Marianne Merten A lack of change in their lives and disillusionment with politics are key reasons why many Cape Flats youths are likely to stay away from the polls on June 2. One youth who will not be voting is Dale, of the working-class area of Heideveld. Now 23 years old, he was a first-time […]

Sharon Hammond A game ranger who fought the bureaucracy of the Kruger National Park for more than 10 years put the world-renowned reserve in the dock this week, exposing an inner ring of senior managers more intent on empire building than conservation. Wayne Lotter has brought a case of constructive dismissal before the Commission for […]

Ivor Powell With mounting political violence and endemic intimidation in some areas threatening to disrupt the June 2 election, a leading violence monitor has called on the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to cancel polling in areas where political parties and their agents were prevented from operating. Speaking at a workshop on violence and the elections, […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Sydney | Thursday 2.30pm. FORMER Springbok skipper Tiaan Strauss should be considered among the candidates to lead the Wallabies, says ex-Australian captain Nick Farr-Jones. Coach Rod Macqueen must find another leader for Australia’s domestic international program with regular captain John Eales injured for most of the season. Farr-Jones suggested to Macqueen that he […]

ZAMBIA and Angola have finally agreed to meet to discuss persistent allegations that some top Zambian government officials have helped Angola’s Unita rebels rearm, president Frederick Chiluba announced on Wednesday. He said the Angolan authorities have provided the Zambian government with details of the accusations which Zambia responded to “detail by detail”. He did not […]

Marianne Merten Debates around the size and name of the new local government structure in Cape Town are expected to become heated. The mother city plans to be a “unicity” by the end of 2000. Already the number of councils in the Cape Town metropolitan area has been rationalised from 69 racially segregated bodies to […]

Van Morrison’s new CD, his umpteenth release but his first for Virgin (via Point Blank), is confidently called Back on Top. Over-confidently, in fact – at least not as far as a long-time Van fan is concerned. It’s not that Back on Top is bad, it’s just that so much of it sounds like so […]

Michael Finch Athletics South Africa’s top athletes and their agents have turned down Athletics South Africa’s (ASA) latest contract offer, saying that athletes will have too many obligations, but agree that a settlement is imminent. The initial deadline to sign the contracts was April 1, but due to disagreements over the amount of money being […]

THE Stormers have made two changes to their line-up for Saturday’s clash against Super 12 champions, the Canterbury Crusaders, at Newlands. John Daniels comes in on the wing and Anton Leonard at flank for the injured Breyton Paulse and Robbie Brink. Paulse has a fractured finger and is expected to play against the Auckland Blues […]

THURSDAY, 11.00AM: RESTRUCTURING and the downward economic cycle are the major contributors to the current trend of job cuts, a survey by labour analysts Andrew Levy & Associates released on Wednesday shows. According to the survey, in which 165 companies with 315000 employees were interviewed, retrenchments will not abate for some time, as many companies […]