terror Marianne Merten August 8 1996: Hard Livings gang boss Rashaad Staggie is lynched during a People against Gansterism and Drugs (Pagad) demonstration in the presence of police, media and emergency workers. An inquest into the death, launched when the Cape High Court trial of Pagad member Ozeer Booley collapsed last year, has been repeatedly […]

ACCLAIMED filmmaker Richard Attenborough on Wednesday received an honorary doctorate of literature from the University of Cape Town. Lord Attenborough, who was an outspoken opponent of apartheid, used his acceptance speech to pay homage to former president Nelson Mandela. He said the world was in awe of Mandela’s ability to resist recrimination and bitterness in […]

Riaan Wolmarans Just about every Gauteng venue with a bar and more than two chairs seems to be planning something big, usually with DJs and the inevitable fireworks. The biggest outdoor bash will definitely be the African Renaissance Millennium Party at the Union Buildings. Performances by top artists Ringo Madlingozi, Dorothy Masuku and Mahube, Boom […]

up? Radicals, revolutionaries and Tony Blair all lay claim to Christ. Peter Stanford asks who’s right Seated before a stage built to resemble a giant Christmas crib, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Saturday December 4 opened the millennium celebrations in the town of Bethlehem, where tradition has it that Christ was born. A band played […]

EMMA THOMASSON, Pretoria | Friday 8.30am THE government warned on Thursday that unless the European Union ratifies a long-awaited free trade deal soon, its implementation could not take place as planned next month. Trade and Industry Minister Alec Irwin said, however, that a short delay will not be a major tragedy. ”The EU must make […]

Adam Mars-Jones BODY LANGUAGE Mrs Patrick Campbell once famously said that she didn’t care what people did in the bedroom as long as they didn’t frighten the horses. Now it turns out that no human sexual act has much prospect of startling our animal cousins. In his astounding book, Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural […]

Adam Haupt spoke to the mystical Bansuri flautist Deepak Ram about his new release, Searching for Satyam It is ironic that Deepak Ram’s new album, Searching for Satyam, is being released when it seems that music stores have only just recently started to promote Flute for Thought, Ram’s previous release. Tananas fans might remember Deepak […]

ZAMBIA were merciless in their Cosafa Cup match against Namibia at Vosloorus Stadium on Tuesday, beating their hapless opponents 5-0. The Chipolopolo scored four goals in the first half to put the match out of the reach of the Namibians. Striker Solomon Banda drew first blood when he scored in the sixth minute beating goalkeeper […]

THE South African Women’s Cricket Association (SAWCA) announced on Tuesday that they will wearing the Protea national emblem when representing the country in the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand next year. The squad previously competed under the banner of the United Cricket Board. Three training camps will be held in preparation for the tournament […]

ZIMBABWE were beaten 1-0 by Zambia in their Cosafa Cup under-20 match at Vosloorus Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. The Zambians scored through Gift Kambamba in the 77th minute when he struck home off a corner taken by Njofwa Chaswe.