Peter Sutton (Crossfire, March 5 to 11), in an article that relies on a book by Michael Denton, writes that “the theory propounded by Charles Darwin and his followers still remains to be proved conclusively”. Denton has led Sutton astray by criticising evolution without first troubling to understand the process. The article states that molecular […]
Anthony Kunda Seven Zambian reporters were arrested this week after their newspaper published reports that the Zambian army did not have the capacity to withstand an attack by the Angolan army. The Post’s reporters Joe Kaunda and Kelvin Shimo were arrested on Tuesday night. Police later arrested Goodson Machona, Lubasi Katundu, Brighton Phiri, Amos Malupenga […]
The council’s closure of Mega Music is a severe blow to musicians and has left Johannesburg looking even more like a ghost town at night, writes Peter Makurube The Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council has finally unleashed the axe on Mega Music Trust, the body that runs Mega Music warehouse, an epicentre for musical happenings in […]
The introduction of six bull elephants seems to have sorted out the `aberrant behaviour’ of the young males in Pilanesberg, writes Barbara Ludman It was the sort of scene certain to delight visitors lucky enough to come upon it: a young bull elephant and two much younger males browsing peacefully together in the sparse bushveld, […]
OWNER of security company Excalibur, Andre van der Byl, says his business has boomed following allegations it was involved in gun running and had links with Robert McBride. He appeared in the Durban Regional Court on Thursday charged under the Arms and Ammunition Act. Excalibur allegedly supplied seven automatic weapons late last year to the […]
Howard Barrell The African National Congress is pulling out all the stops to seize control of the government of the Western Cape from the New National Party in the election on June 2 – and it believes it has a good chance of succeeding. The ANC’s strategy depends on persuading upwards of six leading coloured […]
Michael Metelits The bad news is that your bank could hit a spot of trouble, run low on cash, find itself with too many people in line to draw funds, and collapse, leaving you with high blood pressure and a chequebook best used for gift-wrapping or reminder notes. Worse news would be that your bank […]
THE “Rose of Soweto”, former world boxing champion Dingaan Thobela, has narrowly escaped a ban after weighing in seven kilograms overweight for his welterweight bout against Argentina’s Adrian Daneff last Saturday. The bout was reduced from a title fight to an international contest and Thobela forfeited half his purse to his opponent. That penalty led […]
Matthew Krouse Down the tube `No politicians behind desks and no talking heads,” promise the producers of Real Lives, e.tv’s new 13-part documentary series aired on Wednesdays at 9pm. The first two episodes, now shown, have indeed been free of laboured political invective and emotional commentary – proving what light relief a non-judgmental approach to […]
KALAHARI Express Airlines, grounded by a host of problems since being granted an operating licence in 1996, now appears set to take off. KEA, to be operated jointly by Air Namibia and South African Airways’ sister airline, South African Express, is expected to start daily flights between Windhoek, Johannesburg and Cape Town before July 1999. […]