IN more than 45 years of investigative journalism,=20 Arthur Gavshon, who wrote occasionally from London for=20 the Mail & Guardian, broke stories and investigated=20 incidents that turned history on its head. Born in Johannesburg, he joined the Associated Press in=20 London in 1946.=20 ”As a journalist,” wrote colleage Tam Dalyell in an=20 obituary, ”he quickly […]
JUSTIN PEARCE discovered a generous, unaffected soul behind Joan Armatrading’s shaggy fringe JOAN ARMATRADING on record is an emotion-enriched voice and elusively perfect melodies that can move cynics to tears. Joan Armatrading on stage is a face grinning from behind a shaggy fringe of hair, an unaffected, slightly awkward manner, and a demeanour that defies […]
The much vaunted development programme is paying dividends on the Under-19 tour to England CRICKET: Rupert Cox WHEN West Indian batting star Brian Lara interrupted his busy schedule for a whistle-stop visit to help with the development programme last September, he confessed to being stunned by the raw talent he observed at cricket clinics throughout […]
He lives in Britain, but competes for South Africa, and at just 16 Alexander Heath has qualified for the world cup skiing competition SKIING: Julian Drew ALEXANDER HEATH’S parents probably rue the day when Odibe Mfenyana gave their eight-year-old son a pencil case at his farewell party in Cape Town back in 1988. That innocent […]
Nelson Rashavah WE still have a lot to learn about the good and bad=20 aspects of soccer, we are told. Good quality=20 performances are judged not in pre-season friendlies,=20 but in competitive full-blooded battles of the English=20 Premier League or the UEFA Cup. The bit that comes with competitive football might be=20 absent but with […]
Karen Harverson A draft Non-Profit Organisations Bill aimed at=20 improving and regulating the legal, policy and funding=20 environment for development organisations, such as non- governmental organisations (NGOs) and voluntary=20 associations, is to be finalised this month and=20 submitted to Parliament in February next year. The draft Bill calls for the scrapping of existing=20 fund-raising laws […]
M&G reporters After battling to integrate former enemies into South Africa’s National Defence Force, the SANDF is now facing an even bigger challenge: how to demobilise 30 000 soldiers. Jakkie Cilliers, Director of the Institute of Defence Policy (IDP), says it was a mistake to integrate before demobilising. “Now, after they have decided who joins […]
Reg Rumney The South African Chamber of Business (Sacob) has=20 cautioned against bringing in “dedicated” taxes and=20 levies such the one suggested to fund a new health=20 Opposition to such taxes is set out in the chamber’s=20 submission on corporate tax to the Katz Tax Commission,=20 released this week. “The whole rationale for dedicated taxes […]
Justin Pearce THE boy whose designer tackies went up in flames=20 decided things had gone a bit too far. He’d come along=20 to an honest techno rave, was minding his own business=20 at 120 beats per minute, when this flaming tennis ball=20 came rolling across the floor, reducing R500 worth of=20 footwear to a charred […]
Justin Pearce South Africa is lagging way behind its neighbours in committing itself to internationally recognised human rights agreements — and Amnesty International (AI) has urged the government to rectify the situation and make the promotion of human rights a cornerstone of its foreign policy. “South Africa has a tremendous reputation and prestige in the […]