I could hardly believe my eyes. There they were, shouting obscenities and hitting human beings on the head and in the face, and kicking them in the ribs. Two people who had just had a serious accident and were clearly dazed, if not unconscious, were tossed out of their car, handcuffed and beaten. The people […]
THURSDAY, 11.30AM: KAIZER Chiefs beat Qwa-Qwa Stars 2-0 in a ho-hum performance at the Johannesburg Stadium on Wednesday night. Chiefs were far from impressive, but still won the match in their usual display of mediocre but effective soccer. Chiefs looked far from the club most likely to snatch the Castle Premiership victory from Mamelodi Sundowns […]
On April 27, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day. Ferial Haffajee asked veteran South Africans how life has changed since 1994 For lawyer and local legal legend George Bizos, freedom comes contained in a little beige book. His dog-eared copy of the Constitution is a well-thumbed and living document. As the head of the constitutional unit […]
The great bar-coded ID saga has finally ended. Kortbroek and Tony got a klap. And we can all (if we have our bar-coded ID) go and vote on June 2. The lawyers made a fortune and political parties have been taught that disputes of a political nature are best dealt with politically and not legally. […]
South African rugby players are still the envy of the world, but Andy Capostagno warns that overconfidence can be fatal This time last year we were wringing our hands in despair. Where was Springbok coach Nick Mallett supposed to find 15 players of international standard to play the Tri- Nations, never mind a squad of […]
Michael Finch Athletics If Elana Meyer was looking for a sympathetic ear after her disappointing London Marathon performance last Sunday, she’d better not look to Gwen Griffiths. The newly crowned South African marathon champion was far from impressed by the performance of Meyer and believes the star needs a major rethink of her strategies. Meyer, […]
The mielie-seller The mielie-seller is perhaps the most quintessential South African image. Resident of both urban and rural worlds, she is also symbolic of a growing informal economy. Thabi Chauke wakes up at 4.30am. Her day is simple: she dispatches her 14-year-old daughter into a packed minibus. These ferry the children of the newly enfranchised […]
The father of African film, Ousmane Sembene, who is in South Africa developing a new movie about the effects of colonialism on Africa, spoke to Bafana Khumalo Many an African liberation fighter has made the journey to the land of the Russians, to learn the art of shooting. So has Ousmane Sembene, the Senegalese novelist […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, London | Friday 6.00pm. The International Rugby Board (IRB) on Friday said it will adopt disciplinary procedures from the Super 12 and Tri-Nations after the World Cup in October. This will be part of a major rewrite of the game’s regulations that be implemented when the world championships end in November – even […]
The Rwandan government is preparing an extradition request for a senior UWC lecturer, writes Chris McGreal A Rwandan doctor wanted for murdering Tutsis during the 1994 genocide is to keep his job at the University of the Western Cape (UWC)because ”the charges against him are only allegations”. This is despite the fact that numerous witnesses […]