Rowan Callaghan Local spaza shop-owners in Ivory Park no longer have to make long journeys to replenish supplies now that the Ivory Park spaza wholesalers have set up shop in the township. The wholesalers operate from blue shipping containers, donated by Safmarine, in a mall- type complex, selling everything from food stuffs to building materials. […]

Vuyo Mvoko Tension between labour and the government broke into the open this week, culminating in a wave of wildcat strikes that hit three parastatals up for privatisation — Autonet, South African Airways, and Telkom. The South African Railways and Harbour Workers’ Union (Sarhwu), which organised the nationwide strikes on Wednesday, warned: “If they (the […]

Rated the second-best team in the world Germany will be a real test for the South African team Soccer: Lungile Madywabe BAYERN MUNICH star Jurgen Klinsmann’s clinical finishing has made him one of the most feared strikers in the world. And this is the man South Africa’s defenders will have to try and contain on […]

The attack on the Koeberg nuclear plant was a chilling demonstration of the vulnerability of an atomic installation to attack as well as a reflection on the incompetence of South African security. The authorities at Koeberg have since made the extraordinary claim that they not only anticipated the attack, but had pin-pointed the date. In […]

Dear Walter, The great debate is upon us. Or at least it is upon me. It descended with great abruptness early in the morning a couple of days ago, when I tottered out of bed and, as is my habit, made my way to the bathroom and the adjoining place to reassure myself as to […]

David Beresford tells the extraordinary story of how a young white South African couple, one a national sportsman, bombed the nuclear The inside story of how the African National Congress made a mockery of atomic security to pull off one of the most dramatic coups of the apartheid struggle — blowing up the Koeberg nuclear […]

Chris McGreal The Rwanda war crimes tribunal has issued its first international arrest warrants for eight men accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the organised extermination of hundreds of thousands of Tutsis last year. The chief prosecutor, South Africa’s Judge Richard Goldstone, declined to name the accused while their arrest is sought in […]

Itumeleng oa Mahabane FORMER members of Phola Park’s self-defence units not selected as South African Police Service reservists appear to be behind this week’s spate of killings in the East Rand shack Seven people have died and 10, including a two- year-old child, injured since Sunday night, when gunmen wielding AK47s and 9mm pistols opened […]

Cape Times editor Moegsien Williams tells Rehana Rossouw of his plans to redirect the paper at an increasingly upmarket audience When Independent Newspapers announced in August this year that Moegsien Williams had been appointed editor of The Cape Times, speculation was rife in the Cape Town media industry that he would replace all white male […]