court case on this matter on Friday,” Mamabolo said in Pretoria. Sitole is expected to comment more fully on the […]

Five is now six in Europe’s premier rugby championship, and it’s not before time, writes Eddie Butler It’s all very new millennium, this expansion to Six Nations. But it has to be said: it’s about bloody time. By now we should be up to at least Seven. If Romania had been offered the hand of […]

Melvyn Minnaar Lifestyle In a town like Franschhoek, where the tenuous Huguenot soul was sold out long ago to compliant Biggie Best tourism and big buck retirees, it’s easy enough to find a relaxing spot to sip an adequately-made hot-vineyard wine. To discover something a little more rewarding for body and spirit requires one to […]

Jubie Matlou The African National Congress intends to kill the South African National Civics Organisation (Sanco) and take over civic politics as part of its drive to put its stamp on all levels of political life in South Africa. The ANC wants its branches to take up civic issues at local level in a bid […]

Behind the obfuscatory officialese of the government’s new taxi programme there lies a carefully worked-out strategy aimed at transforming every facet of the unruly industry. Among the strategic objectives of the new taxi deal are: l to take control of taxi ranks run as private fiefdoms by particular associations and warlords to the detriment of […]

CD of the week One of Johannesburg’s most happening clubs, always packed to capacity, is 206, with its ever-impressive line-up of top musicians on the stage and talented DJs spinning the best acid jazz, drum’n’bass, jungle and the like. Now you can take the party home with the excellent album 206 Mix (Virgin), with its […]

ZIMBABWE shot to top of the one-day triangular series standings, after beating South Africa by one run at Kingsmead on Wednesday. SA have fallen to the bottom spot. (P W L Tied No result Pts Run rate) Zimbabwe 4, 2, 2, 0, 0, 4, + 0.11 England 4, 2, 2, 0, 0, 4, + 0.03 […]

The Mail & Guardian’s sister newspaper, The Guardian, is launching a campaign to bring education to the world’s millions of illiterate people. Victoria Brittain, Larry Elliot and John Carvel explain why it’s necessary Imagine that all children aged six to 14 in Europe and North America did not go to school. The figure is huge, […]