For American liberals, the steady post-World War II march of success after success during the civil rights and women’s rights eras slowed significantly in the 1980s, when it first ran into a formidable coalition of centre-right Republicans, libertarians, conservative Catholics and evangelical Christians, whose explicit purpose was to change the national political landscape.
It has been a bad start to the year in Mozambique. First, Quelimane City was partially submerged after intense rains in January. The central region was hit by large-scale flooding in February, sparking fears of a repeat of the disaster of 2000/01 as 163Â 000 Mozambicans living in low-lying areas along the Zambezi River and its tributaries were displaced.
The religious right claims that the bulk of South Africans are God-fearing, devout believers, with 85% belonging to some kind of organised religion. If this is true, what are we to make of our world-beating statistics for child abuse, domestic violence, rape and murder?
Never mind the Gautrain, here’s the Rea Vaya rapid bus transport system at only a fraction of the cost. The city of Johannesburg has already begun implementation of its plans for a revolutionary new R2-billion bus system that will run every three to 10 minutes in dedicated bus lanes.
Food prices are set to sky-rocket, as a devastating drought has forced maize farmers to their knees. The drought, along with competitive international markets, has lead to soaring maize prices in South Africa. Many farmers believe this is the worst drought in 40 years, and weather statistics have indicated they are not far off.
Working closely with the Central Intelligence Organisation’s directorate of counter-intelligence, Zanu-PF has been setting up secret death squads comprising members of the National Youth Service training programme. The squads petrol bomb political opponents’ homes, commit acts of sabotage and torture opponents to President Robert Mugabe’s regime, a former member of one such death squad said this week.
As Iran sees it, provocative British trespassing in the Shatt al-Arab waterway is one element in an American-driven policy of destabilisation that includes systematic infringements of the country’s territorial, economic and political sovereignty. As the United States and Israel see it, Iran’s unjustified actions are proof that the Tehran regime is dangerous beyond reason.
Corruption has been redefined to include the private sector, Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said at the close of Global Forum Five on Thursday. Participants in the global forum were encouraged to accede to and ratify the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.
Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya speaks to Butana Komphela about transformation of the rugby field.
Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke chairs the Commission on the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers. He spoke to the Mail & Guardian‘s Nic Dawes about rethinking state sector pay scales and the basis for such a substantial recalibration of pay scales.