Ferial Haffajee `NOW my friends it is time for you to come to your friend in order to understand. The cattle have udders, come and milk them!” It is 1899, and around the reef which was to become Johannesburg touts put up notices like this one to entice black labourers on to the mines. At […]
The plot to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko originated not in the Congo but in Rwanda, before the campaign actually began. John Pomfret reports from Kigali, Rwanda RWANDA’S powerful Defence Minister Paul Kagame has acknowledged for the first time his country’s key role in the overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko in the Democratic Republic of Congo, […]
FRIDAY, 1.30PM EXPLOSIVES and chemicals giant AECI has been found causally negligent in relation to the huge fire at its Somerset West sulphur stockpile on December 16 1995. The Desai commission of inquiry into the fire published its report on Thursday, in which it noted that since the stockpile’s establishment in 1967 to the time […]
Hazel Friedman THE future is looking upbeat for local music as M-Net gets planning on its first pan- African satellite music channel. The as yet unnamed channel will be broadcast from the beginning of September for 24 hours a day. It joins an already substantial international bouquet which includes Carlton Network, BET on Jazz and […]
Whether or not he allows political reform in Kenya, Daniel arap Moi’s days as ruler are numbered, reports Ken Opala from Nairobi PRESIDENT Daniel arap Moi’s 20-year unbroken hold on power in Kenya is under siege, and probably in its terminal phase, following waves of public protests to reform the Constitution. The key demand is […]
FRIDAY, 11.00AM IN spite of a 19% increase in the manufacturing production index, the sector cut a further 14 000 jobs during the first quarter of this year, according to latest figures from the Central Statistical Service. The manufacturing sector has been in a squeeze for some time, and nearly 50 000 workers lost their […]
… one giant leap for Earthlings, who are exploring Mars with interactive technology, write Mail & Guardian Reporters THE first stage of the invasion of Mars reached a climax on Sunday when a robot scout rolled its six little wheels down a ramp and parked itself on Martian soil. But the events of this week […]
A new industrial strategy shows Gauteng’s future lies in hi-tech industries, reports Charlene Smith GAUTENG has no hope of achieving the 6% growth target set out in the government’s growth, employment and redistribution (Gear) strategy if it continues on its present course, according to a study commissioned by the Gauteng Economics Department. The year-long study […]
FRIDAY, 10.30AM: MICHAEL CHEESMAN on Thursday increased his overall lead by 5 min 22 sec, in the second stage of the KWV Berg river marathon. Cheesman finished second and pre-race favourite Graham Bird won the second stage. Bird, who finished ninth in the first round on Wednesday, clocked in 3:08:51 to Cheeman’s 3:08:52. Donnie Malherbe […]
This weekend ANC heavyweights visit Richmond to win support in the coming council by-elections. Wonder Hlongwa reports P0LICE and army forces will be on guard in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal, this weekend when the African National Congress launches its campaign for local council by-elections. The elections should have been held in May, but were postponed because of […]