Fiona Macleod A Pretoria businessman is suing conservation authorities for about R7- million after he discovered that buffalo he bought at a public auction are infected with a disease that is fatal to cattle. At least 150 cattle have died in the past two weeks at a farm in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, where the buffalo are […]

Chiara Carter Youths swathed in Palestinian scarves were an image of the anti-apartheid revolt on the Cape Flats during the 1980s; the same garb is associated today with radical Muslims, notably People against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) supporters. During the 1980s, many Cape Town Muslim clergy were more politicised than their counterparts in other parts […]

EMERGENCY workers at Sydney airport in Australia have been commended for preventing what could have been a major air disaster, when a South African Airways jet caught fire shortly after landing. SAA’s regional manager in Sydney, Thevan Krishna, said SA 281 flight had just landed with 140 passengers on board when passengers and the control […]

Ted Leggett The police have promised a “zero tolerance” approach to the Western Cape crisis, a term that has been bandied about a lot lately. There is a growing sense that they are being too soft on criminals, that a concern for human rights has emasculated what was once a potent police service. “Zero tolerance” […]

David Gleason The Heath commission is in possession of extraordinary documents from a secret arbitration that could throw light on the propriety of the R1,5-billion Absa lifeboat. The commission confirmed this week that it is aware of the secret arbitration, presided over by former chief justice Pierre Rabie, which was related to the Reserve Bank’s […]

Jamie Doward Sony is set to capitalise on the success of PlayStation by launching a new portable device which allows users to play its electronic games on the move. The PocketStation plugs into a normal PlayStation and games can be loaded on to the smaller device from the larger one. Users can then play the […]

NIGERIA’s military ruler General Abdulsalami Abubakar has won the African Man of the Year Award for 1998. The Nigerian ruler received the award from the African Sun Times, a publication for African readers published in New York. Previous winners of the annual award are President Nelson Mandela and Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings. Abubakar has promised […]

Alex Dodd Long gone are the days when Lovelace Watkins was received here like the Beatles returning to Liverpool. When it comes to the global music circuit we’re no longer at the bottom of the hicklist, and there could be no greater affirmation of that fact than the advent of Womad, happening right here in […]

shoes Smangaliso Mkhatshwa is tipped to replace Mathews Phosa in Mpumalanga after reports that the premier’s name was taken off the ANC’s election list. Justin Arenstein reports Mpumalanga Premier Mathews Phosa appears to have surrendered to his detractors within the African National Congress and, despite heavy denials, is expected to formally resign from the government […]

David Macfarlane POST-COLONIAL SHAKESPEARES edited by Ania Loomba and Martin Orkin (Routledge) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was English, and the Best Word was Shakespeare. In him the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory … Or so generations of school […]