MONDAY, 1.45PM: NEW Zealand have beaten Zimbabwe by 10 wickets and a day to spare in the first of two Tests in Wellington on Sunday. With Zimbabwe dismissed for 250 runs in their second innings, the New Zealanders needed only 20 runs for victory, and openers Bryan Young and Matthew Horne knocked these off in […]

MONDAY, 1.15PM: MAMELODI activist Stanley “Stanza” Bopape was given three electric shocks by police before he died in detention in 1988, according to testimony heard by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Monday. “His head fell forward, and I realised there was something wrong with him,” said former policemen Lieutenant-Colonel Adriaan van Niekerk to the […]

MONDAY, 10.30AM: FORMER state president PW Botha has pleaded not guilty in the George Regional Court to charges brought against him after defying a subpoena to testify before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to explain the role of the 1980s State Security Council, which ran the apartheid government’s campaign to contain rebellion by anti-apartheid activists. […]

Plans for development and foreign investment may be at the expense of the rural poor, writes Craig Bishop ‘The Eastern Cape development train is in motion – don’t be left behind” was President Nelson Mandela’s rallying cry at the International Investors Conference in East London late last year. It was designed to build confidence in […]

FRIDAY, 12.30PM: AFTER sharing the lead with five other players on Thursday, defending champion Zimbabwean Nick Price has taken the lead in the $2-million Dimension Data Pro-Am tournament at Sun City on Friday. Starting the second round on three under par, Price was eight under after 12 holes on the Lost City course. Overnight co-leader, […]

Whichever way you look at it, the Africa Caf’s print ads are destined to get into people’s nose hairs.Art director Ivan Johnson and copywriter Kyle Cockerane had designs on the “politically incorrect and cheeky” with their series of ads. The ad which has raised the most hackles is one which reads: “We still serve white […]

Sunday morning is hell in the Groot Marico; the residents are not just recovering from the after-effects of the night before in the Dorsbult Bar, but coping with the Sunday rags. “This lady is going to be so disappointed,” keens Dr Mohamed Cassim in The Sunday Independent. “We have 10 beautiful eggs and the sperm […]

Njongonkulu Ndungane: Ubuntu We stand on the threshold of opportunities which range from building on the economic strength of a country that arguably has one of the most developed infrastructures in Africa, to the challenge of ensuring that our fledgling democracy works. But we also face many other hurdles. All the good intentions and wise […]

Lizeka Mda: CITY LIMITS In Diagonal Street shopkeepers give a good impression of being eager for your custom. None of the sulky reception here, nor the grudging service that one often gets in the fancier stores. “Come in and see,” touts urge from surprisingly – for Johannesburg – uncluttered pavements. And if you should be […]

Arguing about the rights and wrongs of cloning humans ignores the fact that it’s not technically possible at present, writes David Shapshak Sensationalising human cloning ignores the simple fact that, at the moment, it cannot be done. Claims last weekend that South Africa was ready to start cloning humans have not only been met with […]