THERE is a common belief that the ANC’s fiery four — Winnie Mandela, Bantu Holomisa, Peter Mokaba and Rocky Malebane-Metsing — are too powerful and too popular among the grassroots for the party to deal with them firmly and adequately. This is a myth that needs to be Most of the power and influence of […]
Late bloomer: Bungu can add to belated acclaim against BOXING: Gavin Evans VUYANI “The Beast” Bungu is a young man who was groomed to be one of life’s worthy supporting acts, and yet has somehow risen to the foothills of fame, fortune and more than a dollup of mass acclaim. Of all South Africa’s boxing […]
Stefaans Brummer ONE of the men allegedly involved in the 1982 bombing of the ANC offices in London is now an Anglo American security supervisor. John Adam is one of the seven alleged bombers named by former South African agent Craig Williamson two weeks ago when he confessed to his own role in the London […]
SOCCER: Clinton Asary WITH educational facilities around the country in the news as they fight for transformation, Wits University, at the forefront of the struggle, will be pleased to know that it’s soccer side has completed the process with unqualified success. On Saturday the “new” Wits face their first real challenge when they meet Kaizer […]
Julius Kaliya in Blantyre Malawians are up in arms over a unilateral decision by the government to triple the producer price of the staple maize. The government announced the producer price of maize will go up from April 1, but did not indicate how much the retail price will be. ”I don’t think most people […]
Stefaans Brummer THE detailed information on Winnie Mandela’s alleged corruption supplied by police immediately after their raid on her house and other premises came as a surprise to many, not least of them Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi. Police tend to play their cards close to their chest in investigations relating to corruption and […]
It’s been a long season for South Africa’s cricketers and in their final match they have a tough task against New Zealand CRICKET: Krish Mi’rams SOUTH AFRICA’s final international appointment of the 1994/95 season will be, perhaps, their most difficult assignment. On the face of it New Zealand would not seem to pose too many […]
Justin Pearce AIDS is the linking theme among the 70 films which have been brought together for a festival starting in Cape Town tonight — and they range from Aids — Life at Stake (a Kenyan Jim-goes-to-Nairobi tale about a migrant worker who contracts HIV in the city) to Safe is Desire (“learn how to […]
… but when The Rolling Stones took the stage last weekend, it was a show to rival the biggest-budget Hollywood movie, writes Shaun de Waal ARE you going to The Rolling Stones? That was the question everyone seemed to ask everyone else for weeks, and the answer usually seemed to be yes. And when the […]
Eastern Cape Premier Raymond Mhlaba sent an uncompromising signal to civil servants throughout the country last weekend, reports Steuart Wright THE quelling of a police strike in Transkei at the weekend is the first decisive step the government has taken to bring the troubled former homeland to heel. The siege of Umtata by about 200 […]