A BOMB blast at the Tribal Authority building in Manthe village in the North-West province brought the issuing of identity documents by Home Affairs officials to a standstill on Wednesday. The provincial government said on Thursday that the 11 explosive devices damaged the building, shattering a window and ripping pieces of plaster off the back […]
Andy Capostagno Rugby Those who take comfort in the constricting cloak of provincialism have a fun weekend ahead. The Cats play the Stormers at Newlands with, if you believe the hype, the visitors determined to rain on the Super 12 log leaders’ parade and the home side looking forward to sending the Vaalies back home […]
Howard Barrell The row over the Financial Mail’s endorsement last week of the United Democratic Movement in the forthcoming election has brought into sharp relief the relationship between editorial independence and media ownership in South Africa. This week’s Financial Mail carries a lengthy rebuttal of the endorsement by one of the publication’s co-owners, former African […]
FINANCIAL services group Nedcor Investment Bank announced in Cape Town on Friday it will invest over R650000 into the South African wine industry over the next three years. This builds on NIB’s existing investment of R265000 over the past three years. The company has agreed to cover the marketing costs of the Cape Independent Winemakers […]
Evidence wa ka Ngobeni Senior African National Congress leaders recently met leaders of the ANC-aligned South African Student Congress (Sasco) in a bid to end student opposition to the Rand Afrikaans University’s (RAU) offer of an honorary doctorate to Deputy President Thabo Mbeki. Sasco is insisting that Mbeki reject the honorary degree in law on […]
A TEAM of French firefighters headed to Cote d’Ivoire’s economic capital on Friday to help control a gigantic blaze that threatening oil stocks near west Africa’s biggest refinery. A vast column of black smoke billowed over Abidjan as flames 12m continued to rage from GESTOCI, the oil stocks plant immediately next to the refinery. Late […]
Friday night Hlomla Dandala For a young black male looking for a beautiful partner to spend an afternoon with, and perhaps the night if you are lucky, Wits girls’ residence is the place to go. Arm yourself with a BMW, a cellphone and a Gold Card. First stop is Time Square in Rockey Street, Yeoville. […]
MPUMALANGA education department official and African National Congress leader, Ben Mthembu, has received telephonic death threats after drafting a report on the province’s matric exam scandal. Mthembu drafted a damning report on the role of an alleged cabal of nepotistic officials in the scandal for the ANC’s provincial working committee two weeks ago. Mthembu has […]
Maybe it’s just that I was sore because she didn’t ask me for a contribution, but I expected to find excessive and gratuitous use of bodily fluids in Veronique Malherbe’s exhibition, The Quest for Zero Defect, at the Joo Ferreira Fine Art gallery. Rumours and publicity about chocolate made from breast milk and a halo […]
Ian Clayton The National Council of Provices (NCOP) has released three reports that raise serious doubts about the functioning of the council and the involvement of the provinces in Parliament’s legislative programme. The fact that both the chair of the NCOP, Terror Lekota, and his deputy, Naledi Pandor, have been nominated by the African National […]