1 Mr Phakhiti, 35-year-old black male, murdered in Thembisa, Gauteng 2Nimrod Mhlongo, 23-year-old black male, shot in Gauteng 3 Unidentified 25-year-old black male, shot in Pretoria, Gauteng 4Brian Mego, 25-year-old black male, murdered in Lenasia, Gauteng 5Petrus Jama Khumalo, 43-year-old black male, shot in Katlehong, Gauteng 6Unidentified, race unknown, 18-year-old stabbed in Boksburg, Gauteng 7Thabo […]
Once a ‘bush college’ which defied apartheid, the University of the Western Cape has entered a new ‘struggle’ era. In the first of a series of articles focusing on universities, Philippa Garson reports on UWC’s attempts to meet the needs of its students A DISTURBING photograph of campus unheaval at the University of the Western […]
Next week sees the beginning of the end of one of the most sordid chaptersin South Africa’s history. Ann Eveleth previews the Malan trial History will also be in the dock when the multiple murder trial of former defence minister Magnus Malan and 19 other security force officers gets under way next week. As it […]
Jacquie Golding-Duffy talks to Jill Chisholm, the woman at the helm of SABC television, about the successes and failures of the new- look channels The new-look SABC has some distance to travel before its revamped schedules are up to scratch. While television head Jill Chisholm is by-and-large pleased with the relaunch, she concedes that schedule […]
The offices of the attorneys general around the country are virtually bare, reports Vuyo Mvoko OFFICES of the attorneys general in Gauteng and the Cape are heading for a crisis as senior prosecutors make a dash for entry to the Bar before it closes next week — undermining a whole spate of “third force” trials […]
As elections in Zambia and Zimbabwe draw nearer, independent newspapers are under pressure to stem their criticism of the two southern African governments, report Stefaans Brummer, Brian Latham and Andrew Meldrum THE leading independent newspapers in Zimbabwe and Zambia — which will both hold elections this year — are under pressure to silence their criticism […]
Moroccan sensitivities over the Western Sahara-Polisario dispute almost resulted in the sabotage of South Africa’s initiative in North Africa, reports Gaye Davis TOP-LEVEL diplomatic efforts — including a telephone call from President Nelson Mandela to the king of Morocco — brought Foreign Minister Alfred Nzo’s recent North African trip back from the brink of disaster. […]
Madeleine Wackernagel The appointment of Graca Machel to the Thebe Investment Corporation’s (TIC) board should ensure it a first bite at Mozambique’s privatisation cherry. Litha Nyhonyha, executive director of TIC and chief executive officer of its financial arm, Msele Financial Holdings, said the new appointments underline TIC’s intention to be a major player in the […]
Justin Pearce ANYONE who had lost hope for international socialist solidarity in the 1990s would have been heartwarmed by the scenes at Johannesburg International Airport on Tuesday, when the first 96 Cuban doctors arrived in South Africa. The placards held by the crowd of people who came to greet the doctors ranged from the mundane […]
In light of the recent successes in South African sport, sponsorship is reaching new heights, reports Simon Segal South African sport has rapidly become a mega- business. With the success of the national rugby, soccer and cricket teams and the advent of 24-hour international television sports channels, local sport has caught up with world trends. […]