Rhoda Kadalie argues that the anti-abortion arguments=20 of Christian fundamentalists are biblically unsound THE march to Parliament in the last week of May was not=20 only to protest against the exclusion of the words=20 ”Almighty God” in the final Constitution, and the=20 liberalisation of the Constitution with regard to=20 abortion, pornography and prostitution — it […]
Scurvy, an exhibition at Cape Town’s Castle, penetrates=20 the heart of that archetypal symbol of colonial=20 authority, writes NEVILLE DUBOW INTERESTING things are happening in the Cape Town=20 Castle. Currently it is the site of an outbreak of=20 Scurvy. Its pathology is concerned not so much with=20 tenderness of the gums, but a subcutaneous eruption […]
Andre van Zyl=20 Aircraft manufacturers’ eyes are on South African=20 Airways (SAA) as it prepares to announce details within=20 the next two months of its billion-dollar fleet=20 SAA’s Leon Els said aircraft manufacturers Airbus=20 Industrie, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas have put=20 forward written proposals for what they saw as the=20 ideal fleet composition for the […]
ONE expected fierce debate to arise out of a push from=20 the Conference of Editors to strengthen the freedom of=20 speech clause in the Constitution.=20 Editors have argued that this clause does not have the=20 level of protection of other fundamental rights, making=20 it too vulnerable to dilution in the future. In the=20 interim Bill […]
Stefaans Brummer In the run-up to last year’s elections, security police=20 planned a new ‘moderate’ political party to counter=20 support for the ANC, reports Stefaans BrUmmer ADVANCED secret plans by the security police to=20 introduce a new, anti-ANC “moderate” party to the=20 political spectrum were scuttled only by the mid-1991=20 Inkathagate debacle, former police operative […]
Stefaans Brummer PAUL Erasmus, former security policeman who admitted in=20 the Mail & Guardian his role in a 1989 death attempt on=20 cleric Frank Chikane, this week made peace with the=20 former general secretary of the South African Council=20 of Churches (SACC). The approach by Erasmus followed a request by Chikane – – who has […]
The Housewares Group has startled the investment community with its exceptional results, reports Jacques STORES-LISTED Housewares Group’s latest financial results took the investment community by complete surprise last week. While recent market focus lay in institutional and stockbrokers’ attempts at resurrecting investor interest in the 10-cent-a-share, debt-ridden W&A, little attention was directed at this company’s […]
Jon Swift THE tragedy which befell Max Brito cast a pall over the World Cup and the Ivory Coast threequarter’s broken neck and subsequent paralysis will be one of the sad memories of South Africa ’95. But there were other moments to remember. Kicks of the tournament: A toss-up between Joel Stransky’s matchwinner in the […]
Dr Hillary Southall Reaction to the Health Plan put forward by Dr Jonathan=20 Broomberg and Dr Olive Shisana to restructure the=20 National Health System for universal primary health=20 care has been cautious and somewhat non-committal.=20 Editorials such as those in last week’s Mail Guardian, for instance, have not done justice to this=20 ambitious, bold and […]
Gaye Davis THIS WEEK’S lightning-fast passage of a Bill allowing=20 for traditional leaders to be paid by central=20 government strikes at the heart of the Inkatha Freedom=20 Party’s political control over KwaZulu/Natal chiefs. The Remuneration of Traditional Leaders Bill was=20 whisked through the Senate and the National Assembly in=20 two days this week, with the […]