receive their rewards Awhopping R700 000 is on offer for organisations which deliver innovative poverty reduction programmes, writes Barry Streek A programme to recognise and reward innovative poverty reduction projects for government delivery programmes with R700 000 to 15 different projects has provoked huge interest from both the government and NGOs. In a rush to […]

If any proof were needed that the SABC’s management and governing board has failed in its duty to the South African public, that was forthcoming during interviews for a new board in Cape Town this week. Reluctantly, both outgoing board chair Professor Paulus Zulu and finance subcommittee members Paul Davis and Litha Nyonyha finally admitted […]

Iden Wetherell As Commonwealth leaders meet in Durban this weekend, relations between Harare and London, which have been plummeting since the election of Tony Blair’s Labour government in 1997, are at a new low. Calls for Zimbabwe to be expelled from the association of former British colonies for human rights abuses are mounting. The two […]

socks Kevin Mitchell It was going to be the last big fight of the century, a chance to bring a hundred years of chaos and unmatchable drama to something of a dignified close. And, before a new outbreak of shenanigans last week, we had every reason to believe that the fighters involved – Lennox Lewis […]

Robyn Hofmeyr was part of a small team which set out to make a film about women in war. They visited four regions: South Africa, Uganda, Israel and Palestine, and Bosnia. These are the survivors’ stories Our journey began in the Nkomanzi district of Mpumalanga where we heard the stories of displaced Mozambican women and […]

Heather Hogan >From the dawn of Christianity there have been accounts of “witches” and “fortune- tellers” being stoned to death or burnt at the stake. At times churches even considered playing cards the devil’s tools and tarot card readers his disciples. Following this week’s launch of the SoulTidings Truth Cards, tarot cards based on the […]

Though fairly new to South Africa, the eco-village concept has been around for about 70 years, reports Jacqui Pile James Shepard is a man with a plan. As an ecologist working at Wilgespruit Fellowship Centre in Roodepoort, he has dreams of turning most of the centre’s 18ha of land into a working example of how […]

Evidence wa ka Ngobeni The Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, is likely to oust vice- chancellors at two prominent universities and appoint administrators to run the institutions in line with recommendations contained in a new Bill soon to be finalised by Parliament. According to reliable sources close to Asmal, the universities of the North and […]

The Russian National Ballet brought Little Red Riding Hood to Springs. Kit Peel went to check her out ‘I heard about it at the hairdressers,” the lady in the next seat explained. “When the ballet came to Springs last year, my hairdresser told me that it was disgusting. A load of queers leaping about the […]

what in the ministries Presidency President: Thabo Mbeki Deputy president: Jacob Zuma Minister: Essop Pahad Advisers to Mbeki: Mojanku Gumbi (legal), Titus Mafolo (political), Vusi Mavimbela (security and intelligence – on his way to head the National Intelligence Agency [NIA]), Moss Ngoasheng (economic), Charles Nqakula (parliamentary) Advisers to Zuma: John Jeffrey (parliamentary), Jabulani Mzaliya (special) […]