ANGOLAN authorities are opposed to setting up humanitarian corridors for civilians affected by the civil war, government sources said on Wednesday. The United Nations World Food Programme supports such measures in order to ensure essential food can be distributed. But the government believes the current military situation precludes the setting up of the corridors. The […]
Ian Clayton South Africa’s R23,7-million worth of agricultural products started changing complexion last year, with crops more conducive to small-scale farming showing growth and those which were heavily assisted in the past, such as maize, wheat and sorghum, all declining. The contribution of agriculture to the gross domestic product dropped to 4,1% from 4,5% in […]
Gabon have not lost at home for 28 years, so Bafana Bafana face an uphill battle at the Omar Bongo stadium, writes Andrew Muchineripi South Africa enter hillier terrain on Saturday after a relatively flat passage through the first half of their qualifying programme for the 2000 African Nations Cup. Gabon may, ultimately, have been […]
THE Oppenheimer family has purchased a Northern Cape nature reserve and lodge where they will continue a successful conservation project started by its previous owner, De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer said on Thursday. Tswalu Desert Reserve’s previous owner, Stephen Boler, in the space of three years introduced 6000 head of game, including the rare desert […]
Ferial Haffajee A Second Look It is Charlene Smith’s pen that will ensure she is no victim. A rape survivor, her brave and searing account of this most personal and violent violation is a wake-up call. It takes many thousands of words to capture the smell of her fear, the fear of death and the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, United Nations | Friday 7.30pm. THE United States announced Thursday that it would soon hold its first official talks with Libya since breaking off diplomatic relations in 1981. State Department spokesman James Rubin stressed to reporters in Washington that the meeting at ambassador level would not be bilateral, but would also involve the […]
Jane Rosenthal THE TIKIELINE YUPPIE by Mehlaleng Mosotho (Vivlia) NIGHTS OF IMMORALITY by Colin “Jiggs” Smuts (Vivlia) In their different ways both these books indicate that more than a decade ago change and transformation were alive and well in downtown Johannesburg. Both have dark- skinned protagonists, booze flows freely, women abound (not only as objects […]
Marianne Merten The mother of Renata Ismail, snatched on March 27 from a modest block of flats in Kuils River, Cape Town, spent the little girl’s fifth birthday on Easter Monday at her husband’s hospital bedside. Messages of support were stuck on her living room wall, and cars parked in the road in front displayed […]
Mail & Guardian reporters The landmark Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) decision to deny amnesty to the killers of Chris Hani was not a political fix but was instead entirely consistent with the legislation governing the truth body. Opposition parties and relatives of the two killers, Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, have slammed the decision, […]
David Shapshak While cellphones are leaping forward, the big business players who determine which protocols they operate on have been lagging behind. Developments for the next, or third, generation of cellphones have been stalled while the two dominant players, Europe and the United States, were deadlocked over which of their protocols should be the new […]