South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka, the ”Princess of Africa”, is an artist, a mother and a businesswoman.
Tackling the future of Freedom Park, on Thursday its CEO, Dr Mongane Wally Serote, denied that there is an inherent contradiction in the park’s mandate. ”The contradiction exists in the nation,” he said in response to recent criticisms from some organisations and individuals that the park is not as all-inclusive as it claims to be.
A "Sophiatown treasure hunt" was launched by the Trevor Huddleston Centre in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Human Rights Day, in the hopes of creating a unique collection of historic artefacts for Sophiatown’s new heritage museum, said Jerry Masoleng, the centre’s heritage officer.
Beneath the M1 highway overlooking Newtown, two vibrant little structures became the focus of attention on Wednesday when the City of Johannesburg launched what it calls ”the best seats in town”. Enclosed in bright yellow and purple, pod-like buildings, the ”seats” in question are silver, cone shaped and flush at the press of a button.
”He used to say, ‘Old men start the wars and send the young men off to fight them,”’ Ross Moody recalls of his brother Craig, who died 24 years ago while completing a mandatory two-year stint in the army. Craig was among tens of thousands of South African Defence Force conscripts whose only other choice would have been to serve a four-year prison term as a conscientious objector.
The Department of Health, the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa and the South African Association for Food Science and Technology met in Pretoria on Monday following allegations that certain chilli products were contaminated with harmful Sudan Red dyes. The allegations were made in a <i>Sunday Times</i> report at the weekend.
Arnold Tsunga, chairperson of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, on Thursday joined other politicians and civil-society representatives in calling for an end to the country’s "smart genocide" where, instead of blood and bullets, there is a systematic eradication of human dignity, he said.
Residents fear an imminent and severe water shortage throughout Limpopo province in the wake of recent water cuts and shortages in the Polokwane municipality. Simon Mokoatedi, the municipality’s spokesperson, confirmed that it is experiencing a dilemma, but said the problem is limited to high-lying areas.
Unlike many city managers, Lael Bethlehem takes the mandate of ”groundwork” literally. When the Mail & Guardian Online proposed a tour through Johannesburg’s inner city, it was Bethlehem who opted to ditch the car for a walk-through. Petite and unassuming, she packs a powerful punch, especially where it concerns reviving the inner city.
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/ 27 February 2007
The government’s insistence on securing credible evidence for the listing of terrorists before acting against its citizens was lent support by a group of the country’s Muslim leaders on Tuesday. Last month, the United States listed a Johannesburg dentist and his cousin as suspected terrorists with links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.