OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Monday 4.00pm. THE two members of Parliament who engaged in a fist fight on the floor of the National Assembly last Thursday were suspended from Parliament on Monday. Eastern Cape National Party leader Dr Manie Schoeman, who has admitted to landing the first blow, was suspended from Parliament for five […]

LEONARD NDZHUKLA, Delmas | Monday 7.30pm. A MAN who decapitated a young girl in Delmas, Mpumalanga, in 1990 has escaped from Weskoppies mental asylum and is believed to be on the loose in the small farming town. Police told African Eye News Service on Monday that Johannes Mohale-Monareng may be linked to three heads and […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape TownLEONARD NDZHUKLA, Delmas | Monday 7.30pm. THE National Assembly has approved legislation designed to co-ordinate government’s approach to environmental management. However Environment Minister Pallo Jordan has agreed that it is a watered-down version of what was originally envisaged. Democratic Party MP Mike Ellis said that the National Environment Management Bill is a […]

SARAH BULLEN, Johannesburg | Friday 5.00pm. LOCAL stock dragged through Friday to close slightly softer ahead of the welcome weekend. Dealers described the day as dull and directionless, with under R1-billion volume traded. Dealers said the calm is fairly typical after a futures close-out, and most dealers were squaring their position ahead of the weekend. […]

CHRISTIAN FIGENSCHOU, Johannesburg | Sunday 8.30pm. ROBERT McBRIDE will brief the Cabinet and African National Congress leadership about what he was doing when he was arrested in Mozambique in March, according to ANC legal chief Mathews Phosa. Phosa said on Saturday that the Cabinet has assigned Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi to deal with […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 8.30pm. THE three year talks between the European Union and South Africa over a sweeping free trade agreement fell through on Friday over the issue of concessions for agricultural products. The failure comes just days after both sides expressed hope that the three years of tough talks would be wrapped […]

ballet It will soon be Brazil’s second most popular sport … and it’s not entirely dissimilar to the first. Alex Bellos heads for Rio’s beaches to uncover the burgeoning cult of futevolei One of the most romantic myths about Rio de Janeiro is that its famous beaches are full of barefoot urchins dazzling passers-by with […]

David Shapshak Kabuki theatre, one of Japan’s most ancient and revered art forms, comes to South Africa for the first time this weekend. Renowned Kabuki actor Satojiro Wakayagi will perform the famed kagamijishi dance (the lion of new year’s banquet) at Sandton’s Theatre on the Square on Sunday night. Kabuki is quintessentially Japanese. A highly-stylised […]

Ian Whittell The TV stations are the hardware, the sports teams the software. That is the cynical but realistic jargon in an American sports world in which media companies are taking hold. “The long tentacles of media conglomerates are something we have to watch very carefully,” said Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball. And […]

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Thursday 9.00pm. A NEW special investigating unit is to be set up to concentrate on gangs and organised crime, Justice Minister Dullah Omar announced on Thursday. A unit focusing on gang-related activity and violence in the Western Cape will begin operations immediately, he told a press conference in Cape Town. […]