Chris Gordon and Ann Eveleth Zambia sent 500 troops to its border with Angola on Monday following persistent allegations that arms to Unita are being ferried across it. After months of denial that the border was porous, the Zambian government this week finally agreed to take action. The agreement, announced by Zambian foreign minister Keli […]
Ann Eveleth A sign outside the Kudube Waste Disposal Site in Temba township near Hammanskraal warns: “No hazardous or toxic materials allowed.” But it also tells visitors: “All persons and vehicles entering this site do so at their own risk.” Both warnings go unnoticed by the dozens of Temba residents picking through the rubbish for […]
Has Microsoft reached its “sell by” date? Has the meteoric rise and rise of the company reached a peak, with the prospect of a slippery downward slide making Microsoft go beyond aggressive competition – into monopolistic, unfairly competitive and arrogan t business practices? Some early warning signals are appearing. But, let me lay my cards […]
with the times People who got themselves classified coloured in the old days are switching back – to black, writes Angella Johnson Once upon a time in the old South Africa it was considered infinitely preferable to be coloured rather than black. At least that was what Frank Makoba’s family thought when they opted to […]
Charlene Smith Time was when the weekend sun burned freckles on the backs and faces of a myriad of flea market shoppers and sellers; when shoppers would endure being jostled by thousands of others; when Zulu dancers or ageing jazz buskers would compete for coins; and W est African museums would be looted for African […]
Please allow me to add some comments and correct some historical errors regarding John Grobler’s article (“Still no redress for Herero”, March 13 to 19). As Grobler correctly points out, the Herero-German war resulted in genocide – the first genocide to take place in our genocidal century, before the mass killings of Armenians, Jews, Cambodians, […]
Joseph Heller thinks Catch-22 makes him America’s greatest novelist. What more can a man achieve? Well, he could try and be a bit nicer, writes Lynn Barber Everyone told me beforehand that I would love Joseph Heller, and, of course, I already loved his writing. I belong to the generation that wore “Yossarian Lives!” badges […]
Emeka Nwandiko With a sharp intake of breath, followed by an oath, Aubrey flicks his left wrist and casts to the concrete floor a pair of dice. A three and four is scored, notching up his winnings to R50. He is all smiles: considering that when he began the game of ama dice he had […]
Ferial Haffajee SABC chief executive Zwelakhe Sisulu made a rapid about-turn at the weekend when he accepted a top-notch job at New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) instead of a very senior post at Independent Newspapers. It appears that Sisulu finally made up his mind about a new job at the weekend and made rushed attempts […]
Ann Eveleth Government lawyers this week secured their first victory in a series of legal battles over the fate of three allies of the late Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Johannesburg High Court Judge Meyer Joffe on Tuesday rejected a bid by Mobutu’s former national police commander, General Kpama Baramoto, defence minister Mudima Mavua and […]