Marion Edmunds The Department of Foreign Affairs is to adapt its definition of the ”family” to suit the new South Africa. Before 1994, diplomats living in overseas missions received certain allowances for their ”dependents” or children. Now Foreign Affairs wants to change the definition of ”dependents” to make it possible to include members of the […]

Aspasia Karras looks at the innovative parastatal that’s trying hard not to be a typical parastatal Intersite managing director Dirk Ackerman has been instrumental in ensuring the property-management arm of the South African Rail Commuters’ Corporation has not become a typical parastatal. Instead, he has created a state organ that can stand as a model […]

PHOTOGRAPHY: Ian Tromp MICHAEL MEYERSFELD’S photographs are stylish and technically accomplished. But they cannot be described as innovative or groundbreaking — the claim made for them in the press releases for his show at the Everard Read Gallery. The main claim is that this is an exhibition which will alter the very status of photography […]

CRICKET: Rupert Cox DESPITE the mixed success achieved in England by South Africa’s Under-19 cricketers, this country’s premier strike bowler Allan Donald admits to being envious of the opportunities provided by such a tour. “We didn’t have an Under-19 side when I started out. I didn’t have much coaching at this age group — I […]

Justin Pearce A RADIO advertisement for the Mail & Guardian has been disallowed by the SABC on the grounds that it might offend the religious sensibilities of listeners. The advertisement, devised by the ad agency Network, features background music of an angelic choir, and a voiceover that begins: “On the first day his gaze fell […]

Ann veleth RECENT moves by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini have raised the stakes in his power battle with Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Zwelithini refused to attend this weekend’s “imbizo” called by the IFP-dominated House of Traditional Leaders to adopt a “Zulu covenant” binding Zulus to the party’s “federalist” constitutional principles. In the past, […]

They are the remnants of an ancient hunter-gatherer society — and they’re still on the move, in carts that carry their homes. Sheep-shearing is their livelihood, and their life is often harsh and violent. But it is also gradually disappearing. Eddie Koch visited the Something about the word “verge” best defines the life that Johanna […]

Marion Edmunds TRADITIONAL leaders are targeting President Nelson Mandela in a campaign to get more power before local government elections. Head of the Congress of Traditional Leaders, Chief Patekile Holomisa, sent Mandela a letter last week reminding him of promises made during multi-party negotiations. These included the setting up of provincial houses of traditional leaders […]

Karen Harverson reports on the details of Sasol’s plan to enter the coal export market Sasol’s mining division this week released details of its R635-million plan to enter the coal export market through the expansion of capacity at its Twistdraai Colliery and its recent acquisition of a shareholding in the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT). […]