Alois Brunner sent at least 129 000 Jews to the death camps. Serge Klarsfeld, the French lawyer who helped track down Klaus Barbie, is determined to bring him to trial. Jo Glanville reports Many people remember Alois Brunner. Philip Vock saw him yelling in the yard of Drancy transit camp, on the outskirts of Paris, […]

Pierre Buyoya: President from 1987 to 1993 and from 1996 to the present day. A wily operator who enjoys being president but is nonetheless apparently sincere in his efforts to give it up to the Hutu opposition when he judges the moment to be right. Commands the loyalty of the army though not unconditionally. Many […]

With the high crime rate, South African drivers are increasingly signing up for breakdown cover, reports Jacqui Pile It’s a South African nightmare – being stranded on the side of the road with a flat tyre, or even worse, being involved in an accident far from home. Breakdown and emergency cover is increasingly being considered […]

countries Aaron Nicodemus The United States has done an about-face this week on the issue of intellectual property rights for Aids drugs, a development welcomed by Aids activists and researchers. On World Aids Day, President Bill Clinton announced that the US will develop a co- operative approach on health-related intellectual property matters in order for […]

Mercedes Sayagues Zimbabwean women scored a small victory when a magistrate was transferred from the civil and customary law section to the criminal section of Harare’s magistrate’s courts after complaints about his chauvinistic comments. On November 23, about 100 women toyi- toyied in downtown Harare to protest remarks by magistrate Billiard Mukwasa. He told a […]

Michael Walker It must constitute one of the most spectacular gestures of faith in the history of ex-offenders. At 4pm on Wednesday, in the ambassador suite of third division Darlington football club, the club chair George Reynolds – a one- time safe-blower with four years in prison on his CV – was handed the most […]

Cameron Duodu LETTER FROM THE NORTH There are certain glorious moments that define our common humanity. Such moments demonstrate vividly that despite our different colours, social backgrounds and geographical location, we can meld our disparate spirits together and fight for the survival of our beautiful planet. One such defining moment occurred in 1984/1985 when Bob […]

Mungo Soggot Ahigh court judge last week rubbished the attack launched by former Land Bank chair Bonile Jack against Helena Dolny, describing Jack’s allegations as “defamatory and baseless”. Judge Nico Coetzee dismissed Jack’s allegations, contained in a letter to President Thabo Mbeki and leaked to the press, in his judgment upholding Dolny’s bid to block […]

Q&A Durban musical icon Roderick “Ricky” Stewart Gass has a passion for poetry, music and charity. His long and chequered career has taken him from a Durban orphanage into the police service of Rhodesia; from chart success and stadium fame back to Durban, where he now runs an animal welfare charity shop and plays music […]

Paul Kirk Camouflage is illegal. The only people who may be in possession of the trendy material are the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and the elite special task force of the South African Police Service (SAPS). Terry Lyons, the owner of a Durban company called Cammo Joe, has been prosecuted and convicted for […]