Wally Mbhele The African National Congress says the credibility of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report will be questioned if the commission continues to refuse to meet the party before it releases its findings. ANC officials are demanding a meeting with the commission to discuss the report’s implications for the party. The commission has […]

Jean-Marc Ela: A SECOND LOOK The paradigm of bankruptcy has become the context for every analysis of modern Africa’s economic and social history. Samir Amin evokes this picture: “The 1960s were marked by the great hope that we were at the start of an irreversible process of development throughout the Third World, and especially Africa. […]

He is wanted in Italy and the US, but the SAPS can’t reel in Vito Palazzolo, writes Chiara Carter Red tape stands between convicted Mafia money launderer Vito Palazzolo and an Italian courtroom. The Ministry of Justice said this week that Italian authorities asked for Palazzolo to be extradited earlier this year on the basis […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pretoria | Thursday 8.00pm. STATE witnesses in the Bronkhorstspriut heist trail were offered cars, houses and salaries to testify, counsel for three of the accused suggested in the Pretoria high Court on Friday. Fifteen men are have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, attenmpted murder, robbery and car theft. The court heard […]

The Judicial Services Commission this week signalled the end of the old boys’ club on the Bench, writes Mungo Soggot The judiciary was shaken to its roots this week when the commission which regulates appointments to the Bench selected junior black judges for key posts instead of senior white candidates. The Judicial Services Commission sent […]

Andrew Muchineripi Soccer When a team is hanging on to the slenderest of leads in a two-leg cup tie and has conceded an away goal, the last place in South Africa they want to go is the Independence Stadium in Umtata. The Eastern Cape ground is not going to be a contender when – hopefully […]

Mandy Collins For those of us without children, the last time school fees figured in our lives was when our parents gave us a small brown envelope for the school secretary, while they grumbled that R20 a term was akin to extortion. Well, times have changed, and if you’re considering parenthood, or have just had […]

Moving into Dance, now 20 years old, led the way to a truly South African dance style, writes Shaun de Waal This week, with a series of performances at the Wits Theatre, Moving into Dance celebrates its 20th anniversary. Begun in the garage of choreographer Sylvia Glasser’s Victory Park home, with classes three nights a […]

fears Barry McIntyre She may have healthy green eyes and a vibrant pink complexion, but this model female head could prove to be a headache for the cellular phone industry. The unchristened head, packed with probes and sensors, will play a key role in a 500 000 European Union- funded study to measure the electromagnetic […]

Michael Metelits I admit it. I was a yuppie during the 1980s. Not just any kind of yuppie, either. I was the trade settlement operations manager for a small, but nonetheless venal, investment management firm in Boston. I sat on the trading floor and witnessed a great deal of what the Eighties had to offer. […]