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, […]

THE establishment of an African human rights court responsible for trying human rights breaches will be discussed at Africa’s first conference devoted to the continent’s human rights situation, continuing in Grand Baie, Mauritius on Friday. The conference is attended by African foreign ministers The protocol for the proposed court must be ratified by 15 OAU […]

ZIMBABWEAN authorities on Wednesday postponed without explanation an identification parade for the suspected torturers of three alleged United States mercenaries, defence laywers said. The three US citizens are facing terrorism charges after arrested on March 7 in possession of arms of war in their luggage as they attempted to board a Swiss Airline to Zurich. […]

As South Africans prepare to confirm the new era at the polls, Howard Barrell looks at what happened to the kings of old When last seen, Barend du Plessis, the man who was placed in charge of the national finances after his computer company had gone bust, looked like an aging beauty queen. Consultant, director […]

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 […]

RIOT police in Zimbabwe used tear gas on Wednesday to stop protesting students marching into the centre of Harare to press home demands for better loans and shorter vactions. Police fired tear gas at thousands of students who were trying to leave the Univeristy of Zimbabwe campus — situated in one of Harare’s upmarket suburbs […]

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 […]

Some black youths in Johannesburg are so disillusioned with politics they say they would prefer having a white rather than a black president.

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 […]