Tangeni Amupadhi Tension is simmering in Thabazimbi in the Northern Province over allegations that a policeman accused of failing to protect a state witness has remained on the force. It has also emerged that police authorities ignored a directive, issued a year ago by the province’s Department of Safety and Security, to act against Detective […]
in Carletonville Andr was in matric in a small Afrikaans mining town when he began taking the hormone tablets that would ultimately transform him into Tula – but only more than 20 years later. Charl Blignaut traces one woman’s story of emancipation ‘Every day of my life I threaten to leave Carletonville,” sighs Tula from […]
Gaby Wood Movie of the week Robert Duvall has been thinking about making The Apostle, a film about a Pentecostal preacher in the American South, for more than 20 years. He has called preaching ”the only authentic American art form”. Some time ago Duvall was due to star in a Sidney Lumet film about two […]
WEDNESDAY, 5.00PM: THE South African Communist Party on Wednesday hit out at the government’s growth, employment and redistribution policy (Gear), saying it is misplaced to address socio-economic needs, and has manifestly failed to reach its stated targets. Addressing the SACP’s 10th congress at Crown Mines in Johannesburg, SACP general secretary Charles Nqakula said: “We remain […]
Marthali Brand Moveable feast Everyone knows the restorative qualities of a hearty soup. Even a cup of instant soup can revive me after a hard day in front of the computer, or a tough workout at the gym. And a hot vegetable concoction served with a slice of buttered wholewheat bread can warm up any […]
Christine Gordon With Angola’s peace process at breaking point, the government in Luanda is mobilising its army to block any further advances by opposition movement Unita. No direct fighting has been reported, but the government is preparing for war. Unofficial estimates put Unita’s military capacity at 30 000 armed troops, a militia of 60 000 […]
take back land Mercedes Sayagues They trickled in, women with bundles on their heads, men on bicycles. In small groups they camped on four commercial farms in Marondera, 70km east of Harare. They arrived on June 17, and today there are perhaps up to 1 000 men and women from 20 villages in the dirt-poor […]
Suzy Bell On show in Durban IF there are at least two reasons for deciding not to emigrate to New Zealand, they are Durban actors Bheki Mkhwane and Ellis Pearson. But while us fickle Durbanites flocked to see the Americans (Jim Rose Circus) in their hundreds at the Playhouse Opera last week, this smaller, less […]
Andrew Muchineripi Analysis The appointment of a new national coach and a four-year plan leading to the 2002 World Cup must be the immediate priorities of the South African Football Association (Safa). Never again must the pride of the nation have three coaches in four months and never again must preparations be so chaotic as […]
Mungo Soggot Penuell Maduna’s efforts to distance himself from Liberian consultant Emanuel Shaw II have been undermined by testimony from his own confidant at the state oil company. The minister of minerals and energy’s main contact at the company, Brian Casey, has given Public Protector Selby Baqwa’s inquiry into the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) detailed […]