Jon Qwelane Right to Reply The trouble with the Mail & Guardian’s editor and his small coterie of executives is their apparent obsession with the fallacy that they hold copyright on what is true and correct. Pontificating from their lofty ivory tower, they seem to have forgotten (or actually never even knew) two simple points: […]
Mail & Guardian correspondents A last-ditch attempt by a coalition of states to rescue the ailing regime of Congolese President Laurent Kabila may have come too late as anti-government rebels continued their inexorable march to the capital Kinshasa this week. Despite reports of a ceasefire offer from the rebels and desperate attempts by South Africa […]
Mail & Guardian reporters The Natal High Court handed down a landmark judgment in favour of press freedom last week when it denied an application by the Inkatha Freedom Party to gag the Mail & Guardian. The IFP launched a two-pronged attack on the newspaper last week, applying to the court to stop the M&G […]
William Boot A secret commission of inquiry into the collapse of Namibia’s copper mining industry wrapped up its proceedings in Windhoek this week and is expected to move on to Johannesburg. It was established to investigate the role of Goldfields SA, owner of the Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL), in the closure of all four of […]
stars – the friends and enemies Colette The woman who owns the theatre [where Sartre’s play, Dirty Hands, was being staged], an ex-beautiful woman, a dreadful whore, having slept with thousands of men, took us to her home for dinner. The dinner was strange and wonderful: Arabian dishes, because she was once the mistress of […]
Ferial Haffajee Consumer organisations this week labelled the government’s proposal to increase the lending limits of loan sharks eightfold as “unconscionable”. Draft amendments to the usury Act recommend that all loans under R50 000 be excluded from its ambit. The existing limit is R6 000. Consumer organisations and economists have warned that this could lead […]
Gill Moodie A giant iceberg that has been lurking in the southern ocean for 12 years is making its way north from Antarctica, firing scientists’ dreams of mining icebergs for freshwater. Bigger than the Cape Peninsula, the iceberg known as Atlantic 22B, was formed in September 1986 when a massive piece of ice broke off […]
wife on Women’s Day’ Tangeni Amupadhi A well-known Johannesburg psychiatrist is to appear in court next week on charges of battering his wife on National Women’s Day. According to Yeoville police, where the woman laid charges of common assault, the psychiatrist – who cannot be named for professional reasons – attacked his wife twice on […]
Neil Manthorp in Birmingham Cricket At last, some justice. The final moment of any significance, the last memory of the tour of England, was positive. Not just the victory, but the catch by Jonty Rhodes in the covers. So often we see great feats of athleticism diminished by the television replay. Occasionally they remain untarnished, […]
OWN CORRESPONDENTS AND DAVID LE PAGE, Johannesburg | Friday 3.30pm. THE last suspect detained for questioning in connection with the bombing of the Palnet Hollywood restaurant at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront has been released. TWO women detained on Thursday at Cape Town International Airport, on suspicion of involvement in Tuesday night’s bombing of the waterfront […]