Howard Barrell:OVER A BARREL As President Nelson Mandela prepared his farewell to Parliament this week, I could not help feeling that the grand old man was not the only person deserving of applause. Every MP could also justifiably take a bow. So, too, could each South African. For Mandela’s farewell on Friday March 26, the […]
Jonathan Ancer When the train passed through Nelspruit, Kenneth Simango closed his eyes, took a deep breath and jumped. The Mozambican landed on the ground, bruised but unharmed. Simango (29) claims that while he was being transported from the controversial Lindela deportation centre in Krugersdorp back to Maputo, guards let him jump off the moving […]
THE government has expressed its “grave concern” at the Nato military action against Yugoslavia. In a statement on Thursday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said: “This is in violation of the United Nations Charter and accepted norms of international law and it has exacerbated the situation in the Balkans.” The statement stressed the need to […]
THE body of missing Ventersdorp mayor Philip Mashe was found on Thursday afternoon in a sunflower field 2km from the town, according to police spokesperson Captain Louis Jacobs. Mashe disappeared on Saturday after having withdrawn R4000 from his bank account in the company of one Bota Johannes Monatle (35), who was arrested near Lichtenburg on […]
BOWLS South Africa (BSA) said on Thursday it had banned Neil Carroll until August 31 next year for an anti-Semitic slur, overturning a lighter sentence handed down by the Central Gauteng Bowls Association. Carroll, who allegedly joked that he did not want to “play with that Jewish boy”, was suspended for two years by the […]
A few years ago, I attended a lecture by a Canadian constitutional lawyer, David Beatty. Briefly, his thesis was that the most important task for a judge in a constitutional state was to balance the rights guaranteed in the Constitution with the provision that such rights may be limited by government action. In short, the […]
Andy Colquhoun Rugby There is a rhythm to the rugby season by which we followers of the game can measure out the advance of each year. The pungent scent of braaing meat hanging in the air of the Pretoria suburb of Sunnyside can only mean that the Blue Bulls are once more on the rampage […]
A LEADING forensic scientist has verified that a note claiming Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has “information which could be the end of the ANC” is indeed her handwriting, Democratic Party leader Tony Leon said on Thursday. Leon and the DP challenged Madikizela-Mandela to come forward with the information and also challenged Deputy President Thabo Mbeki to “clear […]
ground If record-breaking versatility equals greatness, Paul Tergat has ascended into the stratosphere reserved for distance running’s true immortals. In the space of less than two years, the Kenyan has waltzed to a world record in the 10 000m and won the world cross-country championship for a record fourth consecutive time. Toss in a world […]
Shell has launched an ad campaign proclaiming that it’s not just after profits. Roger Cowe looks at a new trend among multinationals Shell launched a series of advertisements in Britain this week as part of a $25-million campaign the oil company is calling ”stakeholder consultation”. Stakeholders are all those affected in one way or another […]